Breightmet
Breightmet is a neighbourhood of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 13,584. Historically a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, it lies 2 miles north-east of Bolton and 4 miles north-west of Bury.Photo: Plucas58, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seven Acres Country Park and Bolton St Catherine’s Academy.
Seven Acres Country Park
Park
Seven Acres Country Park is a country park and Local Nature Reserve in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It lies between the areas of Tonge and Breightmet, and is dissected by Bradshaw Brook.
Bolton St Catherine’s Academy
School
Bolton St Catherine's Academy is a mixed Church of England all-through school. The school is located in the Breightmet area of Bolton in the English county of Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harwood and Bradley Fold.
Harwood
Suburb
Harwood is a suburb to the north-northeast of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, bordering Bury. Harwood is also part of the historic county of Lancashire.
Bradley Fold
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bradley Fold is a small district within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies midway between Bolton and Bury, approximately 3 miles from each.
Darcy Lever
Suburb
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darcy Lever is an area of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the area lies on the B6209, between Bolton and Little Lever.
Breightmet
- Type: Suburb with 13,600 residents
- Description: area in Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.583° or 53° 34′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.38456° or 2° 23′ 4″ westPopulation
13,600Elevation
463 feet (141 metres)Open location code
9C5VHJM8+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 30686747OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13267801Wikidata ID
Q4960421
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In Other Languages
“Breightmet” goes by many names.
- Swedish: “Breightmet”
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