New Lester Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield from the second half of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century in Tyldesley, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England.
It was owned by James Roscoe and two shafts were sunk in about 1865 on the east side of Mort Lane on the road to Little Hulton where Roscoe had sunk the Peel Hall and New Watergate pits.
[1] At first the colliery was not linked to a railway and coal had to be moved using horses and carts until the London and North Western Railway built the Little Hulton mineral branch line in 1874.
[2] James Roscoe and Sons was formed in 1892 remaining in operation until 1938 when Peel Collieries took over.
They resembled the Manchester Ship Canal Company locomotives and could negotiate sharp curves.