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  Bankend Quarry  Index  Bankend Quarry  

Bankend Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NX 99300 12700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Agnes Pit (Iron Ore)  4.0m/6.5km  
Aldby Quarry  2.4m/3.9km  
Arrowthwaite Pit (Upcast) Whitehaven 3.1m/5.0km  
Barrowmouth (Gypsum) Whitehaven 2.8m/4.6km  
Beckermet (Iron Ore) Beckermet 3.1m/5.1km  
Beggargill Quarry Egremont 2.3m/3.8km  
Bigrigg (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 0.5m/0.9km  
Birkhams Quarry St. Bees 2.8m/4.6km  
Birks Pit (Coal)  2.8m/4.6km  
Cleator Moor (Iron Ore) Cleator 2.2m/3.6km  
Coneyside Quarry Egremont 2.4m/3.9km  
Countess Pit Parton 4.8m/7.7km  
Croft Pit Whitehaven 2.5m/4.1km  
Crossfield (Iron Ore) Cleator Moor 1.9m/3.1km  
Crossfield Pit (Iron Ore)  1.9m/3.1km  
Crossgill Mine [?] Frizington 3.3m/5.4km  
Crowgarth (Iron Ore) Cleator Moor 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1948
Dalmellington Mine Frizington 3.3m/5.4km  
Dalzell's Moor Row (Iron Ore) Moor Row 1.1m/1.9km  
David Lawn (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 0.4m/0.7km  
David Pit Whitehaven 4.0m/6.5km  
Davy Pit Whitehaven 4.0m/6.5km  
Eskett Pit (Iron Ore) Eskett 4.1m/6.7km  
Eskett Quarry (Limestone) Frizington 4.5m/7.2km  
Fletcher Pit (Iron Ore) Cleator 0.8m/1.3km  
Florence (Iron Ore) Egremont 2.0m/3.3km 1914 
Frizington (Iron Ore) Frizington 4.2m/6.8km  
George Pit Whitehaven 4.0m/6.4km  
Gin Pit (Iron Ore)  2.0m/3.3km  
Grange Quarry Wilton 2.8m/4.5km  
Haig Colliery Whitehaven 3.5m/5.6km 1914 1985
Haile Moor (Iron Ore) Beckermet 3.8m/6.2km  
Hay Pit (Iron)  0.5m/0.9km  
Henry Pit Whitehaven 3.5m/5.6km  
Hope Pit (Coal)  2.3m/3.8km  
James's Pit (Coal) Whitehaven 3.6m/5.9km  
James's Pit (Iron Ore)  2.0m/3.2km  
James's Pit (Iron) Cleator 0.6m/1.1km  
James's Pit (Iron)  0.5m/0.8km  
Kell's Pit Whitehaven 3.0m/4.8km  
Kinniside Mine Cleator Moor 3.3m/5.3km  
Ladysmith Pit Whitehaven 3.5m/5.6km  
Lambhill Colliery Parton 4.8m/7.7km  
Langhorn Quarry Bigrigg 0.6m/1.0km  
Lonsdale Mine Frizington 4.0m/6.5km  
Margaret Mine Frizington 4.2m/6.8km  
Meadow Pit (Iron) Cleator 0.9m/1.5km  
Moresby and Keekle Opencast Whitehaven 3.9m/6.3km  
Moresby Colliery Moresby 5.0m/8.0km  
Moss Bay (Iron Ore) Woodend 0.8m/1.3km  31 Dec 1931
Moss Pit Sandwith 2.0m/3.2km  
Mowbray Mine Hartsop, Ullswater 3.5m/5.7km  
North Pit Hensingham 3.5m/5.7km  
North Pit Hensingham 3.5m/5.6km  
Overend Quarry Whitehaven 2.3m/3.7km  
Pallaflat (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 0.2m/0.4km  1914
Parkside (Iron Ore) Frizington 3.3m/5.4km  
Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore) Moor Row 1.0m/1.7km  
Salter Hall (Iron Ore) Salter 4.8m/7.7km  
Salter Mine (Iron Ore)  4.9m/7.9km  
Saltom Pit Whitehaven 3.4m/5.5km  
Sandwith Mine (Anhydrite) Whitehaven 2.3m/3.7km 1952 
Sir John Walsh (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 0.8m/1.3km  
Threapthwaite Colliery Threapthwaite 2.6m/4.3km  
Thwaite Pit Whitehaven 3.4m/5.5km  
Todholes Pit (Iron Ore)  1.9m/3.1km  
Todholes Quarry  2.0m/3.3km  
Ullcoats (Iron Ore) Egremont 2.3m/3.8km  
Walkmill Colliery Moresby, Whitehaven 4.1m/6.7km  1961
Wellington Colliery Whitehaven 3.8m/6.2km  
Whinnyhill Colliery Cleator Moor 1.8m/3.0km  
Whitehaven Colliery Whitehaven 3.5m/5.6km  1985
William Colliery Whitehaven 4.1m/6.7km  1954
William Pit  0.6m/1.0km  
William Pit Whitehaven 4.1m/6.7km  1954
Wilson Pit Sandwith 2.1m/3.4km  
Winder Gill (Iron Ore) Winder 4.7m/7.6km  
Winscales (Iron Ore) Beckermet 2.8m/4.6km  
Wyndham Mines Bigrigg 0.6m/1.0km  

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