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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.

N17260

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Netherwitton, coal shaft

Netherwitton

55.226619, -1.854846

N5624A

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Radcliffe Colliery

First Pit

Radcliffe nr Amble

55.318144, -1.575398

1666

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Dunston Hill, old colliery

Dunston

54.94844,-1.165703

N9399C

Last Updated

30 Dec 2025

Stiddlehill Colliery

Foaly (Folly) Pit

Bellingham

55.150639, -2.132835

2743

Last Updated

1 Nov 2025

Wearmouth Colliery

Monkwearmouth, Sunderland

54.914816,-1.388544

3984

Last Updated

28 Oct 2025

Walbottle Colliery

Coronation Pit

Walbottle

55.002462,-1.724221

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