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Newton-le-Willows
Town in Merseyside, England

Newton-le-Willows

Newton-le-Willows, often shortened informally to Newton, is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England.

Plan a trip to Newton-le-Willows→From Leeds, West Yorkshire

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.

Get in

Getting to Newton-le-Willows

The town is located near to the M6 motorway.

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    Newton-le-Willows

    The station has direct services from Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, Chester and North Wales.

See

Worth seeing

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    Sankey Valley Viaduct

    Earlestown's principal tourist attraction, built in 1830 and one of the oldest rail viaducts in the World.

Do

Things to do

Go to the races at

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    Haydock Park Racecourse

    Newton-le-Willows WA12 0HQ (One mile north of A580 / M6 jcn 23, take A599 towards Ashton),.

Eat

Where to eat

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    The Taste of India

    Long-established Indian restaurant with friendly service.

How locals move

Getting around Newton-le-Willows the local way

  • Get inFrom Manchester Airport a direct train runs hourly, taking 50 min via Manchester city centre and Newton-le-Willows, and continues to Runcorn, Chester, and along the north Welsh coast to Llandudno Junction, for Holyhead and ferries to Ireland.

From Wikivoyage: Warrington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Rodhullandemu (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.