Blackrod railway station
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.Photo: Paypwip, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Blackrod, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Blackrod Railway Station”, “Blackrod Station”, and “BLK”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Moss and Georgian House Hotel.
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.Georgian House Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Georgian House Hotel is situated 1 mile south of Blackrod railway station.
Rivington Water Treatment Works
Waterworks
Rivington Water Treatment Works is a water treatment plant in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It is located below the Lower Rivington Reservoir, the last in the Rivington chain of reservoirs. Rivington Water Treatment Works is situated 1 mile northeast of Blackrod railway station.
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 1½ miles southeast of Blackrod railway station.
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 2½ miles southeast of Blackrod railway station.
Blackrod railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Blackrod, Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.59122° or 53° 35′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.56987° or 2° 34′ 12″ westElevation
358 feet (109 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“BLK”Open location code
9C5VHCRJ+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 22404971OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6952078Wikidata ID
Q1820371
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Blackrod railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Blackrod”
- Dutch: “Station Blackrod”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بلاكرود”
- Finnish: “Blackrodin rautatieasema”
- French: “Blackrod”
- French: “gare de Blackrod”
- Urdu: “بلیک روڈ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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