Description:Kent's Lane Colliery was in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, it opened in 1830 to provide coal to the Silverdale ironworks and was managed by the Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company. After nationalisation in the 1970s Kent's Lane became known as Silverdale Colliery. It was the most productive colliery in the area and the last to close in 1998.