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Delve into Bolton
Bolton in Bolton (England) with it's 141,331 habitants is a city located in United Kingdom about 173 mi (or 278 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Bolton is now 09:21 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 10 airports closer to Bolton, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Manchester Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 28 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 47 mi (or 75 km), South-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bury, Haigh, Carrington, Partington and Salford. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 49 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Night Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 85% |
Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 96% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 20th of March 2024
9°C (48 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 21st of March 2024
9°C (48 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Friday, 22nd of March 2024
8°C (47 °F)
4°C (40 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Worsley Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club
Holiday Inn BOLTON CENTRE
TRAVELODGE BOLTON CENTRAL RIVER STREET
EGERTON HOUSE HOTEL
Britannia Bolton
Novotel Manchester West
Manchester Trafford Centre Sth
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Bolton Town Centre on a Saturday Night
Here is another in our town tours. Here is Bolton on a Saturday night. Look how quiet it is now compared with 20 years ago.
Ritzy & 5th Avenue, Bolton - A Tribute 1987-1998
A tribute video of various clips from 1987-1998 of Ritzy & 5th Avenue in Bolton back in the day - prior to Ikon & Jaxx. © 2008 Westedk Productions.
Lee Atlas guest posing at Mr Bolton show 2014
revamp of guest pose i did in 2010 made current for 2014.
Lizzie Adamson-Brown Travel Counsellor
Stop wasting time booking your own travel - let me do it for you, and save you time, money and stress!
Team SportPursuit take on Ironman UK - Bolton 2013
Be inspired by Team SportPursuit as they take on Ironman Bolton 2013. Four stories of determination - all with individual goals but each with the same sense of achievement. Read more on their...
Matty Fisher Vs Danny Welsh - MMA - BUDO (Bolton)
http://www.dappergrappler.com/ Dapper Grappler presents Bolton MMA event, BUDO, Budo featured a total of 10 MMA bouts - a mixture of amateur, semi professional and professional rule sets....
Ikon & Jaxx, Bolton - New Years Eve 2001
New Years Eve 2001 at Ikon, Bolton. This is the second out of five videos that my workmate and I filmed on VHS camcorder - now digitally remastered and in stereo. © 2001, 2015 Westedk Productions.
Siemens WT46E101 Tumble Dryer Manchester Bolton Lancashire
Today we look at the Siemens WT46E101 dryer. The WT46E101 is fitted with 7Kg condenser tumble from from Siemens and is available at our Bolton store near Manchester, or our store in Rawtenstall.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bolton, but covers a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley and Westhoughton, and a suburban and rural element from the West Pennine Moors. The borough has a population of 276,800, and is administered from Bolton Town Hall.
University of Bolton
The University of Bolton (formerly Bolton Institute of Higher Education) is a university in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It has approximately 14,000 students across all sites and courses, with 700 academic and professional staff. Around 70% of its students come from Bolton and the North West region.
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
The Octagon Theatre is a producing theatre located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
Ye Olde Man & Scythe
Ye Olde Man & Scythe public house on Churchgate, in Bolton, England was first recorded by name in 1251 making it one of the ten oldest public houses in Britain and the oldest in Bolton. The present form of the name is a pseudoarchaism derived from the Man and Scythe Inn; the name is from the crest of the Pilkington family which consists of a reaper using a scythe, alluding to a tradition about one of the early members of the family.
Bolton Massacre
The Bolton Massacre, sometimes recorded as the Storming of Bolton, was an episode in the English Civil War, on 28 May 1644. The strongly Parliamentarian town was stormed and captured by the Royalist forces under Prince Rupert of the Rhine. It was alleged that up to 1,600 of Bolton's defenders and inhabitants were slaughtered during and after the fighting. The "massacre at Bolton" became a staple of Parliamentarian propaganda.
County Borough of Bolton
Bolton was, from 1838 to 1974, a local government district in the northwest of England, conterminate with the town of Bolton.
Bolton Museum
Bolton Museum is a public museum and art gallery in the town of Bolton, Greater Manchester, northern England, owned by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. The collections include natural history, archaeology, art, local history and one of Britain's oldest public aquariums. These are housed, together with Bolton Central Library, in one end of the Bolton Civic Centre, designed by, local architects, Bradshaw Gass & Hope and opened in 1939.
Bolton Great Moor Street railway station
Bolton Great Moor Street railway station was the first railway station in Bolton, opened on 11 June 1831 by the Bolton and Leigh Railway. Originally named simply Bolton, it was renamed Bolton Great Moor Street in October 1849. The original street level station was replaced by a temporary station at Crook Street Goods Yard on 1 August 1871 while the new Bolton Great Moor Street station was built in a classic 'Italian' style.
Bolton Rural District
Bolton was a short-lived rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 and comprised an area surrounding the County Borough of Bolton, and was abolished when the borough was extended in 1898. The rural district was the successor to the Bolton Rural Sanitary District, which had been created in 1872.
96.5 Bolton FM
96.5 Bolton FM is a Community Radio station based in Bolton, UK. Studios are located at Office 6, Ashburner Street Market, Bolton. 96.5 Bolton FM launched at 11am on 20 June 2009 at the One Bolton Festival launch event located Victoria Square, Bolton. The station has several high profile connections including former Labour Whip Frank White as the station's former chairman and radio professional Darryl Morris as a Director and programming advisor.
Bolton Union Mill, Bolton
Bolton Union Mill, Bolton was a cotton spinning mill in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1875 and 1880. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and brought back into production. Subsequestly it passed to Tootalls and Dewhurst Dent in 1964. Production finished in 1967.
Bolton Town Hall
Bolton Town Hall facing Victoria Square in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England was built between 1866 and 1873 for the County Borough of Bolton to designs by William Hill of Leeds and George Woodhouse of Bolton. It was extended in 1930s to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass and Hope. The Town Hall has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.