Whitwell Colliery
OS Grid Ref: NZ 30800 40700
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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In the following table the value given for the distance
(miles/kilometres) from Whitwell Colliery are "as
the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.
| Colliery |
Location |
Distance |
Opened |
|
Closed |
| 12 Feet Pit | Meadowfield | 3.7m/6.0km | | | Dec 1950 |
| 16 Feet Pit | Bearpark | 4.5m/7.2km | | | 06 Apr 1984 |
| Abbey Wood Drift | Finchale | 4.0m/6.4km | 1952 | | 1955 |
| Adelaide Pit | Belmont, Durham | 1.9m/3.1km | | | |
| Adolphus Pit | Pittington | 2.7m/4.4km | 1826 | | |
| Adventure Pit | West Rainton | 3.9m/6.3km | 1817 | | 21 Jul 1978 |
| Alexandrina Pit | High Moorsley | 3.7m/6.0km | 1824 | | 31 Dec 1896 |
| Allotment Drift | Bearpark | 4.6m/7.4km | | | Mar 1947 |
| Annie Pit | Ferryhill | 4.3m/7.0km | 1872 | | Mar 1905 |
| Antrim Pit | Belmont, Durham | 1.9m/3.1km | | | |
| Arbour House Pit | nr. Leamside | 4.6m/7.4km | | | |
| Aykley Heads Colliery | Durham | 2.7m/4.4km | 1880s | | Sep 1949 |
| Bearpark Brickworks | Bearpark | 4.3m/7.0km | | | |
| Bearpark Coking Plant | Bearpark | 4.5m/7.3km | | | Apr 1960 |
| Bearpark Colliery | Bearpark | 4.3m/7.0km | 1872 | | 06 Apr 1984 |
| Bells Pit | Coxhoe | 2.2m/3.6km | | | |
| Belmont Colliery | Pittington | 2.8m/4.5km | 1836 | | Bef. 1872 |
| Benridge Pit | West Rainton | 4.0m/6.4km | | | |
| Borehole Pit | Coxhoe | 2.8m/4.5km | 1843 | | |
| Bowburn Colliery | Bowburn | 1.7m/2.8km | 1906 | | 22 Jul 1967 |
| Bowburn Colliery | Bowburn | 2.5m/4.0km | | | bef. 1894 |
| Boyne Colliery | Durham | 3.7m/6.0km | | | |
| Branch Pit | West Rainton | 3.6m/5.9km | | | |
| Brandon Brickworks | Brandon | 3.9m/6.3km | | | |
| Brandon Colliery | Brandon | 3.9m/6.3km | 1856 | | 15 Mar 1968 |
| Brasside Colliery | Belmont, Durham | 3.1m/5.1km | | | 1924 |
| Broom Park Colliery | Bearpark | 3.6m/5.9km | | | |
| Broomside Colliery | Belmont, Durham | 1.9m/3.1km | | | 1890 |
| Browney Colliery | Brandon | 3.8m/6.1km | 1871 | | Jul 1938 |
| Buddle Pit | Pittington | 2.5m/4.0km | | | |
| Cassop Colliery | Cassop | 2.6m/4.2km | 1840 | | 1868 |
| Cassop Moor Colliery | Cassop Moor | 1.1m/1.8km | 1840 | | 1850's |
| Catherine Pit | Ferryhill | 4.3m/7.0km | 1872 | | Mar 1905 |
| Catorhouse Colliery | Durham | 4.0m/6.5km | | | 07 Nov 1924 |
| Church Pit | Pittington | 2.8m/4.5km | 1836 | | 1872? |
| Clarence Hetton Colliery | Coxhoe | 2.8m/4.5km | 1843 | | |
| Clay Hole Colliery | Coxhoe | 2.8m/4.6km | | | |
| Cocken Colliery | Cocken | 4.1m/6.7km | | | |
| Cocken Drift | Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street | 4.3m/6.9km | | | Apr 1957 |
| Cornforth Colliery | Cornforth | 3.8m/6.2km | | | |
| Cornforth Quarry | Cornforth | 3.7m/6.0km | | | |
| Coxhoe Colliery | Coxhoe | 2.8m/4.5km | 1843 | | |
| Coxhoe Quarry | Coxhoe | 2.8m/4.5km | | | |
| Crime Rigg Quarry | Durham | 2.3m/3.7km | | | |
| Crook Hall Colliery | Durham | 2.6m/4.3km | | | 1924 |
| Crow Trees Colliery | Quarrington Hill | 2.4m/3.9km | | | bef. 1894 |
| Croxdale Colliery | Croxdale | 3.4m/5.5km | 1876 | | 1934 |
| Croxdale Colliery | Croxdale | 2.6m/4.3km | 1845 | | Bef. 1870 |
| Dean and Chapter Colliery | Ferryhill | 5.0m/8.0km | 1904 | | 15 Jan 1966 |
| Dryburn Grange Colliery | Durham | 4.0m/6.5km | | | 07 Nov 1924 |
| Dun Well Pit | East Rainton | 4.8m/7.8km | | | |
| Durham Main Colliery | Durham | 2.6m/4.3km | | | 1924 |
| East Hetton Colliery | nr. Kelloe | 3.3m/5.3km | 1836 | | Jun 1983 |
| East Howle Colliery | Ferryhill | 4.3m/7.0km | 1872 | | 18 Nov 1905 |
| Elemore Colliery | Easington Lane | 4.2m/6.8km | 1827 | | Feb 1974 |
| Elvet Colliery | Durham | 2.0m/3.2km | | | |
| Engineer Pit | Meadowfield | 3.3m/5.4km | 1870 | | Dec 1950 |
| Fallowfield Quarry | South Hetton | 4.9m/7.9km | | | |
| Field House Pit | | 3.4m/5.5km | | | |
| Finchale Colliery | Finchale | 4.0m/6.5km | | | |
| Findon Hill Pit | Sacriston | 4.2m/6.8km | | | 15 Nov 1985 |
| Florence Pit | Durham | 1.8m/2.9km | 1872 | | |
| Framwellgate Moor Colliery | Durham | 3.6m/5.8km | | | 07 Nov 1924 |
| Frankland Colliery | Durham | 2.8m/4.6km | 1840 | | 1860s |
| Furnace Pit | Pittington | 2.8m/4.5km | 1836 | | 1872? |
| Furnace Pit | Coxhoe | 3.0m/4.9km | | | |
| Galley's Field Corner Pit | | 3.8m/6.1km | | | |
| Garmondsway Quarry | nr. Coxhoe | 4.7m/7.6km | | | |
| George Pit | Cornforth | 3.8m/6.2km | | | |
| George Pit | Easington Lane | 4.2m/6.8km | 1827 | | Feb 1974 |
| George Pit | Lumley | 4.9m/7.9km | 1790's | | 22 Jan 1966 |
| Glow O'er 'em Pit | | 4.2m/6.8km | | | |
| Grange Colliery | Belmont | 2.4m/3.9km | 1844 | | Apr 1948 |
| Greenwell Pit | | 3.3m/5.3km | | | |
| Harbour House Drift | Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street | 4.3m/6.9km | | | Apr 1957 |
| Harbour House Pit | nr. Leamside | 4.6m/7.4km | | | |
| Haswell Colliery | Haswell | 4.1m/6.6km | 02 Jul 1835 | | 31 Dec 1896 |
| Haswell Moor Quarry | Durham | 2.6m/4.3km | | | |
| Hazard Colliery | Fence Houses | 4.6m/7.5km | 1818 | | |
| Hetton Colliery | Hetton-le-Hole | 5.0m/8.0km | 1822 | | 11 Jul 1950 |
| Hetton Lyon's Colliery | Hetton-le-Hole | 5.0m/8.0km | 1822 | | 11 Jul 1950 |
| Heugh Hall Colliery | Quarrington | 1.8m/3.0km | | | bef. 1894 |
| Hillhouse Quarry | Shadforth | 2.3m/3.7km | | | |
| Houghall Colliery | Durham | 1.6m/2.7km | | | |
| Hunter's House Pit | Rainton | 4.7m/7.6km | 1817 | | |
| Isabella Pit | Easington Lane | 4.1m/6.7km | 1827 | | Feb 1974 |
| Jane Pit | West Cornforth | 4.3m/6.9km | 1867 | | 04 Mar 1967 |
| Kelloe Colliery | nr. Kelloe | 3.3m/5.3km | 1836 | | Jun 1983 |
| Kelloe Winning Colliery | Kelloe | 4.0m/6.5km | 1834 | | 1983 |
| Kepier Colliery | Durham | 1.8m/2.9km | bef. 1818 | | |
| Kepier Grange Colliery | Durham | 2.0m/3.3km | 1844 | | 22 Oct 1924 |
| Kimblesworth Colliery | Kimblesworth | 4.8m/7.7km | 1873 | | 04 Nov 1967 |
| Knott Pit | | 4.1m/6.7km | | | |
| Lady Alice Pit | Little Town, Pittington | 2.5m/4.1km | 1831 | | |
| Lady Durham Pit | Sherburn | 1.1m/1.9km | | | |
| Lady Pit | Easington Lane | 4.2m/6.8km | 1827 | | Feb 1974 |
| Lady Seaham Pit | Pittington | 3.1m/5.0km | | | |
| Lambton Colliery | Little Town, Pittington | 2.5m/4.1km | 1831 | | |
| Lane Pit | West Rainton | 4.0m/6.5km | | | |
| Letch Pit | High Moorsley | 3.7m/6.0km | 1824 | | 1897 |
| Little Pit | Haswell | 4.1m/6.6km | 02 Jul 1835 | | 1895 |
| Littleburn Colliery | Meadowfield | 3.3m/5.4km | 1840 | | Dec 1950 |
| Littleburn Quarry | Brancepeth | 3.3m/5.3km | | | |
| Littletown Colliery | Little Town, Pittington | 2.5m/4.1km | 1831 | | 1914 |
| Londonderry Pit | Pittington | 2.6m/4.3km | 1828 | | |
| Lord Ernest Pit | Shincliffe, Durham | 1.0m/1.7km | | | |
| Lord Lambton Pit | Little Town, Pittington | 2.5m/4.1km | 1831 | | |
| Low Letch Pit | | 3.6m/5.8km | | | |
| Ludworth Colliery | Ludworth | 3.3m/5.4km | 1837 | | 1931 |
| Lyon's Colliery | Hetton-le-Hole | 5.0m/8.0km | 1822 | | 11 Jul 1950 |
| Marion Pit | Ferryhill | 4.3m/7.0km | 1872 | | Mar 1905 |
| Marl Hole Quarry | Wheatley Hill | 4.0m/6.4km | | | |
| Mary Pit | West Cornforth | 4.3m/6.9km | 1867 | | 04 Mar 1967 |
| Meadows Pit | Rainton | 4.4m/7.1km | 1824 | | 1897 |
| Merchant Pit | Meadowfield | 3.3m/5.4km | 1871 | | Dec 1950 |
| Metal Bridge Drift | nr. Ferryhill | 3.6m/5.9km | 1954 | | Jul 1978 |
| Middle Pit | | 3.6m/5.9km | | | |
| Moorside Pit | West Rainton | 3.3m/5.3km | | | |
| Moorsley Colliery | Low Moorsley | 4.0m/6.4km | 1821 | | 1935 |
| New Pit | Trimdon Grange | 4.8m/7.7km | 1872 | | 16 Feb 1968 |
| Nicholson's Pit | East Rainton | 4.8m/7.8km | 1817 | | |
| North Brancepeth Colliery | Meadowfield | 3.3m/5.4km | 1840 | | Dec 1950 |
| North Hetton Colliery | Low Moorsley | 4.0m/6.4km | 1821 | | 1935 |
| North Pittington Colliery | Pittington | 2.8m/4.5km | | | 11 Jun 1891 |
| Old Durham Colliery | Shincliffe, Durham | 1.0m/1.7km | 1849 | | |
| Old Pit | Durham | 3.6m/5.8km | | | 07 Nov 1924 |
| Old Quarrington Quarry 1 | Bowburn | 2.1m/3.4km | | | |
| Old Quarrington Quarry 2 | Bowburn | 2.0m/3.2km | | | |
| Old Quarrington Quarry 3 | Bowburn | 2.1m/3.4km | | | |
| Pittington Colliery | Pittington | 2.8m/4.5km | | | 11 Jun 1891 |
| Plain Pit | Chilton Moor | 5.0m/8.0km | | | |
| Pontop Pit | East Rainton | 4.6m/7.4km | 1790 | | |
| Quarrington Hill Quarry | Durham | 2.4m/3.9km | | | |
| Quarry Pit | East Rainton | 4.5m/7.3km | | | |
| Rainton Colliery | Rainton | 4.0m/6.4km | bef. 1815 | | 21 Jul 1978 |
| Rainton Meadows Pit | Rainton | 4.4m/7.1km | | | |
| Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) | Ferryhill | 3.8m/6.2km | | | |
| Redhouse Pit | | 4.1m/6.6km | | | |
| Resolution Pit | West Rainton | 4.3m/6.9km | 1816 | | |
| Running Waters Quarry | Durham | 1.5m/2.4km | | | |
| Sandy Pits | | 3.9m/6.3km | | | |
| Sherburn Colliery | Sherburn | 1.1m/1.9km | | | |
| Sherburn Hill Colliery | Sherburn Hill | 2.0m/3.2km | 1835 | | 07 Aug 1965 |
| Sherburn House Colliery | Sherburn | 0.9m/1.5km | 1844 | | May 1935 |
| Shincliffe Colliery | Shincliffe | 0.8m/1.3km | 1839 | | 1875 |
| South Engine Pit | Durham | 2.0m/3.2km | | | |
| South Kelloe Colliery | Quarrington Hill | 2.8m/4.5km | | | |
| Success Pit | Tudhoe | 4.0m/6.4km | 1864 | | Sep 1935 |
| Sunderland Bridge Colliery | Croxdale | 3.4m/5.5km | | | |
| Thornley Colliery | Thornley | 3.6m/5.9km | 1835 | | 09 Jan 1970 |
| Thornton Pit | Croxdale | 3.5m/5.6km | | | |
| Thrislington Coking Plant | Thrislington | 4.3m/6.9km | | | Apr 1954 |
| Thrislington Colliery | West Cornforth | 4.3m/6.9km | 1835 | | 04 Mar 1967 |
| Thrislington Quarry | Cornforth | 4.9m/7.9km | | | |
| Thrislington Quarry 1 | Cornforth | 4.6m/7.4km | | | |
| Thrislington Quarry 2 | Cornforth | 4.7m/7.6km | | | |
| Trimdon Grange Coking Plant | Trimdon Grange | 4.8m/7.8km | | | |
| Trimdon Grange Colliery | Trimdon Grange | 4.8m/7.8km | May 1845 | | 16 Feb 1968 |
| Tudhoe Coking Plant | Tudhoe | 4.0m/6.4km | | | Aug 1955 |
| Tudhoe Colliery | Tudhoe | 4.0m/6.4km | 1864 | | Sep 1935 |
| Tudhoe Mill Drift | Tudhoe | 4.7m/7.6km | 1954 | | Feb 1965 |
| Tudhoe Park Drift | Tudhoe | 4.0m/6.4km | 1945 | | 23 May 1969 |
| Tursdale Colliery | nr. Cornforth | 3.0m/4.8km | 1854 | | 1968 |
| Vale Pit | Cassop | 2.6m/4.2km | 1840 | | 1877 |
| Vale Pit | Quarrington Hill | 2.4m/3.9km | | | bef. 1894 |
| Venture Pit | | 3.5m/5.7km | | | |
| West Cornforth Colliery | West Cornforth | 4.3m/6.9km | 1835 | | 04 Mar 1967 |
| West Hetton Colliery | Coxhoe | 2.3m/3.8km | | | |
| Wheatley Hill Colliery | Wheatley Hill | 4.8m/7.8km | 1869 | | 03 May 1968 |
| Wingate Quarry (Limestone) | nr. Trimdon | 4.4m/7.1km | | | |
| Witch Hill Quarry | Shadforth | 2.3m/3.8km | | | |
| Woodside Pit | | 3.3m/5.3km | | | |
| York Hill Quarry | Spennymoor | 4.3m/7.0km | | | |
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