Blackrod
Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Nestled in the historic County of Lancashire, Blackrod is positioned 3.9 miles northeast of Wigan and 6.6 miles west of Bolton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 5,090 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Blackrod, Bolton” and “Blackrod, Greater Manchester”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackrod railway station and University of Bolton Stadium.
Blackrod railway station
Railway station
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Blackrod railway station serves the towns of Blackrod and Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station. It is just 1+1⁄4 miles from the town centre of Horwich - closer than Horwich Parkway station.
University of Bolton Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Mark Hammond, CC BY 2.0.
The Toughsheet Community Stadium is a football stadium in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, with an all-seated capacity of 28,723. University of Bolton Stadium is situated 2 miles southeast of Blackrod.
Red Moss
Red Moss is a mossland in Greater Manchester, located south of Horwich and east of Blackrod. This is a national Site of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, due to its biodiversity and undisturbed character.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horwich and Middlebrook.
Horwich
Town
Photo: Nicholasjf21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways.
Middlebrook
Suburb
Middlebrook is a suburb that spans the boundaries of Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name Middlebrook is derived from the watercourse the Middle Brook which starts at Red Moss, the mossland south of Horwich. Middlebrook is situated 2 miles southeast of Blackrod.
Wingates
Suburb
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name is believed to mean 'a gate for the wind', and it seems likely as this is in an exposed position above Westhoughton. Wingates is situated 3 miles southeast of Blackrod.
Blackrod
- Categories: town, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Blackrod, Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.59384° or 53° 35′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.58041° or 2° 34′ 50″ westPopulation
5,090Elevation
509 feet (155 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BCOOpen location code
9C5VHCV9+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 30138739OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Blackrod” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Blackrod”
- Basque: “Blackrod”
- Bengali: “ব্লেকরড”
- Cebuano: “Blackrod”
- Chinese: “布莱克罗德”
- Chinese: “布莱克罗特”
- Chinese: “布萊克羅特”
- Dutch: “Blackrod”
- French: “Blackrod”
- German: “Blackrod”
- Gujarati: “બ્લેકરોડ”
- Irish: “Blackrod”
- Italian: “Blackrod”
- Japanese: “ブラックロッド”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ರೋಡ್”
- Korean: “블랙로드”
- Ladin: “Blackrod”
- Lithuanian: “Blakrodas”
- Persian: “بلکرود”
- Polish: “Blackrod”
- Portuguese: “Blackrod”
- Russian: “Блекрод”
- South Azerbaijani: “بلکرود”
- Spanish: “Blackrod”
- Swedish: “Blackrod”
- Tamil: “ப்ளாக்க்ரோட்”
- Telugu: “బ్లాక్ రాడ్”
- Turkish: “Blackrod”
- Urdu: “بلاکرود”
- Urdu: “بلیکروڈ”
- Welsh: “Blackrod”
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