Newton-le-Willows
Sign in to saveNewton-le-Willows, often shortened informally to Newton, is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2021 census was 24,642. Newton-le-Willows is on the eastern edge of St Helens, south of Wigan and north of Warrington, equidistant to Liverpool and Manchester.
Key facts
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ580949
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.population
- 24,642
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.official_name
- Newton-le-Willows (Newton)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- St Helens
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Merseyside
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- St Helens North
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
- UK place.postcode_district
- WA12
- UK place.postcode_area
- WA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01925
- UK place.static_image_name
- Newton-Le-Willows_Aerial.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Aerial view of Newton-le-Willows looking south with Haydock in the foreground and Warrington in the background
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Newton-le-Willows, often shortened informally to Newton, is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2021 census was 24,642. Newton-le-Willows is on the eastern edge of St Helens, south of Wigan and north of Warrington, equidistant to Liverpool and Manchester.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the Newton township was historically largely pastoral lands, with the mining industry encroaching from the north and the west as time went on. The township (often referred to as Newton in Makerfield at that time) is documented since at least the 12th century. In the early 19th century the township saw significant urban development to support the construction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The presence of the Sankey Canal running through the Sankey Valley necessitated the construction of the Sankey Viaduct by George Stephenson, and the town of Earlestown developed around the industrial works there. Earlestown gradually became the administrative and commercial centre of the township, with the historic market and fairs moving to a purpose built square.