Blackrod
Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.
Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Nestled in the historic county of Lancashire, Blackrod is approximately four miles northeast of Wigan and 6+1⁄2 miles west of Bolton. According to the 2011 United Kingdom census, the town has a population of 5,345.
Blackrod was once a centre for coal mining.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bolton Town Hall
- 02Bolton Steam Museum
Grand collection of static textile mill engines.
- 03Hall i' th' Wood
16th-century mansion, timber-framed with stone additions, used as multiple lets for 17th- and 18th-century cottage industry.
- 04Turton Tower
Odd-looking building that started out as a 15th-century pele tower, then a stone mansion was added in late Tudor times.
- 05Holy Trinity Church
Consecrated in 1831, it's an example of a "Commissioners' church" (aka a "Waterloo" or "Million Act" church).
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Things to do
Octagon Theatre is by the town hall and museum at Howell Croft South, box office +44 1204 520661. Parks and countryside: central in town are Queen's Park and Moss Bank Park. - Moses Gate Country Park, also known as Crompton Lodges, stretches northwest of Prestolee Aqueduct. -
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Where to eat
Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe, 31 Churchgate BL1 1HU (corner of Bradshawgate). Mon-Fri 9AM-2:45PM. A Bolton tradition, renowned for its pasties, which you can take into the pub across the street, "Ye Olde Man & Scythe". Bridge St eateries include TCB Bolton, Nadii's Diner / Lahori Taste, Jo's Grill House, Sake Sushi, Istanbul and Thai Original House. Rice 'n' Three, 80 Bradshawgate BL1 1QQ,. Mon-Sat 11AM-5PM.
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Getting to Blackrod
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 33 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 33 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 68 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Blackrod72 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £8–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Blackrod119 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–18
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Blackrod132 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Blackrod
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blackrod. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextManchester is an unmissable lively city, an easy day trip from Bolton.
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Next door to Blackrod
Blackrod is 21 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.