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Thistle Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 14501 66559

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Thistle Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Thistle Pit

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Greenside 2.8m/4.6km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 4.2m/6.8km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 1.9m/3.1km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Ann Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.9km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.8m/6.2km 1769 
Ann Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.9m/6.3km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 2.6m/4.3km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.6km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.5m/7.3km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.5m/7.3km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.4km  
Bean Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.6m/7.5km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.9m/4.7km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.9m/4.7km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 2.4m/3.9km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.4m/3.9km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.3m/5.4km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.4m/3.9km  
Brass Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.7m/4.4km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.1m/6.7km 11 Sep 1869 
Callerton Colliery Callerton 2.2m/3.6km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 2.1m/3.5km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.6m/5.8km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Cat Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.0km  
Chance Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.5km 1756 
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 1.1m/1.9km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.1m/6.6km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.5m/7.3km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1921
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 2.0m/3.3km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 2.0m/3.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.4m/3.9km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 1.4m/2.3km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.3m/7.0km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.3m/6.9km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 1.4m/2.3km 1740? 
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 5.0m/8.0km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.3m/7.0km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.8m/4.5km  
Edward Pit Benwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.6m/2.6km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.5km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 0.3m/0.5km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
Fallow Pit  3.5m/5.7km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.2km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 5.0m/8.0km  07 Nov 1958
Fence Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.5km  
Fence Pit Heddon 0.3m/0.5km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.7km 1801 
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.5m/4.0km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.5km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 3.1m/5.1km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.1m/6.7km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.1m/6.6km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.8m/4.6km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  4.0m/6.4km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 0.3m/0.6km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Hill Pit Throckley 0.5m/0.9km 1700's 
Hopewell Pit Throckley 1.7m/2.8km  
Horsley Pit Spital 4.0m/6.4km  
Humble Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
Humble Pit Heddon 0.2m/0.4km  
James Pit Prudhoe 3.0m/4.8km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.3km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 0.1m/0.3km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 2.0m/3.2km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
John Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
John Pit West Wylam 3.0m/4.8km  
Kenton Colliery Kenton 4.8m/7.8km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.8m/2.9km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  1924
King Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.5km  
King Pit Heddon 0.3m/0.5km  
Kyo Wood Pit  3.5m/5.6km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Fenham 4.2m/6.8km  
Lady Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 4.1m/6.7km 1771 Oct 1966
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 2.1m/3.4km  22 Feb 1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 0.3m/0.6km  
Margery Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.9m/4.7km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 0.2m/0.4km  
Mary Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.6m/5.9km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 4.8m/7.8km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 2.4m/3.9km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.3km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Aug 1958
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 3.1m/5.1km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 2.4m/3.9km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.3m/3.7km  Aug 1964
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 3.8m/6.2km 1771 Oct 1966
Primrose Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.0m/6.4km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 3.0m/4.8km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.6km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.6km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 0.3m/0.6km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 0.3m/0.6km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Robert Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.1m/6.6km  
Rye Pit Throckley 0.7m/1.2km  
Sally Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.3m/6.9km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.1m/3.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 1.8m/3.0km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 0.6m/1.1km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 0.6m/1.1km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 2.0m/3.3km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 0.6m/1.1km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 0.8m/1.3km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.8m/6.1km  
Tilley Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.2km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.6m/2.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.6m/2.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.1m/3.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.6m/2.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 2.0m/3.3km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.0m/4.8km  
View Pit Scotswood 3.6m/5.9km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.4km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 2.0m/3.3km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 0.3m/0.6km  
West Pit House Shaft  3.8m/6.2km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 3.1m/5.1km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 3.1m/5.1km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whin Pit Thockley 0.6m/1.1km  
William Pit Benwell 5.0m/8.0km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  1924

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Thistle Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Thistle Pit

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