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  Bewicke Main Colliery  Index  Bewicke Main Colliery  

Bewicke Main Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25400 55600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Ada Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Air Pit Beamish 2.9m/4.7km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 2.8m/4.5km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 2.8m/4.5km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.1m/5.1km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 3.9m/6.3km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 2.0m/3.3km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 5.0m/8.0km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Ayton Pit Harraton 2.2m/3.6km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.4km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 2.9m/4.7km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 2.5m/4.0km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 3.9m/6.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Big Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billet Pit Elswick 5.0m/8.0km  
Billy Pit Biddick 3.4m/5.5km  
Billy Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 2.6m/4.3km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 1.6m/2.6km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 1.9m/3.1km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Brandling Main Felling 4.4m/7.1km 1779 1931
Broom Pit Stanley 4.5m/7.3km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.1m/3.5km 1867 Feb 1965
Burns Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.3km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.3m/3.8km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.2m/6.8km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.1m/6.7km  25 Aug 1962
Butney Pit Washington 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.2m/6.8km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.2km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 2.3m/3.8km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 2.6m/4.3km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Chance Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.9km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.9km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.9m/6.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.9m/6.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Clog Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1847 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.1m/6.7km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 3.2m/5.2km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  Dec 1893
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.3m/5.4km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1746 
Dike Pit Beamish 2.6m/4.3km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.3km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.9m/4.7km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.5m/7.3km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.5m/7.3km 1875 Dec 1947
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.0m/4.9km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.7m/6.0km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Edge Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.5km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.3m/7.0km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Emidy Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Engine Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.4m/3.9km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 3.9m/6.3km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.0m/6.5km  
Felling Colliery Felling 4.4m/7.1km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.1m/6.6km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 2.5m/4.0km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.8km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 4.1m/6.6km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.4km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 2.8m/4.5km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.7m/6.0km  
George Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
George Pit Craghead 3.6m/5.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Low Fell 2.4m/3.9km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.1m/3.4km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.0m/6.4km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 0.7m/1.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.4m/5.5km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Green Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 2.2m/3.6km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 2.2m/3.6km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harraton Colliery Harraton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Haugh Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.4m/7.1km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.4m/5.5km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.4m/5.5km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 4.2m/6.8km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.5m/5.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.0m/6.5km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.2m/5.2km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.0m/6.5km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 3.1m/5.0km  
Ice Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.6km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
John Pit Felling 4.2m/6.8km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Judith Pit Harraton 2.7m/4.4km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.3km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 0.7m/1.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 0.5m/0.9km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 0.5m/0.9km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 2.6m/4.2km  
Lady Pit Dunston 4.1m/6.7km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.2m/6.8km 1792 
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.3km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Landsale Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Lane Pit Harraton 3.4m/5.5km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Little Pit Washington 4.0m/6.5km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.1m/5.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.3m/6.9km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 0.9m/1.5km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 4.6m/7.4km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.6m/7.4km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.1m/6.7km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.4km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.1m/5.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.9km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.3km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Meadow Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.5m/7.3km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.9m/7.9km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1826 May 1931
Nanny Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.8m/6.2km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.9m/6.3km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 4.4m/7.1km 1832 
New Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.3km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.1m/3.4km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 2.5m/4.0km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.1m/5.1km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 3.5m/5.7km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.1m/6.7km  
Old Engine Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1805 
Oxhill Pit Stanley 4.7m/7.6km  
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.3m/6.9km  
Pea Flat Pit  5.0m/8.0km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.6m/7.5km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 2.7m/4.4km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.4m/3.9km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.4m/3.9km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.3m/6.9km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 1.5m/2.5km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 1.6m/2.7km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 4.3m/7.0km 1872 28 May 1927
Rickleton Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.2km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 0.5m/0.8km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 0.8m/1.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 2.7m/4.4km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
Rush Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.3km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 5.0m/8.0km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Scrog Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Second Pit Beamish 2.4m/3.9km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 4.7m/7.6km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 2.7m/4.4km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 2.2m/3.6km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 2.5m/4.1km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.7km  May 1990
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 1.3m/2.1km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 2.1m/3.4km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 5.0m/8.0km 1837 1915
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 2.7m/4.4km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 2.6m/4.3km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km Bef. 1769 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 3.5m/5.7km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 2.1m/3.5km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 4.6m/7.4km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.6m/4.2km  
Street Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Success Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.1m/6.7km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Team Colliery Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Thomas Pit Low Fell 2.6m/4.3km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.7m/4.4km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 2.7m/4.4km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 2.8m/4.6km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 2.8m/4.5km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km 1798 1926
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 0.4m/0.7km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.3m/6.9km  30 Nov 1920
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 1.2m/2.0km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 0.9m/1.5km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 4.1m/6.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 4.6m/7.5km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 4.0m/6.4km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 4.1m/6.6km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.5m/5.6km 1831 Apr 1926
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 1.6m/2.6km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 3.1m/5.1km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.4m/5.5km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 2.1m/3.4km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.3m/5.3km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 4.1m/6.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.3m/7.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 2.8m/4.6km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.0m/6.4km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.3m/5.3km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.4m/7.1km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 3.3m/5.3km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.4m/7.1km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
William Pit Craghead 3.8m/6.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Felling 4.0m/6.5km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km 1841 1926
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 4.4m/7.1km  25 Aug 1962
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.5m/7.2km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.3km  

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