Bolton
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, named after its largest town, Bolton, but covering a larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Westhoughton, and part of the West Pennine Moors.
- Type: metropolitan borough with 310,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
- Also known as: “GB-BOL”, “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”, and “メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・ボルトン”
Places of Interest
Highlights: University of Bolton Stadium and Lostock railway station.
Horwich Parkway railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolton and Westhoughton.
Westhoughton
Town
Horwich
Town
Bolton
Latitude
53.5833° or 53° 35′ north
Longitude
-2.5° or 2° 30′ west
Population
310,000
Elevation
495 feet (151 metres)
Abbreviation
“BOL”
Open location code
9C5VHGM2+82
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Bolton” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Болтан”
- Belarusian: “раён Болтан”
- Breton: “Bolton”
- Bulgarian: “Болтън”
- Catalan: “Bolton”
- Cebuano: “Borough of Bolton”
- Chinese: “博尔顿都市自治市”
- Chinese: “博爾頓都市自治市”
- Dutch: “Bolton”
- French: “district métropolitain de Bolton”
- French: “District métropolitain de Bolton”
- German: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Hebrew: “בולטון”
- Irish: “Bolton”
- Italian: “Borgo metropolitano di Bolton”
- Italian: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Japanese: “ボルトン”
- Korean: “볼턴 도시 자치구”
- Latvian: “Boltona (boro)”
- Latvian: “Boltona”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bolton (koān)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bolton”
- Northern Frisian: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolton”
- Norwegian: “Bolton”
- Persian: “کلانشهر مستقل بولتون”
- Polish: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Portuguese: “Bolton”
- Russian: “Болтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bolton”
- Slovenian: “Bolton”
- Spanish: “Bolton”
- Spanish: “Municipio metropolitano de Bolton”
- Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Turkish: “Bolton Metropoliten Borough”
- Ukrainian: “Болтон”
- Urdu: “میٹروپولیٹن بورو بولٹن”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Bolton”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lostock and Markland Hill.
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Highlights: Beaumont Hospital and Fall Birch Hospital.
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