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Betty Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 12400 61500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.3m/3.7km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 0.8m/1.4km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 3.2m/5.2km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Ann Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Ann Pit Wylam 2.0m/3.3km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 4.1m/6.6km 1855 Mar 1929
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 1.8m/2.9km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 1.1m/1.9km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bankside Pit Chopwell 0.9m/1.5km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.6m/5.9km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 1.8m/2.9km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 2.9m/4.7km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 4.6m/7.4km  
Bean Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 4.6m/7.5km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.9m/4.7km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.9m/4.7km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.8m/4.6km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.1m/6.6km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 1.9m/3.1km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.8m/4.6km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 3.4m/5.5km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 1.9m/3.1km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 4.5m/7.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Busty Pit Medomsley 4.9m/7.9km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.3m/2.2km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.7m/7.6km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 3.8m/6.2km  
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Cat Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.6km  
Chance Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 2.2m/3.6km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 1.0m/1.6km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.8m/6.2km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 1.3m/2.2km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.2km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 1.3m/2.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 0.8m/1.4km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 4.1m/6.7km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 1.0m/1.7km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 3.9m/6.3km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  3.0m/4.9km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 1.6m/2.7km  
East Shaft Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 3.5m/5.6km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 3.0m/4.8km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 2.1m/3.5km  
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.1m/5.0km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 2.7m/4.4km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.9m/3.1km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 3.0m/4.9km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 4.6m/7.4km  
Fallow Pit  0.5m/0.8km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
Fence Pit Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Fence Pit Heddon 3.2m/5.2km  
First Pit Winlaton 2.6m/4.3km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 1.8m/3.0km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 1.4m/2.3km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 3.7m/6.0km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.3m/2.2km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.4m/3.9km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 0.9m/1.5km  23 Jul 1966
Greymare Hill Colliery  4.9m/7.9km  
Grooves Pit  0.6m/1.1km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.1m/5.0km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  3.5m/5.7km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.5m/4.0km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.9m/7.9km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 4.6m/7.5km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 4.6m/7.5km  
Hill Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.2km 1773 
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 4.5m/7.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.4m/3.9km  
Horsley Pit Spital 4.1m/6.6km  
Humble Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Humble Pit Heddon 3.3m/5.3km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 4.1m/6.7km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 5.0m/8.0km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 1.8m/2.9km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.0km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 3.1m/5.0km  
John Pit Chopwell 1.1m/1.8km  
John Pit West Wylam 1.8m/2.9km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.5m/2.5km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  1924
King Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km  
King Pit Heddon 3.0m/4.9km  
Kyo Wood Pit  0.2m/0.4km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 1.0m/1.7km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.7km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.9m/6.3km 1855 Mar 1929
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 4.7m/7.6km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
Margery Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.4m/3.9km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 3.1m/5.1km  
Mary Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 4.9m/7.9km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 4.7m/7.6km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 3.7m/6.0km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.3m/5.3km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.1m/5.0km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 3.5m/5.6km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Mar 1921
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 4.7m/7.6km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 1.3m/2.2km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.4km 1765 Feb 1960
North Wylam Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  Aug 1958
Peggy Pit Wylam 1.9m/3.1km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 0.6m/1.1km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 1.1m/1.8km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.9m/7.9km  
Primrose Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 2.6m/4.3km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 1.8m/2.9km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 3.7m/6.0km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 3.0m/4.9km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 3.0m/4.9km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 1.0m/1.6km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 3.5m/5.7km  
Robert Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 1.0m/1.6km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.3m/3.8km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.4km 1765 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 0.8m/1.4km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.5m/4.1km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 4.2m/6.8km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 4.7m/7.6km  Nov 1940
Taylor Pit Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.4km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 4.3m/7.0km  1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 3.2m/5.2km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 1.0m/1.6km  
Tilley Pit  1.3m/2.2km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 2.8m/4.5km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.9m/3.1km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.4m/2.3km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.9m/3.1km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.5m/4.1km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.9m/3.1km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 2.5m/4.0km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  1924
West Drift Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 3.0m/4.9km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  0.5m/0.9km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 1.9m/3.1km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 1.9m/3.1km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.0m/4.9km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.1m/5.0km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.8km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.8km  
Whin Pit Thockley 4.0m/6.4km  
Whittonstall Colliery  4.5m/7.2km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 3.5m/5.6km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 4.3m/6.9km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.5m/7.3km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.5m/7.3km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  1924

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