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  Brandon Pit House Colliery  Index  Brandon Pit House Colliery  

Brandon Pit House Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 21500 40400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brandon Pit House Colliery

  main page for Brandon Pit House Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 2.0m/3.3km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.4m/3.9km  06 Apr 1984
Allotment Drift Bearpark 1.1m/1.9km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 3.9m/6.3km 1880s Sep 1949
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 3.7m/6.0km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 4.1m/6.7km  Oct 1960
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Big Pit Crook 4.1m/6.7km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.4m/7.1km 1860 01 May 1909
Bolckow Pit Crook 4.1m/6.6km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 3.4m/5.5km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.5m/5.6km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 2.0m/3.3km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 3.0m/4.8km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 3.0m/4.8km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 3.0m/4.8km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 1.8m/3.0km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 1.8m/3.0km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 2.1m/3.5km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km  
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 4.8m/7.7km  1883
Browney Colliery Brandon 2.2m/3.6km 1871 Jul 1938
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.8m/7.8km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 4.0m/6.4km  07 Nov 1924
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 4.3m/7.0km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.6m/7.4km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.7km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 3.5m/5.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 3.5m/5.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Crook Colliery Crook 4.0m/6.5km  
Crook Drift Crook 3.9m/6.3km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.7m/6.0km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.2m/5.2km 1845 Bef. 1870
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 4.6m/7.5km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 3.7m/6.0km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 4.0m/6.4km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.6km  1924
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.5m/5.7km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Elvet Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.1km  
Emma Pit Crook 4.3m/7.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 1.6m/2.7km 1866 Jun 1968
Etherley Colliery Etherley 1.8m/2.9km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.9m/6.3km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 1.5m/2.5km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 4.8m/7.8km 1872 
Ford Drift Cornsay 3.5m/5.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.3m/7.0km  07 Nov 1924
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 5.0m/8.0km  
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 2.8m/4.6km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 2.6m/4.2km 1868 1958
Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.1m/5.0km 1870's Nov 1929
High Drift Cornsay 3.5m/5.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 2.5m/4.0km  1951
Hilltop Quarry Esh 2.5m/4.0km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.6km  
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km  20 Aug 1921
Hutton Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 4.0m/6.4km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.5m/7.3km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 2.8m/4.6km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.4m/5.5km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1818 
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 4.9m/7.9km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.1m/6.6km 1837 Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.2m/6.8km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.0m/4.8km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 3.3m/5.3km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Little Pit Crook 4.1m/6.7km  
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 2.8m/4.6km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 2.6m/4.3km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 4.8m/7.7km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 4.8m/7.7km  1937
Low Drift Cornsay 3.5m/5.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 4.3m/7.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Manor House & May Drifts Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
May Drift Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 2.5m/4.0km 1871 Dec 1950
Mercie Drift Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km  
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 1.1m/1.8km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.8m/4.5km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.7m/7.6km  1930's
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.8m/4.5km 1955 May 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km  
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 3.3m/5.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 2.0m/3.3km  
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 4.8m/7.7km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 4.3m/7.0km  07 Nov 1924
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 3.1m/5.1km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 2.8m/4.5km 1983 
Pease's West Colliery Crook 4.3m/7.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 4.8m/7.7km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 4.1m/6.6km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 4.3m/7.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 2.3m/3.8km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.4m/7.1km 1858 1931
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 4.8m/7.8km  
Rush Pit Etherley 1.8m/2.9km 1869 
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 3.1m/5.1km  
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km 1845 May 1947
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 1.1m/1.8km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 3.1m/5.1km 1855 Jul 1931
South Engine Pit Durham 3.8m/6.1km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km 1846 June 1927
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 2.8m/4.5km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 1.8m/2.9km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.3m/7.0km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 3.7m/6.0km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 2.6m/4.2km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.6m/4.2km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 2.6m/4.2km 1868 1958
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.8m/6.1km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.8m/6.1km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.3m/7.0km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.3m/7.0km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.8m/6.1km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.3m/7.0km 1945 23 May 1969
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 1.4m/2.3km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 1.8m/3.0km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 1.0m/1.7km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.7m/7.6km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.6m/7.5km  
White Lea Colliery Crook 4.1m/6.7km 1855 
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 3.5m/5.7km  
Willington Colliery Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1840 1932
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.8m/6.1km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.5m/7.2km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 4.8m/7.7km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 2.5m/4.1km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 2.6m/4.2km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.8m/7.7km  

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