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Links to other sites of interest Industrial Heritage Days Out Former www.pitwork.net web site Index to site Contact and address details Share Page with Social Media Share on Facebook Share with Reddit Share on Delicious Hetton Colliery Index Hetton Colliery / Index ![](http://www.dmm.org.uk/images/corner_2.gif) OS Grid Ref: NZ 36000 46900 Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km) Colliery map Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hetton Colliery Colliery Page main page for Hetton Colliery In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Hetton Colliery are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only. Colliery Location Distance Opened Closed Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 4.8m/7.7km 1952 1955 Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 3.3m/5.4km Adolphus Pit Pittington 2.2m/3.6km 1826 Adventure Pit West Rainton 2.8m/4.5km 1817 21 Jul 1978 Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 1.7m/2.8km 1824 31 Dec 1896 Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 2.3m/3.8km Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 3.3m/5.4km Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.6m/7.5km Belmont Colliery Pittington 2.7m/4.4km 1836 Bef. 1872 Benridge Pit West Rainton 2.1m/3.4km Betty Pit 3.3m/5.3km Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965 Branch Pit West Rainton 2.1m/3.5km Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.5m/5.6km 1924 Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.3m/5.4km 1890 Buddle Pit Pittington 2.5m/4.1km Carmen Pit 4.1m/6.7km Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 0.9m/1.5km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986 Castlereagh Pit Dawdon 4.7m/7.6km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991 Church Pit Pittington 2.7m/4.4km 1836 1872? Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.9m/6.3km Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km Apr 1957 Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 3.3m/5.3km Dalton Winning Murton 2.4m/3.9km Apr 1843 29 Nov 1991 Dawdon Colliery Dawdon 4.7m/7.6km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991 Dolly Pit Philadelphia 3.6m/5.9km 1956 Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 3.6m/5.9km 1956 Dun Well Pit East Rainton 1.5m/2.4km Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 0.8m/1.3km 1827 Feb 1974 Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 3.1m/5.1km 1956 Ellison's Shaft 2.6m/4.3km Engine Pit 1.8m/3.0km Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 0.9m/1.5km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986 Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 0.8m/1.4km Fallowfield Quarry South Hetton 1.3m/2.2km Field House Pit 2.3m/3.7km Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 2.3m/3.8km Finchale Colliery Finchale 4.1m/6.7km Frankland Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km 1840 1934 Furnace Pit Pittington 2.7m/4.4km 1836 1872? Galley's Field Corner Pit 2.0m/3.3km George Pit Easington Lane 0.8m/1.3km 1827 Feb 1974 George Pit Lumley 3.7m/6.0km 1790's 22 Jan 1966 Gill Pit South Biddick 4.8m/7.8km Glow O'er 'em Pit 1.9m/3.1km Grange Colliery Belmont 3.8m/6.2km 1844 Apr 1948 Greenwell Pit 2.2m/3.6km Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km Apr 1957 Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.6m/7.5km Haswell Colliery Haswell 3.0m/4.8km 02 Jul 1835 31 Dec 1896 Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 2.8m/4.6km Hawthorn Coking Plant nr. Murton 1.9m/3.1km Hawthorn Combined Mine nr. Murton 1.9m/3.1km 02 Jan 1960 1992 Hawthorn Quarry Seaham 4.8m/7.7km Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 1.3m/2.2km 1818 Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.1m/6.6km 1874 Dec 1985 Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 3.5m/5.7km Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 2.5m/4.0km 1823 26 Sep 1981 Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 2.6m/4.2km Hunter's House Pit Rainton 2.9m/4.7km 1817 Hutton's Moor Pit 2.6m/4.3km Isabella Pit Easington Lane 0.8m/1.4km 1827 Feb 1974 Jane Pit 3.5m/5.6km Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 0.8m/1.3km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986 Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.6km 1844 22 Oct 1924 Knott Pit 2.2m/3.6km Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 2.4m/3.9km 1831 Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 3.4m/5.5km 1790 Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.8m/6.2km Lady Pit Easington Lane 0.8m/1.3km 1827 Feb 1974 Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 2.3m/3.7km Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965 Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 2.4m/3.9km 1831 Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.7m/7.6km 1792 Lane Pit West Rainton 2.4m/3.9km Letch Pit High Moorsley 2.1m/3.5km 1824 1897 Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 0.9m/1.5km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986 Little Pit Haswell 3.0m/4.8km 02 Jul 1835 1895 Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 2.4m/3.9km 1831 1914 Londonderry Pit Pittington 2.3m/3.7km 1828 Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 2.4m/3.9km 1831 Low Letch Pit 1.9m/3.1km Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 3.3m/5.4km 1837 1931 Lumley Colliery Lumley 3.9m/6.3km 1790's 22 Jan 1966 Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 3.8m/6.2km Margaret Pit Philadelphia 3.5m/5.7km 1930's Mary Pit Newbottle 3.3m/5.3km McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 2.3m/3.8km Meadows Pit Rainton 2.2m/3.6km 1824 31 Dec 1896 Middle Pit 1.9m/3.1km Mill Pit South Biddick 4.8m/7.7km Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.1m/6.6km Mollysgill Quarry Durham 3.4m/5.5km Moorside Pit West Rainton 3.1m/5.0km Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 1.1m/1.9km 1821 1935 Murton Coking Plant Murton 1.9m/3.1km Murton Colliery Murton 2.4m/3.9km Apr 1843 29 Nov 1991 The Nack Seaham 3.5m/5.6km 1849 1988 Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 3.6m/5.9km 1774 1956 New D Pit Penshaw 4.6m/7.4km 1832 New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.1m/6.6km 1874 Dec 1985 New Seaham Colliery Seaham 3.5m/5.6km 1849 1988 Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 3.6m/5.9km 1774 1956 Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 2.1m/3.4km 1817 Nicky Nack Seaham 3.5m/5.6km 1849 1988 North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 1.1m/1.9km 1821 1935 North Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.2m/3.6km 11 Jun 1891 Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.7m/7.6km Pea Flat Pit 3.6m/5.9km Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.7m/7.6km Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.1m/6.6km 1874 Dec 1985 Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.2m/3.6km 11 Jun 1891 Pity Me Pit 3.2m/5.2km Plain Pit Chilton Moor 2.5m/4.1km Middle (Polka) Pit Murton 2.4m/3.9km 1840 29 Nov 1991 Pontop Pit East Rainton 1.8m/2.9km 1790 Quarry Pit East Rainton 1.4m/2.3km Rainton Colliery Rainton 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978 Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 2.2m/3.6km Redhouse Pit 1.7m/2.8km Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.0m/4.9km 1816 Running Waters Quarry Durham 4.4m/7.1km Ryhope Colliery Ryhope, Sunderland 4.7m/7.6km 1857 25 Nov 1966 Sandy Pits 1.5m/2.5km Seaham Brickworks Seaham 3.5m/5.6km Seaham Colliery Seaham 3.5m/5.6km 1849 1988 Seaton Colliery Seaham 3.4m/5.5km 1845 1864 Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.8m/6.2km Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.1m/5.0km 1835 07 Aug 1965 Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.1m/6.6km 1844 May 1935 Shotton Coking Plant Shotton 4.1m/6.7km May 1958 Shotton Colliery Shotton 4.1m/6.7km 1840 01 Sep 1972 Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 4.5m/7.3km 1869 06 Nov 1971 South Hetton Colliery South Hetton 1.7m/2.8km 05 Aug 1833 Jul 1982 Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 3.9m/6.3km 1700's 22 Jan 1966 Success Pit Philadelphia 3.6m/5.9km 1956 Tempest Pit Seaham 4.5m/7.3km 1926 04 Jun 1993 Theresa Pit Dawdon 4.7m/7.6km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991 Thornley Colliery Thornley 4.6m/7.5km 1835 09 Jan 1970 Tuthill Quarry nr. Haswell 3.1m/5.1km Union Pit Seaham 3.4m/5.5km 1845 1864 Vane Pit Seaham 4.5m/7.3km 1926 04 Jun 1993 Vane Tempest Colliery Seaham 4.5m/7.3km 1926 04 Jun 1993 Venture Pit 2.1m/3.5km Wheatley Hill Colliery Wheatley Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1869 03 May 1968 Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.6m/7.4km Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.6m/7.4km 1830 Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 5.0m/8.0km 1836 1875 William Henry Pit Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km 1790 Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 4.5m/7.3km Woodside Pit 3.1m/5.0km Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.0m/6.4km Colliery Map Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hetton Colliery Colliery Page main page for Hetton Colliery