Newton, Greater Manchester

Area of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England

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

Human settlement in England

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

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England
Greater Manchester

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; 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:

* Newton Green
* Flowery Field
* Newton Moor
* Newton

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

## Governance

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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

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Newton for Hyde station

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

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Newton is served by the following primary and secondary schools:

* Bradley Green Primary School
* Flowery Field Primary School
* Oakfield Primary School
* St Paul's Catholic Primary & Nursery School
* Hyde Community College

## Notable People

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* 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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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.

* Manchester Evening News

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