Newhey (archaically New Hey[1]) is a village in the town of Milnrow in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,[2] in Greater Manchester, England.

Newhey expanded as part of an unplanned process of urbanisation, brought on by the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, and is now home to the Ellenroad Steam Museum - the engine house of the former Ellenroad Ring Mill, the rest of which was demolished in 1985.

[citation needed] Lying by the older localities of Milnrow, Ogden and Haugh, Newhey is thought to have acquired its name as a result of land reclamation.

[citation needed] From a very early time, Newhey was part of the Butterworth township of Rochdale parish, in the Hundred of Salfordshire.

[4] In the local government reforms of 1974, this urban district status was abolished and Newhey is now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.

The plinth has bronze and slate panels which show the names of local men who died in the two World Wars.