Newtown, Kent
Newtown is a suburb of Ashford in Kent, South East England. It was built by the South Eastern Railway company, south-east of the railway station, and includes extensive workshops known as Ashford railway works. According to the Railway Magazine, November-December 1947, the South Eastern Railway in February 1846 decided to buy 185 acres of land here for a locomotive establishment, with the workshops first being used at the beginning of 1847, and the first 72 workmen's cottages were built in the summer of 1847. It was originally intended to call the area Alfred Town but it quickly became known as New Town. By 1850, 130 houses had been built for workshop workers.
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  Newtown Location within Kent | |
| OS grid reference | TR017415 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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High Speed 1 runs past the area.
The area is invariably shown on maps as New Town.
Ashford Green Corridor, a Local Nature Reserve, includes Newtown Green, adjacent to Newtown.
