Mining there stopped in 2004, and the pit was converted into the Pegswood Community Park, which includes "a dedicated nature reserve, a new woodland and ponds."

The second phase of the park's construction would also "provide a fishing lake, an amphitheatre sculpted out of the landform and a footpath link from Pegswood to Morpeth.

"[5] Extensive open-pit mining still takes place in the area,[7] but such operations remain controversial even when former sites are restored.

[8] Like many other "former pit villages," Pegswood has benefited from increased interest among especially young families,[9] who are attracted to such places for the countryside and the quality of education.

[10] Since 1969, when the pit closed, the town has welcomed new development plans[11] and new housing estates have been built in an effort by Pegswood to "reinvent itself as a cheaper rural alternative to Morpeth and Newcastle.

Officially called 'Fire', but dubbed Robin of Pegswood, a bronze figure stands near the top of a stainless steel girder.

The girder juts from the ground at an angle and its tip is curved into the shape of a bow with the bronze figure firing a "shovelled" arrow from it.

Northumberland County Council has now installed lighting to enhance its night time viewing An electoral ward in the same name exists.

[19] Ironically, the man who fought for thirty years to have the bypass built, the then Parish Council chairman Jim Burley, was the first person to crash on it, in 2007: he was not seriously hurt.

[20] Some scenes on the 1996 TV Drama Our Friends in the North featuring the Metropolitan Police aggressively dealing with strikers during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985) were filmed in Pegswood.