Tanfield Lea Colliery

Tanfield Lea Colliery is a mine in Stanley, County Durham, England. Tanfield Lea Colliery is situated nearby to the park North Leigh Play Area, as well as near the community center Tanfield Lea Community Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Andrew and North Durham Academy.

Church of St Andrew

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Andrew is situated 1 mile southeast of Tanfield Lea Colliery.

North Durham Academy is a secondary school with academy status based in Stanley in County Durham, England. The school was formed in September 2011, when Greencroft Business and Enterprise Community School and Stanley School of Technology formally merged. North Durham Academy is situated 1 mile southeast of Tanfield Lea Colliery.

Derwentside Area Council Offices

Building

Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Derwentside Area Council Offices is a building, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Tanfield Lea Colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanfield Lea and Tanfield.

Tanfield Lea

Village

Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tanfield Lea is a village north of Stanley, County Durham, England, and south of Tantobie.

Tanfield

Hamlet

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tanfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.

Tantobie

Village

Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tantobie is a former colliery village in County Durham, England. It is situated 2 miles to the northwest of Stanley and the same distance to the north of Annfield Plain.

Tanfield Lea Colliery

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.88275° or 54° 52′ 58″ north

Longitude

-1.7087° or 1° 42′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C6WV7MR+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 430082273

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Leigh Play Area and Tanfield Lea Community Centre.

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