Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.46°N -2.09°W |
Static Image Name: | St Mary's Church, Newton.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church, Newton |
Official Name: | Newton |
Population: | 12,000 |
Population Ref: | (2001) |
Metropolitan Borough: | Tameside |
Metropolitan County: | Greater Manchester |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Stalybridge and Hyde |
Post Town: | HYDE |
Postcode District: | SK14 |
Postcode Area: | SK |
Dial Code: | 0161 |
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: and ; both are stops on the Glossop Line between, and . 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: