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Spring Pit [1]

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26300 58800

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Spring Pit [1]

Colliery Page   main page for Spring Pit [1]

In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Spring Pit [1] are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.8m/7.8km 1842 
Ada Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km  
Air Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 0.6m/1.0km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.8m/7.8km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.8m/7.8km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.7m/6.0km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 0.5m/0.9km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 3.9m/6.3km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.4m/7.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Ayton Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.4m/7.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 2.7m/4.4km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 1.1m/1.8km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.5m/7.3km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.0m/6.4km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 2.5m/4.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.1m/6.7km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.6m/5.8km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1743 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.1m/6.7km 1766 
Betty Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.1km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 0.5m/0.9km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 1.7m/2.8km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billet Pit Elswick 3.6m/5.8km  
Billy Pit Biddick 4.1m/6.7km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.1m/5.1km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 2.2m/3.6km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 2.2m/3.6km  
Brandling Main Felling 2.3m/3.7km 1779 1931
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1867 Feb 1965
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.4m/7.1km  Feb 1965
Butney Pit Washington 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.8m/7.7km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 1.8m/2.9km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.2km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 0.5m/0.8km  
Chance Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.1km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 0.3m/0.5km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 2.8m/4.5km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1765 
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.3m/7.0km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.3m/7.0km 1680 
Church Quarry Heworth 1.0m/1.7km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.8m/7.8km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Clog Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 0.4m/0.7km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 0.5m/0.8km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1847 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 2.1m/3.4km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 0.2m/0.4km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.5m/7.2km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Delight Pit Byker 3.6m/5.9km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 2.5m/4.1km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 1.1m/1.8km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.4m/7.1km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 0.6m/1.1km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.1km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 3.1m/5.0km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 3.1m/5.0km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.8m/7.7km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.8m/7.7km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 0.9m/1.5km  
Edge Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Benwell 5.0m/8.0km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 0.5m/0.9km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.7m/1.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.1m/6.6km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 0.3m/0.6km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
Engine Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.4m/7.1km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 2.3m/3.8km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.9m/6.3km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 2.3m/3.7km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.0m/3.3km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.7km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.3km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 3.3m/5.3km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km 1736 
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.2m/5.2km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 4.7m/7.6km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.4m/5.5km  
George Pit Lamesley 0.2m/0.4km  
George Pit Low Fell 0.7m/1.2km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.2m/6.8km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.6m/7.5km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.0m/3.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.1km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 0.9m/1.5km  
Green Pit Lamesley 0.1m/0.2km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 0.1m/0.2km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 3.1m/5.0km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.2m/6.8km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Haugh Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.8m/7.8km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.3m/6.9km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.3m/6.9km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.3km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 2.0m/3.3km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.6m/2.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 2.6m/4.2km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 2.0m/3.3km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.5m/7.3km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 5.0m/8.0km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.1m/3.5km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 1.0m/1.7km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 0.7m/1.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Jane Pit Walker 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
John Pit Felling 2.1m/3.5km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Judith Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.0m/3.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 1.6m/2.7km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 1.5m/2.4km  
King Pit Walker 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 0.8m/1.3km  
Lady Pit Dunston 2.6m/4.2km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.8km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 0.2m/0.4km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Lane Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.6m/5.9km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 0.1m/0.3km  
Little Pit Washington 4.5m/7.2km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.6m/5.8km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.5km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.9m/4.7km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.6m/5.8km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Meadow Pit Lamesley 0.4m/0.7km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.2m/3.6km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 4.6m/7.5km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 4.0m/6.4km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 4.2m/6.8km  15 May 1925
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 0.4m/0.7km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.4km  
New D Pit Penshaw 5.0m/8.0km 1832 
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 2.8m/4.5km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.6m/5.8km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.2km  
North Pit Lamesley 0.5m/0.8km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 2.4m/3.9km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 2.0m/3.3km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 2.6m/4.2km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Old Engine Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.8m/7.8km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 3.6m/5.8km 1819 1848
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.8km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.4m/7.1km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.4m/7.1km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.8m/7.8km  
Quarry Pit Springwell 0.4m/0.7km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 0.5m/0.9km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 0.6m/1.1km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.0m/3.2km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 2.2m/3.6km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 3.5m/5.7km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 3.6m/5.8km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.2km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.3m/3.8km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.1m/3.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 1.0m/1.6km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 0.7m/1.2km  
Rush Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.3km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Second Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.7km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.7m/4.4km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 0.7m/1.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.8km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.2m/6.8km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.2m/6.8km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.5m/4.0km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.0km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.0m/6.5km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 4.4m/7.1km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.3km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 1.3m/2.2km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 1.3m/2.1km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km 1833 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.3m/6.9km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.1m/6.7km  
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.8m/1.3km  
Street Pit Lamesley 0.9m/1.5km  
Success Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 0.5m/0.9km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 0.9m/1.5km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.0m/4.9km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.9m/7.9km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 4.7m/7.6km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 2.2m/3.6km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 2.0m/3.2km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 1.6m/2.7km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 3.3m/5.3km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.9m/4.7km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.2m/5.2km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 2.6m/4.2km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 4.3m/7.0km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.2m/5.2km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1765 1920
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 3.2m/5.2km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 2.2m/3.6km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.5m/4.1km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.3m/5.3km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 2.6m/4.2km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.2m/5.2km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.6m/5.8km 1819 1848
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.9m/7.9km 1858 1921
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
White House Quarry Springwell 1.2m/2.0km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 5.0m/8.0km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 5.0m/8.0km 1830 
William Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.2km  
William Pit Felling 1.9m/3.1km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.7km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.1m/6.7km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.2m/5.2km  

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