Anderton

Anderton is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in , England. It is now a suburb of , 5 miles northwest of . Within its boundaries are the Reservoirs.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,330 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England
  • Also known as: “Anderton, Lancashire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackrod railway station and Rivington Hall Barn.

Railway station
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serves the towns of 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.

Heritage site
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adjoins in , , near and . The Tithe barn foundation stones support a Medieval cruck construction and possibly date to the between the 9th and 15th centuries.

Heritage site
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is a 16th-century barn and Listed building in , , England. Built as a tithe barn it is believed to be one of the oldest of its type in the county and is a Grade II listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chorley and Horwich.

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is a town in , , in the West Pennine Moors. describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.

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.

Anderton

Latitude
53.6113° or 53° 36′ 41″ north
Longitude
-2.5776° or 2° 34′ 39″ west
Population
1,330
Elevation
427 feet (130 metres)
Open location code
9C5VJC6C+FX
Geo­Names ID
7295822
Wiki­data ID
Q2147664
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Anderton” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “এন্ডারটন”
  • Bulgarian: “Андертон”
  • Cebuano: “Anderton”
  • Chinese: “安德頓”
  • Chinese: “安德顿”
  • Dutch: “Anderton”
  • French: “Anderton”
  • German: “Anderton”
  • Gujarati: “એન્ડરટન”
  • Irish: “Anderton”
  • Japanese: “アンダートン”
  • Kannada: “ಆಂಡರ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “앤더턴”
  • Ladin: “Anderton”
  • Lithuanian: “Andertonas”
  • Polish: “Anderton”
  • Portuguese: “Anderton”
  • Russian: “Андертон”
  • Spanish: “Anderton”
  • Swedish: “Anderton”
  • Tamil: “அன்டெர்டோன்”
  • Telugu: “అండర్ టన్”
  • Turkish: “Anderton, Lancashire”
  • Urdu: “اینڈرٹن، لنکا شائر”
  • Welsh: “Anderton, Swydd Gaerhirfryn”
  • Welsh: “Anderton”
  • “Anderton”

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