Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a town and also civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast. As soon as a crucial port for shipping grain as well as a coal mining town, it is still a tiny angling port taking advantage of traditional coble boats. Fishing has constantly been related to Newbiggin, although later lots of residents were employed in coal mining. By the Victorian age, Newbiggin was Northumberland's much-loved seaside town, attracting hundreds of site visitors every day in the summertime. In 1869, there were 142 cobles (fishing watercrafts) in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. Newbiggin Colliery was sunk in 1908. The colliery enclosed 1967, yet at its height in 1940 1,400 males were employed there. The previous Newbiggin Colliery Band is now the Jayess Newbiggin Brass Band, named for its president as well as previous participant, cornet tale James Shepherd. To day, there are 72 active business based in Newbiggin.