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  Paradise Colliery  Index  Paradise Colliery  

Paradise Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22656 63348

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 2.5m/4.1km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
Ada Pit Heworth 4.0m/6.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 1.3m/2.2km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.8km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.0m/6.5km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 4.3m/6.9km 1769 
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 4.1m/6.6km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 0.5m/0.8km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.8m/7.7km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.5m/4.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 1.7m/2.8km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.5m/4.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 2.1m/3.4km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.4m/2.3km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.8m/7.7km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.4m/7.1km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.4m/7.1km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 1.1m/1.8km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 0.6m/1.1km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 0.6m/1.1km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.5m/5.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.5m/5.6km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.0m/6.5km  1968
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.6m/5.9km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
Billet Pit Elswick 0.1m/0.2km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.8m/6.1km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 2.4m/3.9km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.7m/6.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.6m/5.9km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 3.0m/4.9km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.1m/5.1km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.4m/7.1km  
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.5m/7.3km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Caroline Pit Scotswood 2.1m/3.4km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.7m/4.4km  
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 1.3m/2.1km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1765 
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.0m/4.9km 1952 Mar 1983
Content Pit Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.9m/6.3km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.7m/6.0km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.6m/5.8km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.2m/3.6km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 1.0m/1.7km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 1.0m/1.7km  
Delight Pit Byker 2.8m/4.6km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.2km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.8m/7.7km 1867 Feb 1960
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 3.0m/4.9km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 4.0m/6.4km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 0.5m/0.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 0.5m/0.8km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 1.4m/2.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.3m/5.4km  
Edward Pit Benwell 1.3m/2.2km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.3m/0.5km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.3m/0.6km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.5m/0.8km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 3.6m/5.8km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 4.0m/6.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.7m/6.0km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 1.0m/1.7km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 4.3m/6.9km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 3.0m/4.9km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 3.0m/4.8km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.2m/6.8km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.5m/7.3km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 2.5m/4.1km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km  1854
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 2.6m/4.2km  
George Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
George Pit Low Fell 2.8m/4.6km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 3.6m/5.8km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.2km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.3m/3.7km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.2km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 1.4m/2.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.0m/6.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.3m/7.0km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 3.0m/4.9km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  
John Pit Felling 3.0m/4.8km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.9m/6.3km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.2km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
King Pit Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 4.0m/6.4km  
Lady Pit Dunston 0.9m/1.5km  
Lady Pit Fenham 2.0m/3.2km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.8m/4.6km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.6km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1760 
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 4.6m/7.5km  1963
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.0m/6.4km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 0.5m/0.9km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.0m/4.8km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 2.1m/3.4km 1750 1959
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
New Pit Longbenton 3.7m/6.0km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.7m/6.0km Bef. 1769 
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.0m/1.7km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km  
North Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.0m/6.5km  1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 1.5m/2.5km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 0.9m/1.5km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 2.0m/3.3km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  Aug 1958
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 5.0m/8.0km  Dec 1948
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.1m/6.6km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.8m/6.2km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.5m/5.7km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.9m/7.9km  
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Sally Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.4m/3.9km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.0m/3.3km c. 1856 1880s
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.7m/6.0km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 1.4m/2.3km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 4.6m/7.4km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 4.6m/7.4km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.7m/6.0km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.0m/6.5km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.0m/6.4km  
Street Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 1.4m/2.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Low Fell 2.6m/4.2km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 3.6m/5.9km  1956
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.7m/7.6km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  1953
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.5m/5.6km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.0m/6.5km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1798 1926
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.9m/7.9km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.9m/6.3km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.9m/6.3km  
Vale Pit Springwell 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 3.3m/5.3km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  
View Pit Scotswood 2.1m/3.4km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 1920
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 5.0m/8.0km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 2.1m/3.4km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.9m/6.3km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.5m/5.6km  
William Pit Benwell 0.4m/0.7km  
William Pit Felling 2.8m/4.6km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km 1841 1926
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.8m/4.5km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.9m/6.3km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.3m/3.8km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  1924

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