New Longton

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New Longton is a village located to the South West of Preston, in the district of South Ribble, in the county of Lancashire, North West of England.^[1]

It is presently in the parish of Longton, which is also the name of the older village, and located 2 miles to the west of New Longton.

New Longton is a very new village by local standards. Its development was prompted by the building of the West Lancashire Railway between Preston and Southport in Victorian times. A station called "Hutton and Howick" (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 of the road.

Since the 1940s a lot of housing estate development has taken place, particularly south of Hugh Barn Lane and Wham Lane. Other small estates, including the council estate in Dickson Hey, were built to both sides of Station Road. The village lost its railway service in the 1960s, but still remains a commuting village with a regular bus service into Longton and Preston. Longer distance commuting to Manchester, Merseyside and Lancaster are afforded by the proximity of the M6, M61 and M65 motorways only four miles away.

In 2004, New Longton won the Lancashire's Best Kept Village competition. ^[2]