Seaton Burn is a village in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, and adjacent to Wideopen which is just south of it.

By October 1852 the colliery was owned by John Bowes & Co. Employment rose to 1,311 in 1921, and steadily fell after that until it was closed by the National Coal Board on 17 August 1965.

Little now remains of the mine except for the old Seaton Burn Wagonway leading southeast from the village.

The old track bed has now been established as a cycleway and leads to a quite extensive cycle network in North Tyneside.

The Seaton is a stream that flows through southeastern Northumberland and reaches the North Sea at Seaton Sluice, after running through Holywell Dene.