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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.

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Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Pelton Colliery

Brow Pit

Chester le Street

54.863340,-1.609865

1309

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Newburn Coal Mines

Newburn, Newcastle

54.9838863298206, -1.7434962202889597

1367

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Elswick Coal Mines

Elswick, Newcastle

54.96298679387462, -1.64355780121363

N27103

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Longwitton Colliery

Longwitton

55.199998, -1.901123

N17290

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Rothley, coal shaft

Rothley

55.212668, -1.918623

N10828

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Ewesley, coal pits

Nunnykirk

55.224072, -1.903529

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