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Earlestown

Earlestown forms the western part of the former borough of Newton-le-Willows, but is now in St Helens Metropolitan Borough, Merseyside, England.

It was formerly the site of the Vulcan locomotive works. The other major employer was coal mining.

Earlestown has a market, an impressive town hall and a railway station with frequent services to Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington and North Wales.