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  Willington Colliery (NBL)  Index  Willington Colliery (NBL)  

Willington Colliery (NBL)

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31500 67200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.0m/6.4km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km  
Ada Pit Heworth 4.5m/7.3km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Alfred Pit Jarrow 1.5m/2.4km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 1.9m/3.1km 1853 1966
Ann Pit Walker 2.2m/3.6km  
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.0m/4.8km 1818 Jun 1980
Basin Pit Longbenton 2.7m/4.4km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1760 
Bigge Pit Willington 0.8m/1.4km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 2.5m/4.1km  1915
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 3.6m/5.8km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 3.6m/5.8km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 3.8m/6.2km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.8m/6.1km  
Burdon Main Colliery North Sheilds 2.3m/3.8km 1811 
Burradon Colliery Burradon 4.1m/6.6km 1820 Nov 1975
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 4.5m/7.3km  
Chance Pit North Sheilds 1.8m/2.9km 1811 
Chapel Pit Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 2.6m/4.3km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 2.6m/4.2km  
Chirton Pit North Sheilds 1.8m/2.9km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 3.1m/5.0km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 2.8m/4.6km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 2.8m/4.6km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Sheilds 2.3m/3.8km 1811 
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.0m/6.4km  
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 3.3m/5.3km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  Dec 1893
Delaval Pit New Hartley 4.9m/7.9km  
Delight Pit Byker 3.1m/5.1km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.0m/3.2km  
Duke & Duchess Pit Earsdon 3.0m/4.8km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 1.5m/2.4km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 3.0m/4.8km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 3.6m/5.8km  
East Pit Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.0m/4.8km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.0m/4.8km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1782 
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 1.9m/3.1km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 1.7m/2.8km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 3.8m/6.2km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 4.5m/7.3km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km Bef. 1769 
Felling Colliery Felling 3.8m/6.2km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.1m/6.6km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 3.5m/5.7km 1874 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 3.5m/5.7km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 1.5m/2.4km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 0.7m/1.2km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 3.2m/5.2km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km 1736 
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km 1798 1926
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 3.8m/6.2km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.5km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 2.8m/4.6km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 3.4m/5.5km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 1.1m/1.9km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 2.9m/4.7km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.4km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.5m/7.3km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Hopewell Pit North Sheilds 2.0m/3.2km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 1.3m/2.2km  
Jane Pit Walker 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 1.5m/2.4km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  
John Pit Felling 4.0m/6.5km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 4.6m/7.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
John Pit Seghill 5.0m/8.0km 1824 1962
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1765 
Kitty Pit Seghill 5.0m/8.0km 1824 1962
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.1m/5.1km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 4.6m/7.4km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1760 
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 2.6m/4.3km 1805 1825
Maude Pit Backworth 2.9m/4.7km Jun 1872 Dec 1960
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 2.8m/4.5km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 1.9m/3.1km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km 1833 
New Pit Howden 1.0m/1.6km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 2.8m/4.5km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km Bef. 1769 
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Old Pit North Sheilds 2.3m/3.8km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Percy Pit North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 2.1m/3.5km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 2.6m/4.2km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 1.9m/3.1km 1906 Dec 1960
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 2.2m/3.6km  
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 3.3m/5.4km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 3.1m/5.1km  
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.8m/4.6km Bef. 1769 
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 1.2m/2.0km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 1.2m/2.0km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1782 
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 5.0m/8.0km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 5.0m/8.0km 1824 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 4.0m/6.4km  
Shields Colliery Chirton 2.6m/4.2km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km c. 1856 1880s
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km Bef. 1769 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 2.8m/4.6km 1810 1940
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km 1833 
Success Pit Seghill 4.5m/7.3km 1824 1962
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 1.5m/2.4km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 2.6m/4.3km 1805 1825
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km 1798 1926
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Venture Pit Felling 3.5m/5.7km 1779 1931
Walker Colliery Walker 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 0.5m/0.9km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 3.2m/5.2km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 4.6m/7.5km 1903 1966
West Chirton Pit North Sheilds 2.3m/3.8km 1811 
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.2m/6.8km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1829 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 3.7m/6.0km 1909 May 1993
White House Quarry Springwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 3.7m/6.0km  
William Pit Felling 4.3m/6.9km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km 1841 1926
Wittle Pit Heworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.0km  

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