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Coals Archive.

The Coals Archive is our biggest project to date, with the aim of documenting every known coal working in the North East.

 

With the collieries fading out of living memory, it has never been a more important time to ensure new generations understand the sacrifices made, and how our landscapes came to be. The pits shaped everything, from our region's politics to public parks and the rows we walk along. For this reason it is only right we remember the men, women and children whose greatest neighbour was the coal face.

lwck01a

Last Updated

4 Jan 2026

Lowick Colliery

Lowick

rodd03a

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Pease's West Colliery

Emma Pit

Roddymoor

54.721908, -1.766438

a016a

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Arnghyll Colliery

Copley

54.620508, -1.872272

D60074

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Coppycrook Colliery

Shildon

54.631094,-1.675823

D16669A

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Middridge Colliery

Charles Pit

Middridge, nr Shildon

54.631482,-1.613773

D45423

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

West Hetton Colliery

Engine Pit

Coxhoe

54.727163,-1.498125

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