Sankey Viaduct crossing Sankey Brook

Newton-le-Willows train station

Huskisson monument

Newton-le-Willows is a town in St Helens in Merseyside in North West England. It is to the east of the town of St Helens and the north of Warrington.

The old centre of Newton is on the A49 road — formerly the Warrington –Wigan Turnpike Road — and has a number of Georgian buildings, and is an attractive residential area. The suburb of Earlestown grew up during the 19th century based on engineering and coal mining. The Vulcan Foundry locomotive works were the major employer.

The St Helens Canal (the oldest canal in England) and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (the oldest inter-city railway in England) both pass through Earlestown and the railway crossed the canal at Sankey Viaduct - locally known as the Nine Arches.

Newton and Earlestown both have railway stations; Earlestown's is a triangular junction with platforms on all 3 sides.

Parkside is the scene of the fatal accident at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway when the MP William Huskisson was killed. It was also the site of a coal mine that opened in 1962 but which was closed only 30 years later and demolished in 1994.