Name	Parish	From	To	Comments
Raddle	Micklebring	1901	1913	Standing in 1903 and 1904 and from 1907 to 1913
Radfield	Eccleshill	1897	1899	R. Roper
Railway	Osmondthorpe, Leeds	1854	1928	Also called Osmondthorpe, Railway Pit. Standing c1909 to 1920. Abandoned September 1928.
Rainsforth	Sheffield	1888	1894
Rainstorth	Thorpe, Rotherham	1907	1914	Abandoned May 1914
Rakelands	Bierley, Bradford	1877	1891
Rakes	Leeds	1855	1860
Ramsden Wood	Walsden, Todmorden	1907	1911	Abandoned
Ramsden's	Deepcar, Sheffield	1928	1937	Abandoned September 1937
Rastrick	Brighouse	1901	1902	Sunderland & Mellors
Rattan Row	Whitwood, Normanton	1888	1898
Ravels	Churwell, Leeds	1876	1928	Sinking from 1876 to 1878. Standing 1911 to 1914. Reopened 1927 and abandoned 02/11/1928. May also be called Raffles Pit
Ravens Lodge	Dewsbury	1861	1902
Ravensthorpe	Ravensthorpe, Wakefield	1866	1887
Raw Royds	Gildersome Street, Leeds	1873	1877	Sinking from 1873 to 1877.
Rawden	Bradford	1855	1861
Rawfolds	Cleckheaton	1890	1891
Rawmarsh	Rawmarsh, Rotherham	1854	1918	Not listed from 1868 to 1896.
Rawmarsh (a)	Rawmarsh, Rotherham	1854	1896
Rawmarsh (b)	Rawmarsh, Rotherham	1875	1880
Rawmarsh (c)	Rawmarsh, Rotherham	1854	1879
Rawmarsh (d)	Rawmarsh, Rotherham	1854	1864
Rawmarsh, Albany and Royal Oak	Rawmarsh, Rotherham	1868	1872
Rayner Road	Brighouse	1901	1907	S. Cliffe & Sons
Red Hall Opencast	Wakefield	1956	1957
Red Hill (a)	Shelley, Huddersfield	1915	1921	Also called Cross Lane Clay Mine. Probably closed and reopened c1915. Abandoned in 1921.
Red Hill (b)	Tong Street, Bradford	1870	1924
Redbrook	Barugh, Barnsley	1901	1987	Sinking from 1901 and 1902. Standing 1903 to 1911. Abandoned 1912. Reopened in 1918 and abandoned October 1921. Driving drift from surface in 1913. Working in 1918. New shaft sunk in 1982 at Redbrook for ventilation. Worked as part of Dodworth.
Redhill	Shelley, Huddersfield	1861	1871	Reopened in 1890. See Red Hill (a)
Reservoir	Worsborough, Barnsley	1888	1891
Rhodes Pit	Oakenshaw, Bradford	1888	1911	Standing from 1908 to 1911. Called Rhodes Pit on the 1908 edition, but was Royd Pit on the 1894 edition.
Riccall	Riccall, Selby	1978	2004	Production began in January 1988. From 1998/99 onwards Riccall - Whitemoor. Closed on 26/10/2004.
Richard & Nellie Pits	Ingleton, Settle	1889	1914	Sinking in 1893. Standing 1904 - 1908. Abandoned October 1914
Riddings Drift	South Kirkby	1969	1973	Driven from South Kirkby Colliery in 1969 and production began in June 1969. Ferrymoor and Riddings merged on 01/04/1973. Closed 25/03/1988.
Ridge End	Fixby, Huddersfield	1915	1916	P. Normington
Ridings	Dewsbury	1855	1899
Riley Lane	Kirkburton, Huddersfield	1874	1875	Sinking from 1874 to 1875.
Ringinglow	Sheffield	1907	1911
Roadside Nos.1 & 2	Thornton, Bradford	1924	1960	Part of Thornton Fireclay Works
Rob Royd	Dodworth, Barnsley	1897	1982	On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Sunk in 1896? Discontinued August 1935. Used as a Pumping Station from 1944 to 1952 and from 1970 to 1987. May also be called Hound Hill.
Rob Royd & Strafford Silkstone	Dodworth, Barnsley	1947	1952	Pumping Station
Robertown	Liversedge, Dewsbury	1909	1909
Roberttown	Beeston, Leeds	1888	1892
Roberttown (a)	Roberttown, Liversedge	1854	1887
Roberttown (b)	Roberttown, Liversedge	1854	1878
Robin Hood	Robin Hood	1854	1913
Robin Hood, Jane Pit	Lofthouse, Wakefield	1894	1947	Standing 1931 to 1936
Robinsons	Elland, Halifax		1958	Abandoned 18/10/1958.
Roche	Carlinghow, Batley	1875	1930	Abandoned 18/11/1924. Discontinued 1930 and abandoned February 1932.
Rock	Burmantofts, Leeds	1854	1910	Standing in 1909 and 1910 and abandoned in 1911
Rock View	Whitworth	1869	1869
Rockingham	Hoyland, Barnsley	1873	1979	Sinking from 1873 to 1875. Merged with Wharncliffe Silkstone in June 1967 and closed 20/11/1979. Used as a Pumping Station from 1982 to 1988
Rockingham	Hoyland, Barnsley	1982	1988	Sunk 1873 to 1875. Merged with Wharncliffe Silkstone in June 1967 and closed in November 1979. Used as a Pumping Station from 1982 to 1988
Rockley	Rockley, Barnsley	1862	1881
Rockley (a)	Rockley, Barnsley	1868	1885	Seems to have closed c1886 and was reopened briefly in 1919. Was used as a Pumping Station in 1988
Rockwell	Bradford	1861	1882
Roman Ridge	Wincobank, Sheffield	1913	1918	Abandoned
Rook	Halifax	1861	1862
Rookes	Hipperhome, Bradford	1876	1894
Rooks	Hipperholme, Halifax	1861	1872	See Rookes
Rooley Pit	Odsal, Bradford	1918	1919	On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Standing in 1920 to 1922..
Rosa	Barnsley	1871	1883
Rose Hill	Dodworth, Barnsley	1891	1912	Abandoned
Rosedale Head	Westerdale	1877	1877
Ross	Beeston, Leeds	1881	1883
Rossington Main	Rossington, Doncaster	1912		Sinking from 1912 to 1915. Closed by British Coal in 1993, but worked by RJB from 1994 onwards
Rotherham Main	Rotherham	1890	1954	Sunk 1890 to 1893. Closed in May 1954 and used as a Pumping Station from 1955 to 1965.
Rotherham Main	Rotherham	1955	1965	Sunk 1890 to 1893. Closed in May 1954 and used as a Pumping Station from 1955 to 1965.
Rothwell	Rothwell, Leeds	1950	1983	Formerly Rothwell Haigh, Fanny. Closed 09/12/1983.
Rothwell Haigh	Rothwell, Leeds	1854	1925	Sunk c1841?
Rothwell Haigh, Beeston Pit	Rothwell, Leeds	1870	1947	On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Sinking 1870 to 1871.
Rothwell Haigh, Cousins Pit	Rothwell, Leeds	1867		Sunk 1867.
Rothwell Haigh, Fanny Pit	Rothwell, Leeds	1867	1949	Sinking around 1867. Became Rothwell under the NCB and closed in 1983.
Rothwell Haigh, Rose Pit	Rothwell, Leeds	1896	1923	Rose Pit was sunk between 1847 and 1853 (Goodchild, 2000)
Rough Hey	Lightcliffe, Brighouse	1897	1900	Walker & Co
Round Green	Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley	1907	1916
Round Hill	Gomersal	1907	1911	Abandoned
Round Wood	Ossett, Wakefield	1853	1966	On 1st edition O.S. 1/10560 sheet. Later called Old Roundwood.
Roundhill	Leeds	1855	1860
Roundwood	Rawmarsh, Rotherham	1870	1945	Sunk 1870. Included Silverwood from June 1931 to 1945. The NCB took over Roundwood and Silverwood Collieries - known as Silverwood.
Roundwood (a)	Ossett, Wakefield	1855	1899	See Old Roundwood after 1899
Rowley	Huddersfield	1855	1883
Rowley Bottom	Lepton, Huddersfield	1933	1936	Abandoned September 1936. Abandoned 04/09/1936.
Royd	Deepcar, Sheffield	1909	1918
Royd Edge	Meltham, Huddersfield	1907	1920	Standing 1915 to 1918. Abandoned 14/05/1920.
Royd House	Huddersfield	1893	1893
Roydhouse	Shelley, Huddersfield	1916	1922	Abandoned 1922
Royds	Wortley, Leeds	1888	1913
Royds	Holbeck, Leeds	1878	1913	Abandoned 1879.
Royds Hall Opencast	Oulton, Leeds	1948	1952
Royston	Royston	1907	1908	Sinking 1907 and standing in 1908
Royston Drift	Royston	1976	1989	Two drifts driven from the old Hemsworth pit yard in 1976. Production began on 13/09/1976 and closed 08/09/1989.
Ryhill Main	Ryhill	1874	1923	Sinking from 1874 to 1876. Closed 12/09/1923 and abandoned 1924.
Rylands Main	Barnsley	1890	1898