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  Whitwell Colliery  Index  Whitwell Colliery  

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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