Newton | |
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St Mary's Church, Newton | |
Location within
Greater Manchester | |
Population | 12,000 (2001) |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
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 | |
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.
Newton can be divided into four separate parts:
The former site of Shaw Hall factory lies on Matley Lane.
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.
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]
Newton is served by the following primary and secondary schools:
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