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King Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 14153 66107

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 5.0m/8.0km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 2.6m/4.2km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.0m/3.2km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Ann Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 4.2m/6.8km 1769 
Ann Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.8km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.6m/5.9km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 2.4m/3.9km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/6.9km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.4m/5.5km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  
Bean Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.8m/7.8km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.8m/4.6km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 2.7m/4.4km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.3m/3.8km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 4.6m/7.4km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.7m/4.4km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.5m/4.1km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.3m/3.8km  
Brass Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.5km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.5m/4.1km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km 11 Sep 1869 
Callerton Colliery Callerton 2.6m/4.2km 1827 Dec 1948
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.8m/6.2km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km  
Cat Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.4km  
Chance Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.1km 1756 
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 5.0m/8.0km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 0.8m/1.3km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.8m/6.1km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.5m/7.2km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 2.3m/3.8km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.7m/4.4km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 1.6m/2.6km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.1m/3.4km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 1.8m/2.9km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.5m/7.2km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 1.6m/2.7km 1740? 
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.0m/6.4km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.7m/4.4km  
Edward Pit Benwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.1m/6.6km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.3m/2.2km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.3km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 0.1m/0.3km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Fallow Pit  3.3m/5.3km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.6km  
Fence Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
Fence Pit Heddon 0.2m/0.4km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.0m/6.4km 1801 
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.3m/3.7km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.1km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 3.4m/5.5km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.4km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 0.2m/0.4km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.6m/4.2km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  3.6m/5.9km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 1.9m/3.1km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 0.0m/0.1km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 5.0m/8.0km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1920? Aug 1940
Hill Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km 1773 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Horsley Pit Spital 3.7m/6.0km  
Humble Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.5km  
Humble Pit Heddon 0.3m/0.5km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km  
James Pit Prudhoe 2.6m/4.3km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.2km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 0.1m/0.2km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
John Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
John Pit West Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.5m/2.5km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km  1924
King Pit Heddon 0.0m/0.0km  
Kyo Wood Pit  3.1m/5.1km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Fenham 4.5m/7.2km  
Lady Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.5km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.5km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 4.5m/7.3km 1771 Oct 1966
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 2.4m/3.9km  1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 0.0m/0.1km  
Margery Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 0.1m/0.3km  
Mary Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.3km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 4.7m/7.6km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.9m/6.3km 1750 1959
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 2.7m/4.4km  1968
North Wylam Wylam 2.1m/3.5km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.8km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Aug 1958
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 3.5m/5.7km  Dec 1948
Peggy Pit Wylam 2.0m/3.3km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.0m/3.3km  Aug 1964
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 4.2m/6.8km 1771 Oct 1966
Primrose Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 3.6m/5.9km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 0.6m/1.1km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 0.1m/0.2km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 0.1m/0.2km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 0.1m/0.2km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 1.2m/2.0km  
Robert Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.1km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.8m/6.1km  
Rye Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.8km  
Sally Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 5.0m/8.0km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 2.6m/4.3km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.0m/3.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1920? Aug 1940
Taylor Pit Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 0.3m/0.5km 1756 
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 2.1m/3.4km  1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 1.0m/1.7km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 1.0m/1.7km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 0.8m/1.3km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 1.1m/1.8km  1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.5m/5.7km  
Tilley Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 1.7m/2.8km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.3m/2.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.3m/2.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.0m/3.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.3m/2.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 2.3m/3.8km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
View Pit Scotswood 3.9m/6.3km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.9km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 2.3m/3.8km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 0.3m/0.5km  
West Pit House Shaft  3.5m/5.7km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 2.8m/4.5km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 2.8m/4.5km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whin Pit Thockley 0.9m/1.5km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km  1924

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