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  Garesfield Colliery (original)  Index  Garesfield Colliery (original)  

Garesfield Colliery (original)

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16100 60000

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 1.8m/2.9km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 1.8m/2.9km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.3km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.2m/5.2km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.2m/6.8km  25 Aug 1962
Ann Pit Wylam 3.6m/5.8km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 2.4m/3.9km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.2km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 0.6m/1.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 1.1m/1.8km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.0m/3.3km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 2.7m/4.4km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 1.8m/2.9km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.0m/3.3km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.9km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 1.5m/2.4km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 0.4m/0.7km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 0.4m/0.7km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 0.6m/1.1km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 0.5m/0.8km  
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.6m/7.4km  
Bean Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.2km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.0m/6.4km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 1.6m/2.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 1.6m/2.6km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.0m/3.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 4.3m/7.0km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 4.8m/7.7km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.6m/5.9km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.5m/4.1km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 1.5m/2.4km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 1.3m/2.2km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.0m/3.2km  
Bog Pit Pontop 4.5m/7.3km  
Brack Pit Kyo 4.3m/7.0km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 3.2m/5.2km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.3m/7.0km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Broom Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Broom Pit Collierly 4.1m/6.7km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 1.2m/2.0km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 1.3m/2.2km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 2.4m/3.9km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 3.8m/6.1km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 4.9m/7.9km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.3m/2.2km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 3.9m/6.3km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.3m/3.8km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Caroline Pit Scotswood 4.5m/7.2km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.1km  
Cat Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km 1756 
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 3.6m/5.8km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 1.5m/2.5km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 3.6m/5.8km  Oct 1948
Content Pit Blaydon 1.9m/3.1km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 1.6m/2.6km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.3m/6.9km  Jul 1980
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 4.6m/7.5km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 1.5m/2.4km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 3.0m/4.8km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.5m/4.1km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1847 
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 3.7m/6.0km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Delight Pit Dipton 4.1m/6.6km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 4.1m/6.6km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  3.3m/5.4km bef. 1790 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.4m/7.1km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.4m/7.1km 1875 Dec 1947
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.4km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  bef. 1922
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.6m/5.8km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.6m/7.5km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 3.0m/4.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 1.9m/3.1km  
Edward Pit Benwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.6m/7.5km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.6m/7.4km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.2km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 3.8m/6.2km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 3.1m/5.1km  
Fallow Pit  2.0m/3.2km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km  
Fan's Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.2m/6.8km  
Fence Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Fence Pit Heddon 4.2m/6.8km  
First Pit Winlaton 0.2m/0.4km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 1.6m/2.6km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.4km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.4m/7.1km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.4km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.3m/2.2km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Gee Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 2.9m/4.7km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 1.8m/2.9km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  2.8m/4.6km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.5m/5.6km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 3.9m/6.3km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.8m/7.8km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 3.0m/4.9km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.5m/4.1km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km 1773 
Hive Pit Pontop 4.8m/7.8km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 2.4m/3.9km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 1.5m/2.4km  
Humble Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Humble Pit Heddon 4.2m/6.8km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 4.9m/7.9km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 4.1m/6.7km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 4.0m/6.4km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.1m/6.7km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 2.6m/4.2km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  1924
King Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
King Pit Heddon 4.0m/6.4km  
Kyo Wood Pit  2.6m/4.3km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 4.3m/6.9km  
Law Pit Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 0.6m/1.1km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 0.6m/1.1km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.4m/3.9km 1855 Mar 1929
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.1m/5.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 3.6m/5.9km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 3.8m/6.2km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Margery Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.1m/5.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 5.0m/8.0km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 1.2m/2.0km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.6km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 4.9m/7.9km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 4.8m/7.8km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 4.5m/7.3km 1750 1959
Moor Pit Pontop 4.7m/7.6km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 3.3m/5.4km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 3.0m/4.9km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.1m/5.1km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.7m/2.8km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 4.8m/7.7km  
North Wylam Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  1924
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.8m/7.7km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.3m/6.9km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.0m/3.2km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 4.5m/7.2km 1819 1848
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.8m/7.8km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.2m/3.6km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 3.2m/5.2km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 4.4m/7.1km 1861 Jul 1980
Primrose Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 3.8m/6.1km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.1m/6.7km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km 1756 
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.6m/7.5km  
Richard Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 4.0m/6.5km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 4.0m/6.5km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 1.4m/2.3km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Robert Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 1.6m/2.6km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 1.3m/2.2km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.7m/2.8km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 4.4m/7.1km 1861 Jul 1980
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 5.0m/8.0km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 1.6m/2.6km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.5m/4.0km  Mar 1921
Spring Pits  4.3m/6.9km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.2m/5.2km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 4.7m/7.6km 1821 1938
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.1m/3.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 2.9m/4.7km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 3.4m/5.5km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 3.0m/4.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 3.8m/6.2km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 3.4m/5.5km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 4.0m/6.5km  1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 3.6m/5.8km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 1.5m/2.5km  
Tilley Pit  1.3m/2.2km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.6m/5.8km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.1m/5.0km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.3m/2.1km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.1m/3.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 4.6m/7.5km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 1.4m/2.3km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 1.5m/2.5km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 4.5m/7.3km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.8m/6.1km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 4.6m/7.5km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.5m/7.2km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  1924
West Drift Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 3.7m/6.0km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 3.2m/5.2km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  2.3m/3.8km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  10 Dec 1934
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.3m/6.9km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.3m/6.9km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.6m/5.9km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.6m/5.8km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Whin Pit Thockley 4.8m/7.7km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.9m/7.9km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Benwell 4.1m/6.6km  
William Pit Medomsley 4.1m/6.6km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Willie Pit Tantobie 3.4m/5.5km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.5km  25 Aug 1962
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.1m/3.5km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.2m/3.6km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  1924

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