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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: metropolitan borough with 296,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
- Also known as: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include University of Bolton Stadium and Lostock railway 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.
Lostock railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lostock railway station serves the suburbs of Heaton and Lostock in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Built for the Liverpool and Bury Railway in 1852, the station was closed in 1966, then reopened on a smaller scale in 1988 to serve commuters.
Horwich Parkway railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paypwip, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horwich Parkway is a railway station serving the town of Horwich and suburb of Middlebrook in Greater Manchester, England. The station is 16+1⁄4 miles north west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Preston line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolton and Westhoughton.
Bolton
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.
Westhoughton
Town
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Westhoughton is situated 2½ miles south of Bolton.
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. Horwich is situated 2 miles northwest of Bolton.
Bolton
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Bolton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “Bolton”
- Chinese: “博尔顿都市自治市”
- Chinese: “博爾頓都市自治市”
- Dutch: “Bolton”
- Dutch: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- French: “district métropolitain de Bolton”
- French: “District métropolitain de Bolton”
- French: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- German: “Bolton”
- German: “GB-BOL”
- German: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Hebrew: “בולטון”
- Irish: “Bolton”
- Italian: “Bolton”
- Italian: “Borgo metropolitano di Bolton”
- Italian: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Japanese: “ボルトン”
- Japanese: “メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・ボルトン”
- Korean: “볼턴 도시 자치구”
- Latvian: “Boltona (boro)”
- Latvian: “Boltona”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bolton (koān)”
- 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: “Bolton”
- Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Bolton”
- Turkish: “Bolton Metropoliten Borough”
- Ukrainian: “Болтон”
- Urdu: “میٹروپولیٹن بورو بولٹن”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Bolton”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Bolton”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lostock and Markland Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beaumont Hospital and Fall Birch Hospital.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bolton”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.