Newton, Greater Manchester

Newton
St Mary's Church, Newton
Newton Location within Greater Manchester
Population	12,000 (2001)
Metropolitan borough	Tameside
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HYDE
Postcode district	SK14
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Stalybridge and Hyde
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°27′36″N 2°05′24″W / 53.460°N 2.090°W / 53.460; -2.090Coordinates: 53°27′36″N 2°05′24″W / 53.460°N 2.090°W / 53.460; -2.090

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

Newton can be divided into four separate parts, working uphill from the river:

• Newton Green
• Flowery Field
• Newton Moor
• Newton

On Matley Lane lies the former site of Shaw Hall factory.

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[]

A GMPTE 346 Bus Stop in Newton.

Newton for Hyde railway station.

Newton is served by Newton for Hyde railway station and Flowery Field railway station, which both lie on the Glossop Line and are operated by Northern.

Bus services in Newton include the 343, which runs from Hyde to Oldham via Dukinfield and Stalybridge. This service is run by Stagecoach Manchester. Also, the 346 service runs to Hyde and Ashton-Under-Lyne, and at evenings Gee Cross via Newton, and is run by Stagecoach Manchester and First Greater Manchester.

Education[]

Newton is served by both primary and secondary schools, which include;

• Flowery Field Primary School
• St Paul's Catholic Primary & Nursery school
• Oakfield Primary School
• Flowery Field Primary School
• Hyde Community College

Notable People[]

• Michael Barber (1934 - 1991), chemist and mass spectrometrist, best known for his invention of fast atom bombardment ionisation; born at 166 Lodge Lane in Newton

References[]

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