Cave & mine
Type
Blackhall Mill
Where
Cave & mine · Attraction
Good for
Check before you go
Cost
Plan your visit
Opening times
Open access — check locally for facilities
Location
Blackhall Mill
Parent hack
Arrive at opening time in school holidays — you'll beat the queues and the car park.
Chopwell Colliery was a coal mine situated at Chopwell, in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The pit was first sunk in 1781, and was closed on 25 November 1966. The colliery was bought by the Consett Iron Company in 1896, before being handed over to the National Coal Board in 1947, when the British coal industry was nationalised. The colliery's highest employment numbers were in 1921, when 2,185 people worked there.
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