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  Hedley Colliery [NBL]  Index  Hedley Colliery [NBL]  

Hedley Colliery [NBL]

OS Grid Ref: NZ 07173 59309

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hedley Colliery [NBL]

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.3m/6.9km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 4.4m/7.1km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Ann Pit Wylam 4.9m/7.9km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 5.0m/8.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 4.7m/7.6km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1862 
Beal Quarry Ovingham 3.0m/4.9km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 3.1m/5.1km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 5.0m/8.0km  Jan 1879
Bradley Drift Leadgate 5.0m/8.0km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Broadoak Quarry Consett 2.3m/3.8km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 4.4m/7.1km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.2m/6.8km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 2.0m/3.2km  
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.7m/6.0km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.5m/7.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.3m/6.9km 1796 
Crossedge Quarry Stocksfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 4.2m/6.8km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  
Dummys Pit  3.3m/5.4km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
East Shaft Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 1.8m/3.0km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 2.1m/3.4km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 4.5m/7.2km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 2.3m/3.8km  
Endeavour Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Fallow Pit  3.8m/6.1km bef. 1857 
Farnley Haugh Quarry Riding Mill 4.6m/7.4km  
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.2m/6.8km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Gin Pit Medomsley 4.7m/7.6km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 2.5m/4.1km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.5m/7.2km  23 Jul 1966
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 2.9m/4.7km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  1.3m/2.2km  
Grooves Pit  2.8m/4.6km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.3m/5.3km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.7km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 1.0m/1.7km  
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 1.6m/2.7km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 1.6m/2.7km  
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.6m/7.4km  
Horsley Pit Spital 4.5m/7.3km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 4.2m/6.8km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 4.5m/7.3km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  
John Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
John Pit West Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 5.0m/8.0km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 3.3m/5.4km  
Kyo Wood Pit  3.3m/5.3km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km  
Margery Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  25 Nov 1966
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 4.4m/7.1km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 4.1m/6.7km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 1.5m/2.4km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 0.7m/1.2km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 2.0m/3.2km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 0.7m/1.2km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 2.9m/4.7km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km  
North Wylam Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  1892
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 4.6m/7.4km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 2.8m/4.6km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 0.9m/1.5km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.7m/6.0km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.5m/7.2km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.4m/5.5km 1950 Feb 1965
Styford Quarry Corbridge 4.1m/6.7km  
Taylor Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km  
Tilley Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.4m/5.5km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.3m/6.9km  
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 3.3m/5.3km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.6m/7.5km 1870 13 Jul 1962
West Drift Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km 1960 
West Pit House Shaft  3.3m/5.3km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.0m/4.8km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.1m/5.1km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  1.3m/2.1km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 1.6m/2.6km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 4.3m/6.9km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Wylam Colliery Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hedley Colliery [NBL]

  main page for Hedley Colliery [NBL]


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