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Rickleton Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28709 53087

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rickleton Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Rickleton Pit

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 4.0m/6.4km 1952 1955
Ada Pit Heworth 4.6m/7.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adventure Pit West Rainton 4.1m/6.6km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Air Pit Beamish 4.7m/7.6km 1849 
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 5.0m/8.0km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 3.4m/5.5km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 3.4m/5.5km 1858 
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km 1726 1973
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 1.1m/1.9km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 3.5m/5.7km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.2m/5.2km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 1.3m/2.1km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.7m/7.6km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.3km  
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.2km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Betty Pit  2.8m/4.5km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 2.8m/4.6km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 1.1m/1.8km  
Billy Pit Harraton 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 1.6m/2.6km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 1.8m/2.9km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 2.3m/3.8km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 4.7m/7.6km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.6m/7.4km  1924
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.3m/3.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Burns Pit Stanley 4.8m/7.7km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.3m/3.7km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 3.2m/5.2km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  1.9m/3.1km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.0m/6.4km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 4.2m/6.8km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Chance Pit Harraton 1.1m/1.8km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 0.9m/1.5km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 1.3m/2.2km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 1.3m/2.2km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.5m/4.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.5m/4.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Quarry Heworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Clog Pit  1.7m/2.8km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.5m/5.6km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.6m/5.8km  Apr 1957
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 1.0m/1.7km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.0m/4.8km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.3m/7.0km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 4.5m/7.3km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 1.3m/2.2km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 2.9m/4.7km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 0.8m/1.3km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 2.9m/4.7km  1956
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 4.4m/7.1km  
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.6m/7.5km  1933
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 4.7m/7.6km  
Edge Pit Beamish 4.4m/7.1km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.3m/6.9km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km 1726 1973
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 2.9m/4.7km  1956
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 4.9m/7.9km  
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Ellison's Shaft  3.1m/5.1km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Engine Pit  1.1m/1.9km  
Engine Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.2m/3.6km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 4.6m/7.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Fatfield Colliery Washington 1.5m/2.4km 1700's 
Field House Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.4m/7.1km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.3m/6.9km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.6m/5.9km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Fortune Pit Harraton 0.6m/1.0km  
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km 1840 1934
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.6m/5.9km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Garden Pit Harraton 1.3m/2.1km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 4.0m/6.4km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
George Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Low Fell 4.5m/7.3km  
George Pit Lumley 2.8m/4.6km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.5m/4.1km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 1.6m/2.7km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.3m/5.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 2.4m/3.9km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Godspeed Pit  1.1m/1.9km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 0.9m/1.5km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 3.3m/5.4km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.6m/5.8km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.2m/5.2km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  1.7m/2.8km  
Haugh Pit  1.3m/2.1km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 4.6m/7.4km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 1.1m/1.8km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 1.1m/1.8km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 3.3m/5.4km 1874 Dec 1985
Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.6m/7.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.3km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.0m/6.4km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.8m/7.8km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 4.8m/7.7km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 3.5m/5.7km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.6m/5.8km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 3.3m/5.4km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 4.8m/7.8km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  0.8m/1.4km  
Jane Pit  2.6m/4.2km  
John Pit Heworth 4.6m/7.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  1.2m/2.0km  
Judith Pit Harraton 1.5m/2.4km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.8m/7.7km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.3m/5.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 3.1m/5.0km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 4.1m/6.6km 1873 04 Nov 1967
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 3.8m/6.2km  
Knott Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 2.4m/3.9km 1790 
Lamb Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 2.3m/3.8km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 2.3m/3.8km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 2.3m/3.8km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 2.0m/3.2km 1792 
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.8m/7.7km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Landsale Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.3km  
Lane Pit Harraton 1.5m/2.4km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.2m/6.8km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Little Pit Washington 1.9m/3.1km 1894 Mar 1935
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.8m/4.6km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.0m/3.2km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.0m/3.3km  
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 2.8m/4.5km  1930's
Mary Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Stanley 4.8m/7.7km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Mary Pit Newbottle 2.8m/4.5km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.4m/7.1km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.0m/6.4km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Middle Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 3.2m/5.2km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 1.5m/2.5km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 2.5m/4.1km  
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 4.7m/7.6km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.3km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 2.9m/4.7km 1774 1956
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.5m/5.7km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.0m/4.9km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 2.1m/3.5km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 3.3m/5.4km 1874 Dec 1985
New Pit Stanley 4.8m/7.7km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 2.9m/4.7km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.5m/4.1km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 3.8m/6.2km 1817 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 1.5m/2.5km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Old Engine Pit  1.3m/2.1km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 2.0m/3.3km  
Pea Flat Pit  2.5m/4.0km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 0.8m/1.3km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.2m/3.6km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.1m/3.5km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 2.0m/3.3km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 3.3m/5.4km 1874 Dec 1985
Pity Me Pit  2.6m/4.3km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 3.5m/5.6km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.3m/6.9km 1790 
Quarry Pit Springwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Quarry Pit East Rainton 4.6m/7.4km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.0m/6.4km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.3m/5.3km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.0m/3.2km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.3m/6.9km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.6m/5.9km 1816 
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.5m/5.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 0.5m/0.9km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Rush Pit Harraton 1.1m/1.8km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.6m/7.4km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  5.0m/8.0km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 1.3m/2.2km  
Second Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.7km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km 1845 May 1947
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 0.8m/1.3km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 3.3m/5.4km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.3m/7.0km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.3km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 1.4m/2.3km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 1.4m/2.3km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 1.5m/2.4km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.6m/5.8km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 1.3m/2.1km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 1.8m/3.0km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.0m/3.2km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.8m/6.2km  
Street Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Success Pit  1.0m/1.6km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 2.5m/4.1km  1956
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.8m/7.7km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.0km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 3.5m/5.7km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 4.0m/6.4km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 2.1m/3.4km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 2.5m/4.1km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.2m/6.8km  30 Nov 1920
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.6m/7.5km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.3m/3.8km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.8m/4.6km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.6m/5.9km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Victoria Pit Washington 2.0m/3.2km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.6m/5.9km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 2.8m/4.6km 1831 Apr 1926
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 1.6m/2.6km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.8m/4.6km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 2.3m/3.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km  
Way Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 4.3m/6.9km  30 Nov 1920
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.6m/5.9km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.3m/6.9km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 3.5m/5.7km 1858 1921
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.8m/7.7km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
White House Quarry Springwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 2.1m/3.5km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 3.8m/6.2km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 2.1m/3.5km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 2.3m/3.8km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 4.6m/7.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Willie Pit Heworth 4.9m/7.9km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 4.6m/7.5km  
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.8m/7.7km  
Woodside Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.0m/3.2km  

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