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  Barcus Close Colliery  Index  Barcus Close Colliery  

Barcus Close Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 17100 57800

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.0m/3.2km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.2m/5.2km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.0m/6.5km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Air Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.8km 1849 
Andrew Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 2.1m/3.4km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 2.6m/4.3km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 1.1m/1.8km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 3.4m/5.5km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 1.9m/3.1km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 1.8m/3.0km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.3m/3.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 3.2m/5.2km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.3m/3.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.3km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.5km  
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 1.0m/1.7km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 1.0m/1.7km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 2.1m/3.4km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 1.0m/1.6km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.6m/5.8km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.4m/5.5km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.5m/7.3km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.8m/7.7km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.5m/7.2km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.9m/4.7km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.9m/4.7km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.3m/5.4km  
Billet Pit Elswick 4.6m/7.4km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 4.0m/6.5km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 2.6m/4.3km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.3m/5.4km  
Bog Pit Pontop 3.3m/5.3km  
Brack Pit Kyo 3.0m/4.8km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.8m/7.7km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 4.5m/7.2km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.5m/7.2km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Broom Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.6km  
Broom Pit Collierly 2.8m/4.5km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 0.2m/0.4km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.8m/4.6km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 1.0m/1.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 2.4m/3.9km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 4.3m/7.0km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 2.3m/3.7km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 2.4m/3.9km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 1.0m/1.7km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.7km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.8m/4.5km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 1.8m/3.0km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 2.2m/3.6km  Oct 1948
Content Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 3.3m/5.4km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.5m/7.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.0m/6.4km 1796 
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.9m/6.3km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 1.0m/1.7km bef. 1847 
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.3m/6.9km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Delight Pit Dipton 2.9m/4.7km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.4km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 2.9m/4.7km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  
Dummys Pit  3.3m/5.4km bef. 1790 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.5m/7.3km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.5m/7.3km 1875 Dec 1947
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km  
East Drift Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.2m/5.2km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  bef. 1922
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.9m/6.3km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 2.1m/3.4km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.0m/6.4km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.1m/6.7km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 4.3m/6.9km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.5km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 3.5m/5.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.1m/5.1km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 5.0m/8.0km 1836 
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 4.1m/6.6km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 1.9m/3.1km  
Fallow Pit  3.1m/5.1km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 2.6m/4.3km  
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.2m/6.8km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
First Pit Winlaton 1.4m/2.3km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 3.1m/5.0km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Fox Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.9km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 2.3m/3.7km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.5m/2.4km  1854
Gate Pit Grange Villa 4.6m/7.5km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 2.5m/4.0km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1828 
Gin Pit Medomsley 4.5m/7.2km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.5km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.2m/5.2km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  3.9m/6.3km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.4m/5.5km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 5.0m/8.0km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 4.3m/7.0km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1839 
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.4km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 3.6m/5.8km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 3.5m/5.6km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 1.2m/2.0km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.9m/6.3km  
Hive Pit Pontop 3.8m/6.1km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 1.0m/1.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 1.6m/2.6km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 3.9m/6.3km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 4.3m/6.9km 1898 06 Oct 1972
John Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 4.1m/6.6km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.9m/7.9km 1914 Dec 1932
Kyo Wood Pit  3.8m/6.2km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 4.3m/6.9km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Law Pit Lanchester 3.1m/5.0km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.4m/7.1km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 0.8m/1.3km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 0.8m/1.3km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 1.3m/2.1km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 3.8m/6.2km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 3.5m/5.7km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.3km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 2.3m/3.8km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 2.8m/4.6km  
Margery Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.2km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 3.1m/5.0km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 4.3m/7.0km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 4.3m/7.0km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1921
Moor Pit Pontop 3.3m/5.4km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/7.0km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Mount Pit Tantobie 2.0m/3.2km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 1.6m/2.7km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
New Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 0.9m/1.5km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 3.7m/6.0km  
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.3m/6.9km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  Aug 1958
Oxhill Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.7km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 4.8m/7.7km 1819 1848
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.8m/7.8km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 3.3m/5.4km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.7m/6.0km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 1.8m/3.0km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 3.3m/5.4km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 4.5m/7.2km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 2.4m/3.9km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km  05 Oct 1973
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.7m/6.0km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.4m/7.1km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.8m/4.5km  
Second Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.4km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 1.8m/2.9km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 5.0m/8.0km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 1.0m/1.7km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 3.9m/6.3km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 0.9m/1.5km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 3.3m/5.4km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 3.5m/5.6km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 1.7m/2.8km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  Mar 1921
Spring Pits  3.3m/5.3km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 4.5m/7.3km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 3.3m/5.4km 1821 1938
Stargate Colliery Stargate 3.5m/5.6km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 1.8m/3.0km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 2.8m/4.5km  
Success Pit Ditpon 4.5m/7.2km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 2.3m/3.7km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 3.5m/5.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 2.3m/3.8km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.6m/4.3km  
Tilley Pit  2.3m/3.7km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.7m/4.4km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.1m/5.0km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 4.1m/6.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 2.2m/3.6km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 4.1m/6.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 3.5m/5.6km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 4.1m/6.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 4.6m/7.5km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 1.6m/2.6km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1828 
Water Level Drift East Castle 4.1m/6.6km  
Water Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.7km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.4m/5.5km 1924 20 Aug 1964
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.8m/7.7km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  3.4m/5.5km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 4.5m/7.2km  1938
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 2.8m/4.6km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.7m/6.0km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.6m/5.8km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
William Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.3km  
William Pit Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 2.5m/4.1km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 4.5m/7.2km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.0m/3.2km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.4m/3.9km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924

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