Derwent Colliery
Derwent Colliery is a mine in County Durham, North East England, England. Derwent Colliery is situated nearby to Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School, as well as near the forest Derwent Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary Magdalene and Derwentcote Steel Furnace.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Church of St Mary Magdalene is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Derwent Colliery.
Derwentcote Steel Furnace
Industrial building
Photo: Helen Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Derwentcote Steel Furnace, Rowlands Gill, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built in 1720, is an example of an early cementation furnace which produced high-grade steel. Derwentcote Steel Furnace is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Derwent Colliery.
Derwentcote Cottage
Building
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Derwentcote Cottage is a building, which is situated 1 mile northeast of Derwent Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medomsley and High Westwood.
Medomsley
Village
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Medomsley is a village in County Durham, England. It is about 2 miles northeast of the centre of Consett, 1+1⁄2 miles south of Hamsterley and 1 mile southeast of Ebchester along the B6309. Leadgate lies a further mile to the south east.
High Westwood
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Westwood is an English village in County Durham, a few miles to the north of Consett, near Ebchester and Hamsterley. It once had a colliery and coke works.
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.
Derwent Colliery
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.88681° or 54° 53′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.81063° or 1° 48′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C6WV5PQ+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 434084028OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School and Derwent Wood.
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