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West Hunwick Quarry (Clay)

OS Grid Ref: NZ 19400 33100

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Hunwick Quarry (Clay)

Colliery Page   main page for West Hunwick Quarry (Clay)

In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km 1830 1925
Allotment Drift Bearpark 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1947
Arthur Pit Crook 3.8m/6.2km  
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 1.1m/1.8km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 3.0m/4.8km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 3.5m/5.7km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.5m/4.1km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1830 1939
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 2.6m/4.3km 1885 1895
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km 1925 1930
Bolckow Pit Crook 3.1m/5.0km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 1.8m/3.0km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 2.2m/3.6km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 1.7m/2.8km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 1.7m/2.8km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 1.7m/2.8km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.6m/7.5km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Browney Colliery Brandon 5.0m/8.0km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 1.8m/2.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 1.8m/2.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 1.6m/2.7km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 0.5m/0.9km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 0.6m/1.0km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 3.8m/6.1km  28 Apr 1926
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 4.1m/6.7km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.1m/3.5km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.9m/4.7km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.9m/4.7km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  05 Nov 1927
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 4.0m/6.5km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.8km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.5m/4.0km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Deanery Colliery Shildon 3.8m/6.1km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 2.3m/3.7km  
Drift Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km  
Drift Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  
Drift Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Emma Pit Crook 3.1m/5.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Etherley Colliery Etherley 4.2m/6.8km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.1m/5.1km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 3.8m/6.1km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.0m/4.9km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
George Pit Etherley 2.0m/3.2km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 0.3m/0.6km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 0.6m/1.0km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 3.0m/4.9km  24 May 1907
Gurney Pit  4.1m/6.6km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.5km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  Sep 1955
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.3m/3.7km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.3m/3.7km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.8m/6.1km  
Harry Pit Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1829 Jul 1932
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.5m/7.2km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 4.0m/6.5km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 3.5m/5.7km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.8m/2.9km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.3m/0.6km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 2.2m/3.6km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.1m/5.0km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km  
John George Pit Hunwick 0.5m/0.8km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 3.8m/6.2km 1857 Nov 1911
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 4.7m/7.6km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 3.9m/6.3km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 3.9m/6.3km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Pit Crook 3.6m/5.8km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.4km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.4km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 3.1m/5.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 2.5m/4.0km 1830 1936
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.3m/7.0km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 1.8m/2.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 2.9m/4.7km  1965
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 5.0m/8.0km 1954 1992?
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.9m/7.9km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 0.6m/1.0km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.0m/6.4km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Pit Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 0.0m/0.1km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.0m/6.4km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.3m/2.1km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.4m/2.3km 1845 1966
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km  
North Pit  3.5m/5.6km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.8m/3.0km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 2.7m/4.4km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.5m/4.1km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 1.9m/3.1km 1983 
Pasture Pit  3.2m/5.2km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 2.2m/3.6km  
Pickering Quarry  4.9m/7.9km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.3m/5.4km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1942 Oct 1959
Red House Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 0.3m/0.5km 1858 1931
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 2.0m/3.2km  
Rush Pit Etherley 4.2m/6.8km 1869 
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1810 1830
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.5m/4.1km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  Apr 1927
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 4.0m/6.4km 1955 May 1968
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 4.9m/7.9km  
Success Pit Etherley 4.2m/6.8km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.8m/7.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 4.9m/7.9km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 0.6m/1.1km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 2.8m/4.6km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 3.1m/5.0km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 2.2m/3.6km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 1.4m/2.3km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.8m/7.8km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.8m/7.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.4m/7.1km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.8m/6.2km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.8m/7.8km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.5m/7.2km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 1.0m/1.7km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 5.0m/8.0km 1859 Aug 1966
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1838 Jul 1967
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.4m/7.1km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.4m/7.1km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 0.0m/0.1km  1930's
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1838 Oct 1961
White Lea Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.0km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.1m/3.5km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 0.6m/1.1km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.1m/3.5km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 3.5m/5.6km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 3.4m/5.5km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  

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