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Whitton Park Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 17000 30700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whitton Park Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Whitton Park Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 3.3m/5.4km  02 Jun 1928
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1830 1925
Arthur Pit Crook 4.3m/6.9km  
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 2.8m/4.6km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 3.6m/5.8km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 4.1m/6.7km  
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.3m/7.0km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km 1830 1939
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 1.3m/2.2km 1885 1895
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.8m/7.8km  
Bolckow Pit Crook 3.8m/6.1km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 3.3m/5.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.5m/5.6km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.7km  31 Nov 1929
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 3.8m/6.1km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 3.8m/6.1km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 3.8m/6.1km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.2m/6.8km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.1m/6.6km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 3.6m/5.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.9m/7.9km  1950
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.6m/5.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.3m/5.4km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.5m/4.0km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 2.6m/4.2km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 2.6m/4.3km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 4.9m/7.9km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 3.6m/5.9km  28 Apr 1926
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 3.7m/6.0km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 3.6m/5.9km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 0.1m/0.2km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 3.6m/5.8km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.6m/5.8km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 2.8m/4.6km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km  
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 4.0m/6.5km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Crook Drift Crook 3.4m/5.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dean Colliery  4.4m/7.1km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 3.6m/5.9km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 5.0m/8.0km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 3.3m/5.4km  
Drift Evenwood 2.2m/3.6km  
Drift Evenwood 2.5m/4.1km  
Drift Evenwood 2.7m/4.4km  
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.4m/7.1km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.8km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km  
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Emma Pit Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engine Pit Cockfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  Feb 1962
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.1m/3.5km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 3.4m/5.5km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 3.1m/5.1km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 1.5m/2.4km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.5km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  
George Pit Etherley 1.0m/1.7km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 2.6m/4.3km 1841 
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gordon Pit Butterknowle 4.9m/7.9km  1950
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 2.6m/4.2km  24 May 1907
Gurney Pit  4.6m/7.4km 1830 1939
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 3.8m/6.2km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km  Sep 1955
Hall Pit Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.6m/2.6km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.6m/2.6km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Harry Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 4.2m/6.8km  21 May 1926
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.3m/7.0km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 4.1m/6.7km  
High House Colliery Butterknowle 3.9m/6.3km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.3m/7.0km  31 Mar 1921
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 3.4m/5.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 3.0m/4.8km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.8m/2.9km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 0.2m/0.4km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.8m/6.2km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 2.9m/4.7km  
John George Pit Hunwick 2.5m/4.0km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.5m/5.7km  July 1949
Lands Colliery Cockfield 4.1m/6.7km 1879 
Little Pit Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 1.0m/1.7km 1830 1936
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.6m/5.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 4.3m/6.9km  1965
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 4.5m/7.2km  25 Feb 1911
Moorhill Drift Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  Oct 1961
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.1m/3.5km  
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 4.0m/6.5km  02 Dec 1936
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.4m/7.1km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 2.6m/4.3km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 3.3m/5.4km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Pit Shildon 3.7m/6.0km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 2.0m/3.3km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 3.3m/5.4km  02 Jun 1928
No. 3 Crook 3.3m/5.4km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.3m/2.1km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.1m/1.9km 1845 1966
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 4.0m/6.4km  
North Pit  3.7m/6.0km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 3.3m/5.4km 1845 Jun 1930
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 3.4m/5.5km  Mar 1912
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.5m/7.3km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  4.6m/7.4km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.6m/7.4km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 3.9m/6.3km 1983 
Park House Colliery  4.2m/6.8km  
Pasture Pit  3.6m/5.9km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 0.2m/0.4km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 2.9m/4.7km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.1m/6.7km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 2.9m/4.7km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 1.3m/2.1km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 3.6m/5.9km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Red House Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 2.3m/3.7km 1858 1931
Rowan Tree Colliery  3.8m/6.1km  
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 2.3m/3.7km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.6km 1810 1830
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.0m/6.4km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.6m/7.4km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 2.5m/4.0km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 3.8m/6.2km  
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 4.6m/7.4km  Jun 1914
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 3.6m/5.8km  Jul 1967
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 2.9m/4.7km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 3.8m/6.2km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 2.7m/4.4km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 4.5m/7.3km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 3.2m/5.2km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.7km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.5m/5.6km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 1.8m/2.9km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.3m/6.9km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.3m/3.7km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 3.8m/6.2km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 2.0m/3.3km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 2.0m/3.3km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 4.0m/6.4km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 3.1m/5.0km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1838 Oct 1961
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.3m/7.0km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  
White Lea Colliery Crook 3.8m/6.1km 1855 
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 0.1m/0.2km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 2.7m/4.4km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 0.1m/0.2km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.5km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 4.8m/7.8km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 4.8m/7.7km  10 Aug 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whitton Park Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Whitton Park Quarry

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