East Pontop Colliery
East Pontop Colliery is a mine in Stanley, County Durham, England. East Pontop Colliery is situated nearby to St Thomas’s Church, Hare Law, as well as near Old Harelaw Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pontop Pike transmitting station and Pontop Hall.
Pontop Pike transmitting station
The Pontop Pike transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications and broadcasting situated on a 312-metre high hill of the same name between Stanley and Consett, County Durham, near the village of Dipton, England. Pontop Pike transmitting station is situated 1 mile west of East Pontop Colliery.Pontop Hall
Building
Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontop Hall is a building, which is situated 1 mile northwest of East Pontop Colliery.
Hamsterley Hall
Castle
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamsterley Hall is an 18th-century English country house at Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The estate at Hamsterley was given, in 1762, by Sir John Swinburne Bt to his younger brother Henry Swinburne. Hamsterley Hall is situated 2½ miles northwest of East Pontop Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Catchgate and Harelaw.
Catchgate
Village
Catchgate is a former mining village in County Durham, England. It has a population of approximately 3,000 people. The nearest town is Stanley, also a former coal mining community. The town of Consett, once famous for its steel works, is 5 miles away.
Harelaw
Village
Harelaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the B6168 road to the north of Annfield Plain and Catchgate, south of Flint Hill and east of Dipton.
West Kyo
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Kyo is a small village in County Durham, England, United Kingdom. The name kyo is derived from an old word for 'cow'. It is situated a very short distance to the north of Annfield Plain and to the east of Catchgate.
East Pontop 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
54.86647° or 54° 51′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.75026° or 1° 45′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C6WV68X+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 434115116OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Thomas’s Church, Hare Law and Old Harelaw Cemetery.
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