Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

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This article is about the metropolitan borough of Bolton. For the actual settlement, see Bolton.

Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county:	Greater Manchester
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Historic County:	Lancashire
Region:	North West England
Area: - Total	Ranked 217th 139.80 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bolton
ONS code:	00BL
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 31st 265,400 1,898 / km²
Ethnicity:	89.0% White 9.1% S.Asian
Politics
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.bolton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour (council NOC)
MPs:	David Crausby Brian Iddon Ruth Kelly

The Metropolitan borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town Bolton, but covers a far larger area including six smaller towns and a number of villages around the West Pennine Moors.

[edit] Creation

The metropolitan borough was formed on April 1, 1974, by the merger of the following districts from the administrative county of Lancashire:

• the county borough of Bolton
• the municipal borough of Farnworth
• the urban district of Horwich
• the urban district of Westhoughton
• the urban district of Blackrod
• the urban district of Kearsley
• the urban district of Little Lever

• the southern part of the urban district of Turton, specifically the villages of Bradshaw, Bromley Cross, Dunscar, Egerton and Harwood. This area is now known as South Turton.

[edit] Neighbouring districts

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury lies to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan to the south-west, the City of Salford to the south-east, the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen to the north, and the Borough of Chorley to the north-west.

[edit] Parishes

Horwich, Westhoughton and Blackrod are now constitued as civil parishes. The parish councils of Horwich and Westhoughton have the status of town council. The rest of the metropolitan borough has remained unparished since 1974.

Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester

City of Manchester | City of Salford Metropolitan Borough of Bolton | Metropolitan Borough of Bury | Metropolitan Borough of Oldham | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale | Metropolitan Borough of Stockport | Metropolitan Borough of Tameside | Metropolitan Borough of Trafford | Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Districts of North West England
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre
Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside