Heaton

Heaton is mostly a residential district of , , England. It lies about 2 miles north west of Bolton town centre. It is bounded by to the south, Markland Hill to the west, and Smithills and to the north.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: area in Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK
  • Also known as: “Heaton, Bolton” and “Heaton, Greater Manchester”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bolton Steam Museum and Christchurch.

Museum
Photo: Griffdsp, Public domain.
is a museum in , , , which houses a variety of preserved steam engines. Based in the cotton store of the former Atlas Mill in Mornington Road, it is owned and run by the Northern Mill Engine Society.

Church
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Park
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queen's Park is a roughly circular 22 acres Victorian park lying on sloping ground to the north-west of town centre, in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deane and Barrow Bridge.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of , in , England. It is about 2 miles south west of Bolton and 11 miles northwest of . Historically a part of , the parish of was one of eleven parishes within the hundred of Salford and covered roughly half of the present .

Hamlet
is a model village in the north-west outskirts of in , England. It was created in the Industrial Revolution but since the demolition of the mills is now a residential village.

Suburb
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is predominantly a residential area of , , England. It gives its name to an electoral ward of the wider . The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 13,929.

Heaton

Latitude
53.58159° or 53° 34′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.46584° or 2° 27′ 57″ west
Open location code
9C5VHGJM+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30686734
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q5694404
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Japanese to Urdu—“Heaton” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “ヒートン”
  • Polish: “Heaton (Greater Manchester)”
  • Polish: “Heaton”
  • Swedish: “Heaton, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Heaton”
  • Urdu: “ہیٹن، گریٹر مانچسٹر”
  • “Heaton”

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