Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Middridge Colliery
In or near Eldon.
Middridge Colliery in England North East, United Kingdom.
Trevor Littlewood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Shildon · 1.6 km
About
Middridge Colliery is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Middridge Colliery was a colliery based in and near the village of Middridge in County Durham, England. The colliery, which was owned by The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, consisted of two mines: Eden Pit, sunk in 1872 and Charles Pit, sunk in 1874. At its height, the pit employed 420 people, who routinely mined 600 tons of coal per day.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
A narrow gauge tramway (known as "The Tramlines") ran between the two pits. The embankment on which the railway sat still remains largely intact; including the retaining wall, which is around 3 metres high at its highest point and now forms a boundary at the edge of a public footpath. <gallery> The Tramline, Middridge, County Durham, UK.jpg|The Tramlines embankment in October 2019 Middridge_Tramlines_straight_path_Oct_2019.jpg|The straight path and Middridge Tramlines embankment in October 2019 </gallery>
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6318, -1.6138
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Middridge
- Postcode
- DL5 7JB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Nearest railway station
- Shildon — 1.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q85785343 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Middridge Colliery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Middridge Colliery?
- Middridge Colliery is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL5 7JB), in the parish of Middridge.
- What is Middridge Colliery?
- Middridge Colliery in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Middridge Colliery?
- The nearest railway station is Shildon, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode DL5 7JB.
- How do I get to Middridge Colliery?
- The nearest railway station is Shildon, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL5 7JB.