Percy Main

[4] In 2020, Nexus constructed a new depot for the Tyne and Wear Metro on a former landfill site immediately to the east of the village.

Originally intended to be a temporary measure, upgrades to the Metro system around South Shields may mean the depot is made a permanent feature.

Percy Main is part of a Church of England parish that also includes Meadow Well, East Howdon and the Royal Quays.

The parish church, Tynemouth Percy St John, was built for the Duke of Northumberland in 1862, and is Grade II listed.

The Diocese of Newcastle's main administrative office is located at Church House, formerly Percy St John's Primary School.

In 2016, a full Ofsted inspection found that the school Requires Improvement, however this was downgraded to inadequate in 2018, leading to its placement in special measures.

A monitoring inspection the following year confirmed that the remedial action was having a positive result, though the school remains in special measures.

The portion of the estate south of the Metro line, and to the east of Percy Main, was redeveloped as Riverside Park in the early 1990s.

The Royal Quays Outlet Centre and Northumbrian Water's treatment works lie between the village and the River Tyne.