How the colliery was made up

The Wallsend Colliery

Wallsend Colliery was made up of seven pits. As early as 1831 there were underground workings below most of Wallsend as we know it today.

A Pit -The First Engine Pit was started 1778 south of Buddle Street, west of Segedunum.

B Pit - Was begun in 1778, North of Buddle Street and west of Segedunum.

C Pit - Wallsend Pit or Gas Pit was begun in 1790, where Wallsend Park now is and south of the tennis courts.

D Pit - West Pit was started in 1790 and would have been where Wallsend Golf Course and West Street Dairy are situated.

E Pit - Tommy Mann's Pit, began in 1793 behind High View North and south of the Coast Road.

F Pit - Beanyfield Pit was started in 1797, south of the Coast Road and west of the Hadrian Hospital.

G Pit - Church Pit started in 1802, south of St Peter's Church and west of Hadrian Road Metro.