Editing Newton Heath (section)

{{Short description|Area of Manchester, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| official_name            = Newton Heath
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.4999|-2.1833|display=inline,title}}
| population               = 
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Manchester]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[Greater Manchester]]
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Central]]
| post_town                = MANCHESTER
| postcode_district        = M40
| postcode_area            = M
| dial_code                = 0161
| os_grid_reference        = SD878004
| static_image_name        = Newton Heath 817.jpg
| static_image_caption     = A view over Newton Heath
| london_distance          = {{convert|163|mi|km|abbr=on}} [[Points of the compass|SSE]] 
}}
'''Newton Heath''' is an area of [[Manchester]], England, {{convert|2.8|mi|km|1}} north-east of [[Manchester city centre]] and with a population of 9,883.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newton Heath |work=Sustainable Regeneration in East Manchester |publisher=New East Manchester |url=http://www.neweastmanchester.com/area_map/16_-_newton_heath/ |access-date=1 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121113049/http://www.neweastmanchester.com/area_map/16_-_newton_heath/ |archive-date=21 November 2008 }}</ref>

[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] part of [[Lancashire]], Newton was formerly a farming area, but adopted the [[factory system]] following the [[Industrial Revolution]]. The principal industry in the area became engineering, although many were employed in the mining and textiles industries in the thriving areas of [[Clayton Vale]] and [[Bradford, Manchester|Bradford]].

Newton included what is now [[Miles Platting]] and it stretched to [[Failsworth]]. It was bounded by brooks and rivers on all four sides – the [[River Medlock]], [[Moston Brook]], Newton Brook and Shooters Brook. With the creation of [[Miles Platting]] the remainder of Newton became known as Newton Heath.

[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] has strong links with the area, having been formed from the Newton Heath [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] Football Club.