NEHL - Walbottle Colliery stood on the Newcastle to North Wylam railway, and was sunk and operating between the 1850s and 1890s. The Percy Pit was one of the last to open under the umbrella, with its sister workings further north up the bank.

It was a fairly substantial working, though no pit village developed around it. Folk lived in the neighbouring settlements of Sugley and Newburn, though Lloyd Street and Stanley Street were laid nearby to facilitate housing for the workers. Coal was shipped to Lemington Staiths via a small branch line which ran underneath the main railway to connect with the old Walbottle Waggonway.

Walbottle Colliery. Opened before 1828. The earliest pit may have been Duke Pit (HER 3930), which could be as early as 1740. The other pits were Blucher Pit (HER 3939), Coronation Pit (HER 3984), George Pit, Percy Pit, Union Pit (NZ 177 674) and Wellington Pit (NZ 177 674). Owners in the 1850s were J. Lamb, Potters and Joblings Trustees, then R.O. Lamb, then Terale & Kirton, later Kirton, Rowell & Dodd, Walbottle Coal and Firebrick Co and lastly Lemington Colliery Co ltd.