Horwich
in Bolton of England, United Kingdom
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Manchester Airport (20 mi) - Liverpool John Lennon Airport (22 mi)
- Blackpool International Airport (23 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (25 mi)
- Hawarden Airport (34 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (41 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (47 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (73 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (86 mi)
- Carlisle Airport (93 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 65 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 107 mi) - Valynette Golf Course (Golf course, 1 mi)
- Regent Park Golf Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Bolton Old Links GC (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Deane Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Hart Common 2012 Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Chorley Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Duxbury Park Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Highfield Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Shaw Hill Hotel Golf Country Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Yarrow Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.601 and -2.550 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 36' 4" and W -2° 32' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 01:43 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:45 am and 8:30 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-24 08:14:40
Discover Horwich
Horwich in Bolton (England) with it's 18,696 citizens is a city in United Kingdom about 177 mi (or 285 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Local time in Horwich is now 01:43 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the vicinity of Horwich, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Manchester Airport in a distance of 20 mi (or 33 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 46 mi (or 74 km), South. Also, if you like golfing, there are a few options in driving distance. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Haigh, Chorley, Wigan, Bolton and Blackburn. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 40 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 54% |
| Air Pressure | 1003 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 84% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
10°C (51 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
8°C (47 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Macdonald Kilhey Court & Spa
Bolton Whites
Bolton (Stadium/Arena)
Mercure Bolton Georgian House Hotel
Shaw Hill Golf & Country Club
Britannia Bolton
Mercure Wigan Oak Hotel
Astley Bank Hotel
TRAVELODGE BOLTON WEST M61 SOUTHBOUND
Bolton West
Videos from this area
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Rivington Pike snow on MTB (23th March 2013)
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MTB Rivy - Dave and Nick
Raz around Rivington.
mat gill snowboarding the mountain that is rivington
mat gill Jan 10.
Horwich carnival 2014 part 1
carnival at Horwich 2014 Chorley new road.
Rivington (Roynton Lane) in the snow of 2010
A quiet video where not much happens for well over a minute. Just the countrside, quiet and lots and lots of the white stuff! Paintings of Rivington at http://www.davidpott.co.uk.
Rivington January 2010 - the BIG Snow! (2)
Adventures in sub-zero Lancashire. If I'm inspired enough, I'll post my paintings of snow-covered Rivington to http://www.davidpott.co.uk.
Deer in Rivington, Lancashire.
There can be few sights nicer than wildlife on your doorstep and increasingly Fallow Deer are being seen in the Rivington & Anglezarke areas of Lancashire, England. These elegant & agile creatures...
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Princess Elizabeth at Horwich Parkway-Ashton Moss Junc-and Denton.
The Kitty City and Soon-To-Be Craft Room
A video Melissa M of my Kitty City and the room I am slowly but surely turning it into a craft room. This room has a triple purpose as it is also my nieces bedroom!
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Prendi un gixxer, una morosa/ghiacciolo con un iphone attaccato sulla visiera e fai un video!
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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.
Reebok Stadium
The Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of English Football League Championship club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is commonly known as 'The Reebok'. It has four stands: The Bolton Evening News (North) Stand at one end, the South Stand (the away end) at the other end, the West Stand at one side of the pitch and the Nat Lofthouse (east) Stand at the other side.
Lower Rivington Reservoir
Lower Rivington Reservoir is at the end of the Rivington chain of reservoirs in Lancashire, with Upper Rivington Reservoir to the north, and Rivington Water Treatment Works to the south. The engineer for the Rivington reservoirs was Thomas Hawksley and construction took place between 1852 and 1857. The Lower Rivington reservoir has two dams, the 646 metre long, 12.2 metre high Millstone Embankment and Horwich Embankment which is 506 metres long and 18.6m high.
Grundy Hill
Grundy Hill was the former home stadium of Horwich RMI association football club in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England, near the Horwich Leisure Centre. The field had a capacity of approximately 5,000 spectators, with 500 being seated. The terraces were covered on three sides and featured railings. Grundy Hill's pitch famously sloped both downwards and also side-to-side, and was reputed to have its own microclimate.
Bolton Arena
The Bolton Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located at Middlebrook on the boundary between Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The arena was designed for Bolton Council and its partners Sport England and the Lawn Tennis Association by Bolton architects Bradshaw Gass & Hope who also acted as lead consultants and Structural Engineers to the project. Construction took place between October 1999 and February 2001 and cost £10,000,000.
Red Moss, Greater Manchester
Red Moss is a wetland mossland in Greater Manchester, located south of Horwich and east of Blackrod.. This is a national Site of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, due to its biodiversity and undisturbed character. Pollen analysis has revealed the first peat deposits of the northwest's mosslands to be from around 8,000 years BC making Red Moss an impressive 10,000 years old. Red Moss covers an area of 47.2 hectares.
Rivington Hall
Rivington Hall is a Grade II* Listed building located in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It was the manor house for the Lords of the Manor of Rivington. The hall is of various builds as successor to a fifteenth-century timber-framed courtyard house that was built near to the present building of which no trace remains. It is a private residence.
Great House Barn
Great House Barn is a 16th-century barn and Listed building in Rivington, Lancashire, England. Built as a tithe barn it is believed to be one of the oldest of its type in the county and is now a Grade II listed building.
Holy Trinity Church, Horwich
Holy Trinity Church, commonly known as Horwich Parish Church, is a Grade II listed building in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England parish church and part of the Deane deanery in the archdeaconry of Bolton, diocese of Manchester. Holy Trinity Church is now part of the United Benefice of Horwich and Rivington, which includes the other two Anglican churches in Horwich, St Catherine's Church and St Elizabeth's Church, and Rivington Anglican Church.
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