Backworth Brickworks
OS Grid Ref: NZ 30400 71900
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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In the following table the value given for the distance
(miles/kilometres) from Backworth Brickworks are "as
the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.
| Colliery |
Location |
Distance |
Opened |
|
Closed |
| 10 Feet Pit | nr. Coundon | 4.6m/7.4km | 1842 | | |
| A Pit | Wallsend | 3.2m/5.2km | | | |
| Alfred Pit | Jarrow | 4.3m/7.0km | 1803 | | |
| Algernon Colliery | Backworth | 1.3m/2.1km | 1853 | | 1966 |
| Amelia Pit | Cramlington | 4.1m/6.6km | | | |
| Ann Pit | Walker | 4.6m/7.5km | | | |
| Anne Pit | Cramlington | 3.1m/5.1km | | | |
| Augusta Pit | Wide Open | 4.7m/7.6km | 1867 | | Feb 1960 |
| Backworth Colliery | Backworth | 0.0m/0.0km | 1818 | | Jun 1980 |
| Basin Pit | Longbenton | 3.1m/5.0km | | | |
| Benton Colliery | Longbenton | 3.5m/5.6km | bef. 1760 | | |
| Betsy Pit | Cramlington | 3.1m/5.1km | | | |
| Bigge Pit | Willington | 2.1m/3.5km | | | |
| Bigge's Main Colliery | Wallsend | 3.2m/5.2km | | | |
| Blue Bell Pit | Shiremoor | 0.6m/1.0km | | | 1915 |
| Bower Pit | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 4.4m/7.1km | bef. 1821 | | 16 Jun 1894 |
| Brandling Pit | Gosofrth | 4.0m/6.5km | | | |
| Burdon Main Colliery | North Sheilds | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | | |
| Burradon Colliery | Burradon | 1.8m/3.0km | 1820 | | Nov 1975 |
| Chance Pit | North Sheilds | 3.4m/5.5km | 1811 | | |
| Charlotte Pit | Walker | 4.1m/6.6km | bef. 1765 | | |
| Chirton Colliery | Chirton | 3.9m/6.3km | | | |
| Chirton Pit | North Sheilds | 3.4m/5.5km | 1811 | | |
| Church Pit | Earsdon | 0.7m/1.2km | 1838 | | |
| Church Pit (New Engine Pit) | South Shields | 4.8m/7.7km | Jun 1825 | | 1940 |
| Church Pit | South Shields | 4.8m/7.7km | 1825 | | |
| Church Pit | Wallsend | 3.4m/5.5km | bef. 1782 | | |
| Collingwood Main Colliery | North Sheilds | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | | |
| Coxlodge Colliery | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 4.5m/7.2km | bef. 1821 | | 16 Jun 1894 |
| Cramlington Brickworks | Cramlington | 3.2m/5.2km | | | |
| Cramlington Colliery | Cramlington | 3.2m/5.2km | | | |
| Cullercoats Colliery | Cullercoats | 3.6m/5.8km | | | |
| Delaval Pit | New Hartley | 2.3m/3.8km | | | |
| Delight Pit | Byker | 4.9m/7.9km | | | |
| Delight Pit | Wallsend | 4.2m/6.8km | | | |
| Dinnington Colliery | Wide Open | 4.7m/7.6km | 1867 | | Feb 1960 |
| Dudley Colliery | Dudley | 3.0m/4.9km | 1856 | | 1977 |
| Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) | Dudley | 3.0m/4.9km | 1856 | | 1977 |
| Duke & Duchess Pit | Earsdon | 0.3m/0.6km | | | |
| E/Deep Pit | Jarrow | 4.3m/7.0km | 1803 | | |
| Earsdon Colliery | Earsdon | 0.3m/0.6km | | | 22 Jun 1934 |
| East Holywell Colliery | Earsdon | 0.8m/1.3km | | | |
| East Pit | Wallsend | 4.1m/6.6km | | | |
| Eccles Colliery | Backworth | 0.0m/0.0km | Jul 1905 | | Jun 1980 |
| Eccles Pit | Backworth | 0.0m/0.0km | Jul 1905 | | Jun 1980 |
| Edward Pit | Wallsend | 3.4m/5.5km | bef. 1782 | | |
| Edward Pit | Willington Quay | 2.2m/3.6km | | | |
| Engine Pit | Murton, Northumberland | 1.5m/2.5km | | | |
| Fair Pit | Wallsend | 3.8m/6.2km | | | |
| Fanny Pit | Gosforth | 3.8m/6.1km | | | |
| Fenwick Colliery | Backworth | 0.7m/1.2km | 1874 | | 1973 |
| Fenwick Pit | Backworth | 0.7m/1.2km | 1874 | | 1973 |
| Flatworth Colliery | Chirton | 2.8m/4.5km | | | |
| Flatworth Pit | North Shields | 2.8m/4.5km | | | |
| Fortune Pit | Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.3m/6.9km | 1736 | | |
| Gloria Colliery | Hartley | 3.6m/5.8km | | | 1951 |
| Gosforth Colliery | Gosforth | 3.8m/6.1km | 1825 | | |
| Gosforth Pit | Wallsend | 4.1m/6.7km | | | |
| Grange Pit | Earsdon | 1.1m/1.9km | | | |
| Hannah Pit | Blyth | 4.5m/7.2km | | | |
| Hartley Colliery | New Hartley | 3.2m/5.2km | | | Feb 1959 |
| Hastings Pit | Seaton Delaval | 2.8m/4.5km | 1875 | | 27 May 1960 |
| Hazlerigg Colliery | Dinnington | 4.8m/7.8km | 1892 | | Apr 1964 |
| Heaton Colliery | Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.3m/6.9km | 1736 | | |
| Heaton Quarry | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.0m/6.4km | | | |
| Hebburn Colliery | Hebburn | 4.1m/6.6km | 1792 | | 1932 |
| Hedge Pit | Longbenton | 2.8m/4.6km | | | |
| Henry Pit | Wallsend | 3.9m/6.3km | | | |
| Hester Pit | Seaton Delaval | 3.0m/4.8km | | | |
| Hester Pit | Wide Open | 4.7m/7.6km | | | Feb 1960 |
| Hester Pit | New Hartley | 3.0m/4.8km | | | |
| High Pit | Willington Quay | 3.0m/4.8km | 1806 | | |
| Hopewell Pit | North Sheilds | 3.6m/5.8km | 1811 | | |
| Howden Panns Colliery | North Shields | 3.6m/5.9km | | | |
| Howdon Marine Quarry | Wallsend | 4.0m/6.5km | | | |
| Jane Pit | Walker | 5.0m/8.0km | bef. 1765 | | |
| Jarrow Colliery | Jarrow | 4.3m/7.0km | 1803 | | |
| Jesmond Colliery | Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.6m/7.5km | | | |
| John Pit | Seghill | 2.0m/3.3km | 1824 | | 1962 |
| Jubilee/North Pit | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 4.8m/7.8km | bef. 1821 | | 16 Jun 1894 |
| Killingworth Colliery | Killingworth | 1.3m/2.1km | bef. 1806 | | |
| Killingworth West Moor Colliery | Killingworth | 2.1m/3.4km | bef. 1829 | | |
| King Pit | Walker | 4.5m/7.2km | bef. 1765 | | |
| Kitty Pit | Seghill | 2.0m/3.3km | 1824 | | 1962 |
| Lamb Pit | Cramlington | 2.6m/4.3km | | | |
| Lawson's Main Colliery | Byker | 4.9m/7.9km | | | |
| Lizzie Pit | Weetslade | 2.8m/4.5km | 1903 | | 1966 |
| Long Benton Colliery | Longbenton | 3.5m/5.6km | bef. 1760 | | |
| Low Pit | Willington Quay | 3.0m/4.8km | 1806 | | |
| Major Pit | Seghill | 2.1m/3.4km | | | 1962 |
| Maude Pit | Backworth | 0.0m/0.1km | Jun 1872 | | Dec 1960 |
| Middle Pit | Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.6m/7.5km | | | |
| Mill Pit | New Hartley | 3.3m/5.3km | | | Feb 1959 |
| Millbank Pit | Willington Quay | 2.2m/3.6km | | | |
| Murton Colliery [NBL] | Murton, Northumberland | 1.5m/2.5km | | | |
| Nelson Colliery | Cramlington | 4.5m/7.3km | 1934 | | Jan 1958 |
| New Delaval Colliery | nr.Blyth | 4.8m/7.8km | | | 1955 |
| New Hartley Colliery | New Hartley | 3.2m/5.2km | | | Feb 1959 |
| New Pit | Howden | 3.6m/5.9km | 1808 | | |
| New Pit | Longbenton | 3.5m/5.6km | | | |
| Newsham Colliery | Blyth | 4.5m/7.2km | | | |
| Nightingale Pit | New Hartley | 2.4m/3.9km | | | Feb 1959 |
| Old Pit | North Sheilds | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | | |
| Percy Main Colliery | North Shields | 3.6m/5.9km | | | |
| Percy Pit | North Shields | 3.6m/5.9km | | | |
| Preston Colliery | North Shields | 3.1m/5.1km | | | 28 Sep 1929 |
| Prospect Pit | Chirton | 3.9m/6.3km | | | |
| Prosperous Pit | Backworth | 1.4m/2.3km | 1906 | | Dec 1960 |
| Pumping Shaft | Dinnington | 4.8m/7.7km | 1892 | | Apr 1964 |
| Rake Lane Drift | Backworth | 2.1m/3.4km | | | |
| Regent/Engine Pit | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 4.5m/7.2km | bef. 1821 | | 16 Jun 1894 |
| Relief Pit | Seaton Delaval | 2.8m/4.5km | 1884 | | 27 May 1960 |
| Richard Pit | Cramlington | 3.1m/5.0km | | | |
| Richard Pit | Seaton Delaval | 2.8m/4.5km | 1838 | | 27 May 1960 |
| Richard Pit | Willington Quay | 2.3m/3.7km | | | |
| Rising Sun Colliery | Wallsend | 2.2m/3.6km | | | 1969 |
| Rising Sun Pit | Wallsend | 2.2m/3.6km | | | |
| Russell's Wallsend | Wallsend | 3.4m/5.5km | bef. 1782 | | |
| Seaton Burn Colliery | Seaton Burn | 4.4m/7.1km | 1844 | | 17 Aug 1965 |
| Seaton Delaval Colliery | Seaton Delaval | 2.7m/4.4km | 1838 | | 27 May 1960 |
| Seghill Brickworks | Seghill | 2.0m/3.3km | | | |
| Seghill Colliery | Seghill | 2.0m/3.3km | 1824 | | 1962 |
| Shankhouse Colliery | Shankhouse | 4.1m/6.6km | | | |
| Shields Colliery | Chirton | 3.9m/6.3km | | | |
| St. Hilda's Colliery | South Shields | 4.8m/7.7km | 1810 | | 1940 |
| Success Pit | Seghill | 1.5m/2.5km | 1824 | | 1962 |
| Temple Main Colliery | Jarrow | 4.3m/7.0km | 1803 | | |
| Venture Pit | Willington Quay | 3.0m/4.8km | 1806 | | |
| Walker Colliery | Walker | 4.5m/7.2km | bef. 1765 | | 1920 |
| Wallsend Brickworks | Wallsend | 3.4m/5.5km | | | |
| Wallsend Colliery | Wallsend | 3.4m/5.5km | bef. 1782 | | |
| Weetslade Colliery | Weetslade | 2.8m/4.6km | 1903 | | 1966 |
| West Chirton Pit | North Sheilds | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | | |
| West Cramlington Colliery | Cramlington | 3.4m/5.5km | | | 30 Aug 1938 |
| West Holywell Colliery | Earsdon | 1.2m/2.0km | 1857 | | 1861 |
| West Moor Colliery | Killingworth | 2.1m/3.4km | bef. 1829 | | |
| Whin Pit | New Hartley | 3.3m/5.4km | 1754 | | |
| Whitley Colliery | Whitley Bay | 3.1m/5.1km | | | |
| Wideopen Colliery | Wideopen | 3.6m/5.9km | 1825 | | |
| Willington Colliery | Willington Quay | 3.0m/4.8km | 1806 | | |
Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Backworth Brickworks
main page for Backworth Brickworks