Chopwell Colliery
Chopwell Colliery was a coal mine situated at Chopwell, in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The pit was first sunk in 1781, and was closed on 25 November 1966.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John the Evangelist and Christ Church Hamsterley.
St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Colin Edgar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Evangelist is a church, which is situated 2,700 feet east of Chopwell Colliery.
Christ Church Hamsterley
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church Hamsterley is situated 1¼ miles south of Chopwell Colliery.
Vindomora
Archaeological site
Photo: Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain. Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and 12 miles west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne. Vindomora is situated 2 miles southwest of Chopwell Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chopwell and Hamsterley.
Chopwell
Village
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chopwell is a village in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, 3 miles west of Rowlands Gill and 1 mile north of Hamsterley.
Hamsterley
Village
Hamsterley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and borders the hamlet of Low Westwood. The name Hamsterley possibly derives from the Old English ‘hamstra’, meaning a corn weevil and ‘ley’ meaning clearing, hence a clearing frequented by corn weevils, perhaps indicating the poor quality of farming in the area.
Low Westwood
Village
Low Westwood is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated immediately to the west of Hamsterley. Low Westwood is probably best known for Hamsterley Christ Church and Derwent care home.
Chopwell Colliery
- Type: Mine
- Description: coal mine in the UK
- Categories: coal mine, historic site, and industry
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.92126° or 54° 55′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.82186° or 1° 49′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C6WW5CH+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 11697493568OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mineWikidata ID
Q5104890
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