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  Whittonstall Drift  Index  Whittonstall Drift  

Whittonstall Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 08700 57200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whittonstall Drift

  main page for Whittonstall Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 4.3m/6.9km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 4.7m/7.6km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 4.3m/7.0km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.3m/7.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.7m/6.0km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 4.6m/7.4km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km  
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.5m/7.3km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 4.6m/7.5km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 4.7m/7.6km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 3.3m/5.4km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 5.0m/8.0km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.1m/6.6km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 3.3m/5.3km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 4.5m/7.3km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 0.8m/1.3km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 1.6m/2.6km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  1950
Busty Pit Medomsley 2.8m/4.5km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 3.5m/5.7km  
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.2m/6.8km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Consett Colliery Blackhill 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.0m/6.4km  Jul 1980
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.8m/7.7km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.4m/7.1km 1796 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 4.5m/7.3km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Delight Pit Dipton 4.8m/7.7km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 2.6m/4.3km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Dipton Colliery Dipton 4.8m/7.7km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Dummys Pit  1.9m/3.1km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km  
East Shaft Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 1.5m/2.4km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 0.5m/0.9km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.8m/7.7km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 4.2m/6.8km 1844 18 July 1980
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 3.1m/5.1km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 2.8m/4.6km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 3.6m/5.8km  
Endeavour Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 4.6m/7.5km  
Fallow Pit  3.5m/5.6km bef. 1857 
Fell Coking Plant Consett 4.6m/7.5km Mar 1924 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 1.4m/2.3km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km  1854
Gin Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 2.5m/4.0km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.3m/7.0km  23 Jul 1966
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 3.0m/4.8km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  2.5m/4.1km  
Grooves Pit  2.8m/4.5km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 1.8m/3.0km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.7km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  1.6m/2.6km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 1.9m/3.1km  
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 1.3m/2.1km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 1.3m/2.1km  
Hive Pit Pontop 4.5m/7.2km  
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 2.6m/4.3km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 2.9m/4.7km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 4.1m/6.7km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.1m/6.7km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 3.3m/5.3km  
Kyo Wood Pit  3.3m/5.3km bef. 1790 
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 4.5m/7.3km  
Law Pit Lanchester 5.0m/8.0km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.4m/7.1km 1855 Mar 1929
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.7km  Jul 1980
Margery Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.6km 1867 Jul 1980
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 2.8m/4.5km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 3.0m/4.9km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.2m/3.6km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.3m/5.4km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 2.3m/3.8km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 1.6m/2.6km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 2.8m/4.5km  
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 5.0m/8.0km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 4.6m/7.4km  
North Wylam Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  1892
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.7m/7.6km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 4.6m/7.5km  Aug 1964
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 4.3m/7.0km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.0m/6.5km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.1m/6.7km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.9m/6.3km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 0.6m/1.1km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.5m/7.3km 1847 Sep 1913
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 3.4m/5.5km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 4.3m/7.0km 1861 Jul 1980
Speculation Drift Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  
Spring Pits  4.1m/6.7km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.7m/6.0km 1950 Feb 1965
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 5.0m/8.0km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 4.3m/6.9km  
Success Pit Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 4.5m/7.2km  Nov 1940
Taylor Pit Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 1.4m/2.3km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km  
Tilley Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 2.1m/3.4km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.9km  
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 3.0m/4.9km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 4.5m/7.3km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.5m/7.3km 1847 Sep 1913
West Drift Chopwell 0.1m/0.3km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 4.7m/7.6km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 4.5m/7.3km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  3.0m/4.9km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 1.5m/2.5km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 1.6m/2.7km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  1.3m/2.1km  
William Pit Medomsley 2.6m/4.3km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 3.7m/6.0km  1938
Wylam Colliery Wylam 5.0m/8.0km  

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whittonstall Drift

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