Blackhall Colliery

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Blackhall Colliery is a village on the North Sea coast of County Durham, in England. It is situated on the A1086 between Horden and Hartlepool. To the south of the Blackhall Colliery's Catholic church is Blackhall Rocks.

Built around the once extensive mining industry, Blackhall's Colliery closed in 1981. There is now an Industrial Estate built over part of the old colliery buildings, the colliery itself was pulled down in the eighties.[1][2]

Blackhall Colliery is on the edge of Castle Eden Dene, and Castle Eden Dene Mouth. Over the past couple of decades, there have been many changes.

Following the closure of the colliery the once busy village has economically gone down hill. As time has passed since the closure, other industries have now begun to emerge to once again create employment in the region.

With both Blackhall Colliery and Blackhall Rocks being on the main road to Peterlee and Hartlepool. This has meant that these villages have become commuter villages. Suppling workers for the now busy and expanding call centers in the nearby towns of Hartlepool and Peterlee.

Blackhall beach made a notable appearance in the 1971 film starring Michael Caine entitled Get Carter - in the climactic scenes where the main character is involved in a chase across a coal-strewn beach when seeking revenge for the death of his brother.