Wilderswood
Wilderswood is a forest in Horwich, Bolton, England. Wilderswood is situated nearby to the hamlet Montcliffe, as well as near Wallsuches.Places of Interest
Highlights include University of Bolton Stadium and Rivington Pike.
University of Bolton Stadium
Stadium
The Toughsheet Community Stadium is a football stadium in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, with an all-seated capacity of 28,723.
Rivington Pike
Scenic viewpoint
Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich.
Rivington Hall Barn
Heritage site
Rivington Hall Barn adjoins Rivington Hall in Rivington, Lancashire, near Chorley and Bolton. The Tithe barn foundation stones support a Medieval cruck construction and possibly date to the between the 9th and 15th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horwich and Blackrod.
Horwich
Town
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.
Blackrod
Village
Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Nestled in the historic county of Lancashire, Blackrod is approximately four miles northeast of Wigan and 6+1⁄2 miles west of Bolton.
Adlington
Village
Adlington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, near the West Pennine Moors. It is 3 miles south of Chorley. 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.
Wilderswood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Horwich, Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.6085° or 53° 36′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.5318° or 2° 31′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C5VJF59+C7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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