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  Axwell Colliery  Index  Axwell Colliery  

Axwell Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 19469 60789

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Axwell Colliery

  main page for Axwell Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 3.7m/6.0km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.5m/5.7km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 2.8m/4.6km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.7m/4.4km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Air Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 2.3m/3.7km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.1m/6.7km  25 Aug 1962
Ann Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.7km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.4m/5.5km 1855 Mar 1929
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 2.6m/4.3km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 2.2m/3.6km  
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 0.8m/1.3km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 3.3m/5.4km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 1.6m/2.7km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.5km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.3m/3.7km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 1.8m/3.0km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 1.8m/3.0km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 2.6m/4.2km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 1.8m/2.9km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.5m/7.3km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.0m/6.5km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 2.5m/4.1km  
Bean Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.1m/3.5km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.1km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.1m/3.5km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 1.8m/3.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 1.8m/3.0km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.6m/7.5km  1968
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.2m/3.6km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.8m/7.8km 1862 1932
Billet Pit Elswick 2.3m/3.8km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 2.4m/3.9km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 4.1m/6.7km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 1.5m/2.5km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.0m/3.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.5m/4.1km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.2m/3.6km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 4.3m/7.0km 1874 Mar 1929
Broom Pit Collierly 4.8m/7.8km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 2.3m/3.8km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.5m/4.1km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.0m/4.9km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 4.6m/7.4km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.5km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.2m/3.6km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.2m/5.2km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 4.5m/7.3km  
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.9m/7.9km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 5.0m/8.0km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km 1756 
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 4.7m/7.6km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 0.5m/0.8km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1948
Content Pit Blaydon 1.1m/1.9km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Coronation Drift Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/6.9km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.0m/3.2km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.4m/7.1km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.1m/6.6km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.2m/3.6km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 2.0m/3.2km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.6km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 0.5m/0.8km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.7km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 4.2m/6.8km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 3.6m/5.9km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 2.3m/3.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 2.3m/3.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.9m/7.9km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.4m/5.5km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 4.3m/7.0km  
Edge Pit Beamish 4.9m/7.9km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 1.1m/1.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 1.9m/3.1km  
Edward Pit Benwell 2.8m/4.6km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km 1726 1973
Elliot Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.7m/4.4km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.7m/4.4km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 4.5m/7.2km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Fallow Pit  4.0m/6.4km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 4.1m/6.7km  
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Fan's Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 2.1m/3.5km  
Felling Quarry Felling 5.0m/8.0km  
Fence Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Fence Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
First Pit Winlaton 1.8m/2.9km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.7m/4.4km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.7m/7.6km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 3.4m/5.5km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.0m/3.2km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km 1798 1926
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.3km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 1.1m/1.8km  
George Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
George Pit Low Fell 3.7m/6.0km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Green Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.5m/5.6km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  4.9m/7.9km bef. 1790 
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 0.7m/1.2km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 1.1m/1.9km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.1m/3.5km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km 1773 
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 5.0m/8.0km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.0m/4.9km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 4.5m/7.3km  
Humble Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Humble Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.7m/7.6km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jenny Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 4.6m/7.5km  
John Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  
John Pit Felling 5.0m/8.0km 1779 1931
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 3.8m/6.2km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.3m/6.9km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
King Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
King Pit Heddon 4.6m/7.5km  
Kyo Wood Pit  4.6m/7.4km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 2.1m/3.5km  
Lady Pit Fenham 3.6m/5.9km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 1.8m/3.0km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 1.8m/3.0km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.6m/5.8km 1855 Mar 1929
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 5.0m/8.0km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 3.9m/6.3km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Margery Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.0m/3.3km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 4.8m/7.7km  
Mary Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.5m/4.1km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.0km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 1.9m/3.1km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.2m/5.2km 1750 1959
Mount Pit Tantobie 4.0m/6.5km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 3.9m/6.3km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.6m/7.5km  1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 2.7m/4.4km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 2.1m/3.5km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 1.8m/3.0km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 2.5m/4.1km 1819 1848
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.7m/6.0km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.0m/6.4km  
Primrose Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 4.6m/7.4km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km 1756 
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.7m/7.6km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.1m/5.1km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km 1872 28 May 1927
Richard Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 4.8m/7.7km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 4.8m/7.7km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  18 May 1929
Rigg Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Robert Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.5km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Second Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 4.6m/7.5km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 3.6m/5.8km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km c. 1856 1880s
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 1.1m/1.9km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km 1765 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 1.3m/2.1km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 3.9m/6.3km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.6m/4.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 4.1m/6.7km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 4.9m/7.9km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 4.5m/7.3km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 1.1m/1.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 3.9m/6.3km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 4.1m/6.6km 1768 Oct 1948
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km 1726 1973
Thistle Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km 1756 
Thomas Pit Low Fell 3.6m/5.8km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 3.7m/6.0km  1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.0m/6.4km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km  
Tilley Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.3m/5.4km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.6m/4.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km 1798 1926
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.9m/7.9km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/6.9km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Victoria Drift Blaydon 1.8m/3.0km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 3.2m/5.2km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Water Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 1.8m/2.9km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/6.9km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.5m/4.1km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.3m/7.0km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 4.3m/7.0km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  4.4m/7.1km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  10 Dec 1934
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 0.6m/1.0km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 0.6m/1.0km  
William Pit Benwell 2.2m/3.6km  
William Pit Felling 4.7m/7.6km 1779 1931
Willie Pit Tantobie 4.1m/6.6km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 4.2m/6.8km  25 Aug 1962
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 0.5m/0.8km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 0.1m/0.3km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924

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