Blackrod

Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the in , England. Nestled in the historic county of , Blackrod is approximately four miles northeast of and 6+1⁄2 miles west of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 5,510 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.

Railway station
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serves the towns of Blackrod and , , England. It is 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station. It is just 1+1⁄4 miles from the town centre of - closer than station.

Stadium
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The Toughsheet Community Stadium is a football stadium in , , , England. It is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, with an all-seated capacity of 28,723. is situated 2 miles southeast of Blackrod.

is a mossland in , located south of and east of Blackrod. This is a national Site of Special Scientific Interest in the , due to its biodiversity and undisturbed character.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haigh and Horwich.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the , , England. Historically part of , it is located next to the village of .

Town
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Bolton is a large town in in northwest England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre, with an industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton and railways.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in , England, near the . It is 3 miles south of . It became a separate parish in 1842 then grew into a township around the textile and coal mining industries until these closed in the 1960s. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Blackrod.

Blackrod

Latitude
53.59384° or 53° 35′ 38″ north
Longitude
-2.58041° or 2° 34′ 50″ west
Population
5,510
Elevation
509 feet (155 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BCO
Open location code
9C5VHCV9+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30138739
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2655454
Wiki­data ID
Q1615879
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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”
  • Russian: “Блэкрод”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بلکرود”
  • Spanish: “Blackrod”
  • Swedish: “Blackrod”
  • Tamil: “ப்ளாக்க்ரோட்”
  • Telugu: “బ్లాక్ రాడ్”
  • Turkish: “Blackrod”
  • Urdu: “بلاکرود”
  • Urdu: “بلیکروڈ”
  • Welsh: “Blackrod”
  • “Blackrod”

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