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Rye Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 15521 67363

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rye Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Rye Pit

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Greenside 3.5m/5.6km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.8m/6.1km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.0m/3.2km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Ann Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.6km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.1m/5.0km 1769 
Ann Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.4m/7.1km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.6m/7.4km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.7m/7.6km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.2km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 3.2m/5.2km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.7m/7.6km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.8km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.8km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.1m/6.6km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km  
Bean Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.3km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.3m/7.0km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.1m/5.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.1m/5.0km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 1.6m/2.7km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.6m/4.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 5.0m/8.0km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.7m/6.0km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.1m/5.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.6m/4.2km  
Brass Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.7km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 3.1m/5.1km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km 11 Sep 1869 
Callerton Colliery Callerton 1.5m/2.5km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 1.5m/2.4km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.1m/5.0km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  
Cat Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.1km  
Chance Pit Throckley 0.4m/0.7km 1756 
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 1.9m/3.1km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.6m/7.5km 1952 Mar 1983
Content Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Mar 1921
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 1.3m/2.2km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.1m/5.0km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 2.7m/4.4km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 3.1m/5.1km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.0km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.0m/6.5km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.9km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 1.0m/1.7km 1740? 
East Walbottle Colliery Dinnington Village 4.8m/7.7km  29 Oct 1966
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.9m/4.7km  
Edward Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.9m/7.9km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.6m/7.4km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.5km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.7km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.7km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 1.3m/2.1km  
Fallow Pit  4.2m/6.8km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.3km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 4.5m/7.2km 1810 
Fence Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.7km  
Fence Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.7km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.5m/7.2km 1801 
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 3.0m/4.8km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 0.4m/0.7km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 2.6m/4.2km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.5m/5.6km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  4.7m/7.6km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 3.0m/4.9km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 4.7m/7.6km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  Mar 1921
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Hill Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.3km 1700's 
Hopewell Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
Horsley Pit Spital 4.6m/7.4km  
Humble Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Humble Pit Heddon 0.9m/1.5km  
James Pit Prudhoe 3.8m/6.1km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.6km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 1.2m/2.0km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 1.4m/2.3km  
John Pit West Wylam 3.8m/6.1km  
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 4.2m/6.8km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 2.5m/4.0km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924
King Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.8km  
King Pit Heddon 1.1m/1.8km  
Kyo Wood Pit  4.2m/6.8km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Fenham 3.6m/5.8km  
Lady Pit Throckley 1.2m/2.0km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.2m/3.6km  
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 3.4m/5.5km 1771 Oct 1966
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 1.3m/2.1km  22 Feb 1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km  
Margery Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.2m/5.2km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.6km  
Mary Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.1m/5.0km 1750 13 Nov 1959
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.3km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 4.2m/6.8km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 1.6m/2.7km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  Aug 1958
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 2.3m/3.8km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.1km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.0m/4.8km  Aug 1964
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 3.1m/5.0km 1771 Oct 1966
Primrose Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 3.8m/6.1km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 0.5m/0.9km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.9km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 1.1m/1.9km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 1.1m/1.9km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 4.1m/6.6km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
Robert Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km  
Sally Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.1km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.8m/6.1km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.4m/3.9km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Thistle Pit Throckley 0.7m/1.2km 1756 
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 1.3m/2.1km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 0.1m/0.3km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 0.1m/0.3km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 1.3m/2.1km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 0.9m/1.5km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 0.0m/0.1km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Tilley Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.0km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.4m/3.9km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 1.3m/2.2km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  
View Pit Scotswood 3.1m/5.0km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 0.0m/0.1km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 1.3m/2.2km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.6km  
West Pit House Shaft  4.6m/7.4km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.0m/6.4km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.0m/6.4km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Whin Pit Thockley 0.6m/1.0km  
William Pit Benwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rye Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Rye Pit

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