Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a village as well as civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coastline. Once an essential port for shipping grain as well as a coal mining town, it is still a little angling port making use of typical coble watercrafts. Angling has always been related to Newbiggin, although later on several inhabitants were employed in coal mining. By the Victorian age, Newbiggin was Northumberland's favorite seaside community, attracting numerous visitors every day in the summer season. In 1869, there were 142 cobles (angling boats) in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. Newbiggin Colliery was sunk in 1908. The colliery enclosed 1967, however at its top in 1940 1,400 guys were employed there. The former Newbiggin Colliery Band is now the Jayess Newbiggin Brass Band, called for its head of state and also former participant, cornet legend James Shepherd. To day, there are 72 active business based in Newbiggin.