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  Wylam Colliery  Index  Wylam Colliery  

Wylam Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 12400 64300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wylam Colliery

  main page for Wylam Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 1.6m/2.7km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.7m/4.4km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Ann Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.0m/4.9km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1878 31 Dec 1887
B Pit Greenside 1.6m/2.7km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 5.0m/8.0km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.9m/6.3km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.9m/6.3km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 2.8m/4.5km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.5km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 4.3m/7.0km  
Bean Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 4.4m/7.1km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.0m/4.9km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.0m/4.9km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.2m/6.8km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.7m/4.4km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.3m/3.7km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.7m/4.4km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Broadoak Quarry Consett 5.0m/8.0km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.7m/7.6km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.3m/3.7km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 4.0m/6.4km  
Callerton Colliery Callerton 4.1m/6.6km 1827 Dec 1948
Caroline Pit Scotswood 5.0m/8.0km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  
Cat Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Chance Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 0.6m/1.1km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.6m/4.3km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.5m/7.3km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 0.4m/0.7km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 1.0m/1.6km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 2.9m/4.7km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  4.8m/7.7km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
East Shaft Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 2.5m/4.0km  
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.1m/5.0km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 2.6m/4.3km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 1.6m/2.6km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
Fallow Pit  2.1m/3.4km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 1.8m/3.0km  
Fence Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.7km  
Fence Pit Heddon 1.6m/2.7km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.6m/5.8km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.1m/3.4km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.6m/7.4km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.6km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.7km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 1.7m/2.8km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  2.2m/3.6km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.8m/7.8km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.4km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  4.5m/7.2km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  
Hill Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km 1773 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.8km  
Horsley Pit Spital 3.0m/4.8km  
Humble Pit Throckley 1.7m/2.8km  
Humble Pit Heddon 1.7m/2.8km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
James Pit Prudhoe 1.1m/1.9km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.6km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 1.6m/2.6km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.0m/1.6km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  1924
King Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km  
King Pit Heddon 1.5m/2.4km  
Kyo Wood Pit  1.8m/2.9km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Throckley 3.9m/6.3km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.2m/6.8km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.2m/6.8km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 4.0m/6.4km  1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.4km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.5km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 1.6m/2.7km  
Mary Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.7km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 4.0m/6.5km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.0m/6.5km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 4.1m/6.7km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.4km  Mar 1921
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.8km 1765 Feb 1960
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.2m/6.8km  1968
North Wylam Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km  Aug 1958
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 1.1m/1.9km  Aug 1964
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 2.3m/3.7km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 1.5m/2.4km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 1.5m/2.4km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.5km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 4.8m/7.7km  
Robert Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.6km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.6m/4.3km  
Rye Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Sally Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.0m/6.4km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.8km 1765 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.1m/1.9km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.3m/3.8km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 1.8m/3.0km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 3.4m/5.5km  1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 2.0m/3.3km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.5m/4.0km  
Tilley Pit  2.9m/4.7km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 4.5m/7.3km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.3m/3.8km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.0m/4.8km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.1m/6.6km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  1924
West Drift Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 1.6m/2.7km  
West Pit House Shaft  2.3m/3.7km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 4.7m/7.6km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 4.8m/7.8km  1941
Whin Pit Thockley 2.4m/3.9km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 5.0m/8.0km 1907 25 Nov 1966
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 5.0m/8.0km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  1924

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