Newton is a city in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.

The city lies approximately twenty miles east of Freetown.

Newton is the third most populous city in the Western Area, after Freetown and Waterloo.

[1] Though part of the larger Western Area Rural District Council Government, Newtown is locally governed by a directly elected town council, headed by a Town Head.

The Anti Drugs Strikers football club which is based in Newton, represent the city in the Sierra Leone National Premier League.