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Beamish Museum

OS Grid Ref: NZ 21500 54500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Air Pit Beamish 0.5m/0.9km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 2.1m/3.4km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 2.1m/3.4km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 1.6m/2.7km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 1.3m/2.2km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.3m/5.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 4.3m/6.9km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.3km 1864 Jul 1980
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.0m/6.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.0m/6.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.4km  
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.4km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.4m/5.5km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1961
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.2m/6.8km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 0.5m/0.9km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.5m/7.3km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 4.1m/6.7km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.0km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 1.7m/2.8km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.0m/6.5km 1913 May 1932
Bog Pit Pontop 3.8m/6.2km  
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.4m/7.1km  
Brack Pit Kyo 3.3m/5.3km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 3.6m/5.9km 1874 Mar 1929
Broom Pit Stanley 2.1m/3.4km  
Broom Pit Collierly 3.0m/4.9km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.1m/6.7km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.3km 1867 Feb 1965
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km  1950
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 4.1m/6.7km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 2.8m/4.5km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 1.2m/2.0km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 3.1m/5.1km  
Busty Pit Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.8m/4.5km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.3m/7.0km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 1.6m/2.7km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.3m/3.8km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1857 
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 0.8m/1.4km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 0.8m/1.4km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.4m/7.1km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.5m/7.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.5m/7.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.0m/6.5km 1952 Mar 1983
Conquest Pit Tantobie 3.0m/4.9km  Oct 1948
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.7m/7.6km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.7km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1847 
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 4.1m/6.7km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Delight Pit Dipton 3.8m/6.1km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.3m/5.3km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
Dike Pit Beamish 0.7m/1.2km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 3.8m/6.1km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 4.4m/7.1km  
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.6km  1930
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 0.9m/1.5km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 1.3m/2.2km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.8m/7.8km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 4.6m/7.5km  
Edge Pit Beamish 0.8m/1.4km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.7km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 3.5m/5.6km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.9m/4.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 1.3m/2.2km  
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.5m/7.2km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.5km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 0.4m/0.7km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.6m/7.5km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 4.1m/6.7km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Fox Pit Stanley 1.8m/3.0km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.6km  
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  1854
Gate Pit Grange Villa 1.4m/2.3km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.1m/5.0km  
George Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
George Pit Craghead 2.1m/3.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Low Fell 3.8m/6.2km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.3m/3.8km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.0m/3.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Green Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.3km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km 1838 Jul 1957
Hall Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.6m/7.4km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 1.6m/2.6km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 4.4m/7.1km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 3.9m/6.3km 1839 
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  Mar 1921
Hedge Pit Stanley 1.9m/3.1km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 1.8m/3.0km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.2m/3.6km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 1.0m/1.7km  
Hive Pit Pontop 4.7m/7.6km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 5.0m/8.0km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 2.8m/4.5km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 2.4m/3.9km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.8m/7.8km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 4.9m/7.9km  
Hutton Drift Lanchester 5.0m/8.0km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km  
Ice Pit Beamish 0.7m/1.2km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 1.2m/2.0km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.0m/3.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.3m/3.8km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 4.8m/7.7km  
Lady Pit Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 1.2m/2.0km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.3km  
Law Pit Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km  Jan 1949
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.5km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.5km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.6m/5.9km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 1.8m/3.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 4.0m/6.5km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 1.8m/3.0km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.7m/2.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 4.2m/6.8km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 1.6m/2.7km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.4km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 1.8m/3.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 0.6m/1.1km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.2km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 1.2m/2.0km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Moor Pit Pontop 3.5m/5.7km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.3km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mount Pit Tantobie 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 3.1m/5.0km  
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.5m/5.6km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.5km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Pit Stanley 1.2m/2.0km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.3m/3.8km 1841 1936
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.9m/7.9km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 1.8m/3.0km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.9m/6.3km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 4.6m/7.4km  
North Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.3m/6.9km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 2.6m/4.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 2.3m/3.7km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.4m/7.1km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 2.2m/3.6km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.9m/4.7km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 4.4m/7.1km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 3.0m/4.8km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.2km 1861 Jul 1980
Prosperous Pit Collierly 3.1m/5.1km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 2.7m/4.4km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 4.2m/6.8km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 4.2m/6.8km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.7m/6.0km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 1.8m/3.0km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 1.9m/3.1km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km 1952 Aug 1955
Row Pit Harraton 4.9m/7.9km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.3m/6.9km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Second Pit Beamish 0.6m/1.0km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.5m/7.2km 1845 May 1947
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 1.6m/2.6km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 0.5m/0.8km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  May 1990
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 3.6m/5.9km  08 Feb 1922
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.8km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.9m/6.3km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.2km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.3m/5.3km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 2.5m/4.1km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Spring Pits  4.5m/7.3km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Quarry Springwell 5.0m/8.0km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 3.3m/5.3km 1821 1938
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.0m/4.9km  
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.8m/7.7km  
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 3.8m/6.1km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 3.8m/6.1km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 1.6m/2.7km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 2.7m/4.4km 1768 Oct 1948
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.0m/6.5km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.0m/3.3km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 2.4m/3.9km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 2.1m/3.4km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 1.4m/2.3km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 2.8m/4.6km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.7km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.6km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.1m/3.5km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.7m/2.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Vale Pit Springwell 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.8m/7.8km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.5m/5.7km 1831 Apr 1926
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.0m/6.5km 1913 May 1932
Water Level Drift East Castle 4.5m/7.2km  
Water Pit Beamish 0.7m/1.2km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.3m/5.4km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.7km  30 Nov 1920
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 3.6m/5.9km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 2.1m/3.4km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 1.5m/2.4km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 1.2m/2.0km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 2.3m/3.8km  
William Pit Craghead 2.3m/3.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.6km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 2.7m/4.4km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.8m/3.0km  25 Aug 1962
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 3.5m/5.7km  
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  

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