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Cat Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 15544 66291

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Greenside 2.8m/4.6km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.6m/5.8km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 1.4m/2.3km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Ann Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.5m/5.6km 1769 
Ann Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.7m/6.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.0m/6.4km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 2.6m/4.2km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.1m/6.7km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.1m/6.7km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.4m/5.5km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  
Bean Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.1km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.7m/7.6km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.0m/6.5km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.4m/3.9km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.4m/3.9km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 2.0m/3.2km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.0m/3.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 4.6m/7.5km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.7m/6.0km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.4m/3.9km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.5m/4.0km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.0m/3.2km  
Brass Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.5m/4.0km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km 11 Sep 1869 
Callerton Colliery Callerton 2.1m/3.5km 1827 Dec 1948
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.0m/4.8km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km  
Chance Pit Throckley 0.5m/0.9km 1756 
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 1.5m/2.5km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.1m/6.6km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.0m/6.5km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 3.0m/4.8km  Mar 1921
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 1.5m/2.5km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.4m/3.9km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 2.2m/3.6km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.5m/4.1km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 1.2m/2.0km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 3.6m/5.9km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.5km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 0.8m/1.3km 1740? 
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1857 
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 3.9m/6.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.3m/3.7km  
Edward Pit Benwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.6m/7.4km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.3km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.3m/7.0km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.9m/7.9km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.5m/2.5km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.1km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 0.6m/1.1km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 1.8m/3.0km  
Fallow Pit  3.6m/5.8km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.3km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 4.8m/7.7km 1810 
Fence Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Fence Pit Heddon 0.9m/1.5km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.8m/6.1km 1801 
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.3m/3.7km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.0km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 2.5m/4.1km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.4km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.8m/4.5km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  4.1m/6.7km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 0.8m/1.4km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 3.9m/6.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Hill Pit Throckley 0.5m/0.8km 1773 
Hopewell Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.6km  
Horsley Pit Spital 4.6m/7.4km  
Humble Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.4km  
Humble Pit Heddon 0.8m/1.4km  
James Pit Prudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 0.7m/1.2km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 0.7m/1.2km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 1.8m/3.0km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
John Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km  
John Pit West Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.8m/3.0km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  1924
King Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.4km  
King Pit Heddon 0.8m/1.4km  
Kyo Wood Pit  3.6m/5.9km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Fenham 3.6m/5.8km  
Lady Pit Throckley 1.8m/3.0km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.8m/2.9km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 4.0m/6.4km 1771 Oct 1966
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 1.8m/2.9km  1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 0.8m/1.4km  
Margery Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.2km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 0.8m/1.4km  
Mary Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.4km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.0m/4.9km 1750 1959
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 4.2m/6.8km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 2.0m/3.2km  1968
North Wylam Wylam 3.0m/4.9km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.4km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.3m/3.7km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 4.7m/7.6km 1819 1848
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 2.9m/4.7km  Dec 1948
Peggy Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.3m/3.8km  Aug 1964
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 3.6m/5.9km 1771 Oct 1966
Primrose Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 0.7m/1.2km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 1.0m/1.6km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.6km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Robert Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.1m/6.6km  
Rye Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.1km  
Sally Pit Throckley 1.8m/3.0km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.5km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.0m/4.8km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.3m/5.3km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 1.7m/2.8km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 3.9m/6.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Thistle Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.0km 1756 
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 1.2m/2.0km  1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 0.7m/1.2km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 0.7m/1.2km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 0.2m/0.4km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 0.6m/1.0km  1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.8m/6.1km  
Tilley Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.8km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.5m/2.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.5m/2.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 1.7m/2.8km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.5m/2.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 1.5m/2.5km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.2km  
View Pit Scotswood 3.0m/4.9km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 0.7m/1.2km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 1.5m/2.5km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.7m/7.6km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 0.5m/0.9km  
West Pit House Shaft  4.0m/6.4km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 3.6m/5.8km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 3.6m/5.8km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km  
Whin Pit Thockley 1.0m/1.7km  
William Pit Benwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.6m/7.5km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  1924

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