Greyhound

Greyhound is a work of art in Westhoughton, Bolton, England. Greyhound is situated nearby to Westhoughton Methodist Church, as well as near St Bartholomew’s CofE Primary School.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Inscription: “In memory of all the greyhounds who ran at Westhouthon Greyhound Track 1951–2013”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tower of Church of St Bartholomew and Westhoughton Town Hall.

Tower of Church of St Bartholomew

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tower of Church of St Bartholomew is situated 760 feet north of Greyhound.

Westhoughton Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westhoughton Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall is the meeting place of Westhoughton Town Council. Westhoughton Town Hall is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Greyhound.

Westhoughton Library

Library

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westhoughton Library is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Greyhound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westhoughton and Wingates.

Westhoughton

Town

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre, with an industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton and railways.

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.

Atherton

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Atherton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, historically part of Lancashire. It is 5 miles south of Bolton, 7 miles east of Wigan, and 10 miles northwest of Manchester. Atherton is situated 2 miles southeast of Greyhound.

Greyhound

Category: tourism
Location: Westhoughton, Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54727° or 53° 32′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.52568° or 2° 31′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C5VGFWF+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13913987220

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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