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  Watergate Colliery  Index  Watergate Colliery  

Watergate Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22200 59900

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.5m/7.3km 1842 
Ada Pit Heworth 3.8m/6.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.3m/6.9km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Air Pit Beamish 3.9m/6.3km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 2.0m/3.2km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.5km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 4.3m/7.0km 1855 Mar 1929
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.4m/7.1km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.8km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 2.1m/3.5km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 1.6m/2.7km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 0.1m/0.2km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.4m/5.5km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.5m/5.6km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.5m/5.6km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.3m/7.0km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.9m/6.3km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 1.2m/2.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.3m/3.7km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.1m/3.4km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.3m/3.7km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.6m/5.8km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.6m/5.8km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.0m/6.4km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.3m/5.3km 1862 1932
Billet Pit Elswick 2.0m/3.2km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 1.6m/2.7km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.5m/7.2km 1913 May 1932
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 4.5m/7.2km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.1km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.3m/7.0km  
Bog Pit Stella 4.0m/6.4km  
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.4km  
Brandling Main Felling 3.6m/5.8km 1779 1931
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.3m/7.0km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.8m/6.1km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.4km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.1m/6.6km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.7m/4.4km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.8m/6.2km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.1m/6.6km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 4.2m/6.8km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.2m/3.6km 1952 Mar 1983
Conquest Pit Tantobie 4.9m/7.9km  Oct 1948
Content Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.1km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1847 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.8m/6.2km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.8km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 2.4m/3.9km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Delight Pit Byker 4.1m/6.7km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 2.5m/4.0km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 1.6m/2.6km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 1.6m/2.6km 1875 Dec 1947
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.3m/5.4km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.2km  
Edge Pit Beamish 4.2m/6.8km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.6m/5.8km  
Edward Pit Benwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.4m/3.9km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.5m/4.0km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.5m/4.1km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Fan Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 3.8m/6.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 1.1m/1.8km  
Felling Colliery Felling 3.6m/5.8km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 3.4m/5.5km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.5m/5.7km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.5m/7.3km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km 1736 
Fox Pit Stanley 4.7m/7.6km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.2m/6.8km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.1km  1854
Gate Pit Grange Villa 4.7m/7.6km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 0.8m/1.4km  
George Pit Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km  
George Pit Low Fell 1.9m/3.1km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1828 
Gibson's Pit Newfield 5.0m/8.0km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.6m/4.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Green Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.5m/7.3km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km 1736 
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.9m/7.9km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 5.0m/8.0km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.8m/6.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.5m/4.1km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.2km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.8m/6.1km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 2.8m/4.5km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  
John Pit Felling 3.4m/5.5km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.8m/6.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.4km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.6m/4.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.7m/4.4km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 3.3m/5.4km  
Lady Pit Dunston 1.1m/1.9km  
Lady Pit Fenham 4.0m/6.4km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.4km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Landsale Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 4.1m/6.7km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.4km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.4km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.6m/7.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 1.8m/2.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.9m/7.9km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.5m/5.7km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.4km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 1.8m/2.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.5km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.4km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Meadow Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.3km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 1.1m/1.8km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.8m/6.2km 1750 1959
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mount Pit Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.1km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
New Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.4km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 5.0m/8.0km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km Bef. 1769 
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 1.8m/2.9km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 1.2m/2.0km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 1.1m/1.9km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Aug 1958
Ouston Colliery Ouston 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Paradise Colliery Benwell 2.1m/3.4km 1819 1848
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1828 
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.6m/7.5km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 2.9m/4.7km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 1.8m/2.9km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.5m/7.2km Bef. 1769 
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.5m/4.1km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rush Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
Second Pit Beamish 3.9m/6.3km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.3m/5.4km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km c. 1856 1880s
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.5m/7.3km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.0km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.5m/7.2km  08 Feb 1922
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km 1765 Feb 1960
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 3.5m/5.6km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.9m/6.3km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.9m/6.3km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.1km 1833 
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.3m/7.0km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.3m/5.4km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.4km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km 1768 Oct 1948
Team Colliery Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Low Fell 1.8m/3.0km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 5.0m/8.0km  1956
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 1.3m/2.2km  
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.3m/7.0km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 1.1m/1.8km  
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 4.7m/7.6km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km 1798 1926
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.3m/5.3km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.2m/6.8km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.5m/5.7km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Vale Pit Springwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 3.9m/6.3km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 3.8m/6.2km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1828 
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.5m/7.2km 1913 May 1932
Water Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
Way Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.1m/3.4km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.2m/6.8km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.6m/7.4km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.5m/2.4km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.5m/2.4km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.3m/5.3km  
William Pit Benwell 2.1m/3.4km  
William Pit Felling 3.2m/5.2km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 4.3m/7.0km  25 Aug 1962
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 1.6m/2.6km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 1.6m/2.6km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924

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