Bolton - Home of Bolton Wanderers Football Team

The town of Bolton lies just inside greater Manchester, and is one of the most historic industrial towns in the North West of England. The location of Bolton is ideal for exploring various places in the country, as well as being close enough to Manchester to provide people with access to the various cultural and economic attractions of the city.

Bolton itself has a long history as being a town that has driven the UK economy, and for many years was part of the cotton industry like its neighbors in Preston and Manchester. More recently, the Royal Ordinance Factories to the north of the town were the largest employer in the area, and to this day are an important part of life in the region having been redeveloped into a new suburb that is home to more than 10,000 people.

Bolton has a rich sporting heritage. Bolton Wanderers are one of the longest established football clubs in the United Kingdom, and have a long history of competing for the biggest prizes in the country. Although they had a period of decline during the 1980s and early 1990s, and they remain a relatively unfashionable club, they are very much on the up, and have qualified for European football a number of times in recent years.

Bolton Wanderers moved to their current stadium at Horwich just north of the main town center in the mid 1990s, and this development has no been completed with the addition of a large out of town shopping center which offers a number of leisure activities including a multi-screen cinema and a bowling alley alongside many large stores.

Rising majestically over Bolton, Winter Hill and its neighboring peak Rivington Pike offer spectacular views of the West Lancashire Plains over towards the Irish Sea and Blackpool, as well as providing plenty of opportunities for hiking and mountain biking. The TV Transmitter on top of Winter Hill is, approximately the same height as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and is a very impressive structure that is responsible for delivering television and radio to much of the north of England.