Newton, Greater Manchester

Newton is an area of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England; it occupies a narrow strip of land from the River Tame, near Newton Hall, to Matley, between Hyde and Dukinfield.

For the former township named Newton in north Manchester, see Newton Heath.

Newton
St Mary's Church, Newton
Newton
Location within Greater Manchester
Population12,000 (2001)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHYDE
Postcode districtSK14
Dialling code0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Newton can be divided into four separate parts:

The former site of Shaw Hall factory lies on Matley Lane.

Governance

Newton is part of the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency, whose Member of Parliament is currently Jonathan Reynolds[1] of the Labour Co-operative party. Newton was previously in the North West England European Parliament constituency.

Newton is in Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council,[2] which was formed in 1974 and whose council offices are in Ashton-Under-Lyne.

Transport

The area is served by two railway stations: Newton for Hyde and Flowery Field; both are stops on the Glossop Line between Manchester Piccadilly, Glossop and Hadfield. Services are operated by Northern Trains.[3]

The main bus route in the area is the 346, which links Hyde with Ashton-Under-Lyne; it is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.[4]

Education

Newton is served by the following primary and secondary schools:

Notable People

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newton, Greater Manchester.
  1. News, Manchester Evening (7 May 2010). "Stalybridge and Hyde result". Manchester Evening News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. Tameside
  3. "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. "Newton Bus Services". Bus Times. 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.


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