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  Broadoak Quarry  Index  Broadoak Quarry  

Broadoak Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 09900 56600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.6m/4.2km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 4.0m/6.5km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 4.0m/6.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 3.5m/5.6km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.9m/6.3km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 4.3m/7.0km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.5m/7.2km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.5m/7.3km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.5m/7.3km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.1m/6.7km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 2.6m/4.2km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.9m/7.9km  
Bog Pit Pontop 4.2m/6.8km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.3m/6.9km  
Brack Pit Kyo 4.6m/7.4km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 3.4m/5.5km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 2.6m/4.2km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 3.6m/5.9km 1874 Mar 1929
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 0.8m/1.4km  
Broom Pit Collierly 4.6m/7.5km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.9m/7.9km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 4.6m/7.4km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 4.3m/7.0km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 2.0m/3.3km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.1m/5.1km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 4.2m/6.8km  
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 3.6m/5.8km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 1.3m/2.1km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.8m/4.6km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 4.4m/7.1km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 3.1m/5.1km  Jul 1980
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.8m/7.7km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.3m/6.9km 1796 
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 5.0m/8.0km  
Crookhall Colliery Consett 4.0m/6.4km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Delight Pit Dipton 3.9m/6.3km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 4.0m/6.5km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 1.8m/3.0km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Dipton Colliery Dipton 3.9m/6.3km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Dummys Pit  1.1m/1.9km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/7.0km  
East Drift Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.4km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 1.0m/1.7km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 0.6m/1.1km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 0.5m/0.9km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.0m/6.5km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 3.5m/5.6km 1844 18 July 1980
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 3.5m/5.7km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.1m/6.6km  
Endeavour Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 3.8m/6.2km  
Fallow Pit  3.3m/5.3km bef. 1857 
Fell Coking Plant Consett 4.3m/6.9km Mar 1924 
First Pit Winlaton 4.6m/7.4km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 0.8m/1.4km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.9m/7.9km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.4km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.1m/5.1km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km  1854
Gin Pit Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 3.1m/5.0km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.1m/6.6km  23 Jul 1966
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 3.6m/5.8km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  3.3m/5.4km  
Grooves Pit  2.7m/4.4km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 1.1m/1.8km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 4.8m/7.7km  
Haugh Pit Wylam 4.9m/7.9km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  2.3m/3.8km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.4m/3.9km  
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 2.0m/3.3km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 2.0m/3.3km  
Hive Pit Pontop 3.6m/5.9km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 4.6m/7.4km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 3.0m/4.8km  
Hown's Quarry Rowley 4.8m/7.8km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 1.8m/3.0km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 2.1m/3.5km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 4.3m/6.9km 1839 1892
James Pit Prudhoe 4.4m/7.1km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 5.0m/8.0km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 3.8m/6.2km  
Kyo Wood Pit  3.2m/5.2km bef. 1790 
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 4.0m/6.4km  
Law Pit Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.6m/5.9km 1855 Mar 1929
Loud Pit Pontop 4.5m/7.3km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 3.3m/5.3km  Jul 1980
Margery Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 3.3m/5.3km 1867 Jul 1980
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 2.0m/3.3km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 1.8m/2.9km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 3.8m/6.1km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.0m/4.8km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 4.0m/6.4km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 3.0m/4.9km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 0.8m/1.4km  
Moor Pit Pontop 4.6m/7.4km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 3.3m/5.4km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 4.5m/7.2km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 4.1m/6.7km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.2m/3.6km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 3.8m/6.1km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.9m/7.9km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 4.5m/7.2km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.3m/7.0km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 5.0m/8.0km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 3.5m/5.7km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 3.0m/4.8km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 4.3m/7.0km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 1.5m/2.4km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.8m/4.6km  
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.0m/6.4km 1847 Sep 1913
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.8m/4.5km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 3.5m/5.7km 1861 Jul 1980
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  
Spring Pits  3.3m/5.4km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.8m/6.2km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 4.9m/7.9km 1821 1938
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 4.3m/6.9km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 3.5m/5.6km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 4.5m/7.2km  
Success Pit Ditpon 3.0m/4.8km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 3.6m/5.8km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 4.6m/7.5km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Tilley Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 1.3m/2.2km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 3.6m/5.8km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 3.0m/4.8km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 4.0m/6.4km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.0m/6.4km 1847 Sep 1913
Water Level Drift East Castle 4.4m/7.1km  
West Drift Chopwell 0.8m/1.3km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 4.1m/6.6km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 3.6m/5.9km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  2.8m/4.6km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 3.0m/4.8km  1938
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 0.8m/1.3km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 0.9m/1.5km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  2.0m/3.3km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 0.8m/1.3km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 1.8m/3.0km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Willie Pit Tantobie 4.6m/7.5km 1762 Oct 1948
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 3.0m/4.8km  1938
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 5.0m/8.0km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  

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