New Longton is a village

Village

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 located to the south west of Preston, in the district of South Ribble

South Ribble

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, in the county of Lancashire

Lancashire

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, North West

North West England

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 of England

England

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. It is in the parish of Longton, which is the name of the older village

Longton, Lancashire

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 located 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west of New Longton.

History

The development of New Longton was prompted by the building of the West Lancashire Railway

West Lancashire Railway

The West Lancashire Railway ran northeast from Southport to Preston in northwest England.-History:Construction was started by Samuel Swire the Mayor of Southport, on 19 April 1873....

 between Preston and Southport

Southport

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 in Victorian times. A station called "", later renamed "New Longton and Hutton" was built at the junction of what is now Station Road and Chapel Lane, where there was a level crossing.

Since the 1940s housing estate development has taken place south of Hugh Barn Lane and Wham Lane. Other small estates, including the council estate in Dickson Hey, were built on both sides of Station Road. The village lost its railway service in the 1960s, but remains a commuter village with a regular bus service into Longton and Preston. Longer distance commuting to Manchester

Manchester

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, Merseyside

Merseyside

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 and Lancaster

Lancaster, Lancashire

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 is afforded by the proximity of the M6

M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...

, M61

M61 motorway

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 and M65

M65 motorway

The M65 is a motorway in Lancashire, England. It runs from just south of Preston through the major junction of the M6 and M61 motorways, east past Darwen, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and ends at Colne.-History:...

 motorways.

Community

In 2004, New Longton was a runner up in Lancashire's Best Kept Village competition.

New Longton has two churches - All Saints' Church of England and New Longton Methodist church. Regular services are held on Sundays and on a few evenings each week.

It also has a school - New Longton All Saints' C of E Primary School. There are several village shops, a local Sports and Social Club, a village hall and a children's playground. The old post office building has recently been converted into a men's hairdressers 'The Men's Lounge' and a cafe/shop 'Stickyweeds'.

Sports teams

There are two main sports teams, football and cricket. In New Longton JFC (junior football club) the age groups starts at under 6 and up to under 16s. There are also three senior teams from 1st's to 3rd team. The cricket has under 11's, 13's, 15s under 17s in the 'junior' category. There are also 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams in the cricket. As well as these two sports, there is a bowling green for bowls and various indoor sports inside New Longton village hall.

People

The actor and television presenter Peter Purves

Peter Purves

Peter Purves is an English television presenter and actor.Purves was born in New Longton, near Preston, Lancashire, and was educated at the independent Arnold School in Blackpool, he had originally planned to go into teaching, training at Alsager College of Education, but began to act with the...

, known for his time on Blue Peter

Blue Peter

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, was born in New Longton.

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