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  Victoria Garesfield Colliery  Index  Victoria Garesfield Colliery  

Victoria Garesfield Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 14500 58000

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 0.3m/0.6km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 2.4m/3.9km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.1m/6.7km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Air Pit Beamish 4.9m/7.9km 1849 
Andrew Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.7m/6.0km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 3.8m/6.2km  25 Aug 1962
Ann Pit Wylam 4.3m/7.0km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 1.6m/2.6km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 3.1m/5.0km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 1.3m/2.2km 1798 
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 1.2m/2.0km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 3.4m/5.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.2m/6.8km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 2.6m/4.2km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 3.4m/5.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 1.6m/2.6km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 1.5m/2.5km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 1.5m/2.5km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 1.6m/2.7km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 1.6m/2.6km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.9m/7.9km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.1m/5.1km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.1m/5.1km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.5m/5.6km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 3.2m/5.2km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.3m/6.9km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.0m/4.8km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.5m/5.6km  
Bog Pit Pontop 3.3m/5.3km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.8m/7.8km  
Brack Pit Kyo 3.3m/5.3km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.1m/6.6km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 3.6m/5.8km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 3.0m/4.8km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Broom Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Broom Pit Collierly 3.1m/5.1km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 1.3m/2.2km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.6m/4.3km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 2.0m/3.3km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 2.8m/4.5km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.3m/5.3km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.1m/1.8km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 3.5m/5.7km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.6m/4.2km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.7m/7.6km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.2km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 4.5m/7.2km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 1.5m/2.4km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.9m/4.7km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 2.6m/4.3km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Content Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 2.8m/4.6km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.0m/4.8km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 3.6m/5.9km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 3.1m/5.0km 1796 
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.5km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1847 
Delight Pit Dipton 2.8m/4.6km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 2.8m/4.6km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Duke Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  
Dummys Pit  1.8m/3.0km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km  
East Drift Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.6km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  bef. 1922
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.5m/5.6km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 2.5m/4.0km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 3.9m/6.3km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 3.8m/6.1km 1844 18 July 1980
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.3m/7.0km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.4m/5.5km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 3.9m/6.3km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 5.0m/8.0km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 5.0m/8.0km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 2.1m/3.4km  
Fallow Pit  2.0m/3.2km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 3.8m/6.2km  
First Pit Winlaton 1.8m/2.9km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.1m/3.5km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.8m/4.5km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.7m/6.0km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 1.0m/1.7km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.1m/1.8km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.5m/2.5km  1854
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.4km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1828 
Gin Pit Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1840 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.4m/3.9km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  2.5m/4.1km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 1.9m/3.1km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 4.3m/7.0km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km 1839 
Haugh Pit Wylam 4.3m/7.0km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 3.7m/6.0km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 1.0m/1.7km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 4.5m/7.3km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  4.6m/7.5km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.0m/6.4km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.8m/4.6km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 5.0m/8.0km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 5.0m/8.0km  
Hive Pit Pontop 3.5m/5.6km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 2.0m/3.3km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hunter Pit Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 2.0m/3.2km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.3m/5.3km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 4.6m/7.5km 1839 1892
James Pit Prudhoe 4.3m/6.9km  
John Pit Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.3m/6.9km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 3.5m/5.6km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Kyo Wood Pit  2.6m/4.2km bef. 1790 
Law Pit Lanchester 3.1m/5.1km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.8km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 1.5m/2.5km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 1.5m/2.5km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 1.4m/2.3km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 3.8m/6.2km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.5m/7.2km 1759 1964
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 2.3m/3.8km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 3.5m/5.6km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 3.9m/6.3km  
Margery Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.3km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 2.7m/4.4km 1867 Jul 1980
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.3m/5.3km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.2m/5.2km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.8m/7.8km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 5.0m/8.0km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.9m/6.3km  Mar 1921
Moor Pit Pontop 3.6m/5.8km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Mount Pit Tantobie 2.5m/4.1km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 2.1m/3.5km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 1.5m/2.4km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 0.8m/1.4km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 3.5m/5.6km  
North Wylam Wylam 4.8m/7.7km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Aug 1958
Oxhill Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.2m/6.8km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.0m/4.8km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 2.3m/3.8km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.5km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 3.0m/4.9km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 2.8m/4.5km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.3m/6.9km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.3km  05 Oct 1973
Ringing Pit Ebchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 1.5m/2.4km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 0.1m/0.3km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 2.3m/3.8km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 0.8m/1.4km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 3.0m/4.9km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.2km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1837 1915
Speculation Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  Mar 1921
Spring Pits  2.9m/4.7km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.3m/5.4km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 3.6m/5.9km 1821 1938
Stargate Colliery Stargate 3.5m/5.6km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 5.0m/8.0km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 1.7m/2.8km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 3.1m/5.0km  
Success Pit Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 2.2m/3.6km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 3.5m/5.6km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 2.6m/4.3km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.1m/3.5km  
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.8m/7.8km 1867 Jan 1954
Tilley Drift Garesfield 1.5m/2.5km  
Tilley Pit  1.1m/1.8km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 1.6m/2.6km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.1m/1.8km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 3.5m/5.6km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 3.6m/5.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.5km  05 Oct 1973
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1828 
Water Level Drift East Castle 4.0m/6.5km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.9m/7.9km 1924 20 Aug 1964
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  1924
West Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 5.0m/8.0km  
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  2.1m/3.4km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 3.9m/6.3km  10 Dec 1934
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 2.1m/3.5km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 2.1m/3.4km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Whittonstall Colliery  4.9m/7.9km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 3.6m/5.8km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.2km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.5km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 2.6m/4.3km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 3.5m/5.7km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.4km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.9km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  1924

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