Bold, Merseyside

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Bold is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England, near the borders with Halton and Warrington in Cheshire.

Bold itself is to the east of St Helens. The parish extends southwards a good way and includes the hamlet of Bold Heath along with the Clock Face area of St Helens. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,283. It also had a coal fired power station Bold A and B Power Station with a total generating capacity of 300Mw, now closed and a coal mine and a large engineering works, now an industrial estate.