However, when first opened the club was originally called Astley's after Newton-le-Willows-born, pop-star Rick Astley.
The line ran for 4.5 miles (7.24 km) from a junction west of Newton-le-Willows with the L&MR at Newton Junction (now Earlestown) to the original Dallam Lane terminus in Warrington just north of the town centre, with a short south-western branch towards Bank Quay.