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Over Hulton

Over Hulton is a suburb of Westhoughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester,

The place

Over Hulton is a suburb of Westhoughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester,

Historically part of Lancashire, it lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south west of Bolton.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Over Hulton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    St Anne's Church, Hindsford

    St Anne's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Tyldesley Road, Hindsford, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

    2.9 km · grade II listed church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St George's Church, Tyldesley

    St George's Church is an Anglican parish church serving Tyldesley and Shakerley in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester.

    3.4 km · grade II listed church in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St James' Church, Daisy Hill

    St James' Church is in the Daisy Hill district of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Manchester and is part of the Bolton deanery and Bolton archdeaconry.

    3.3 km · church in Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton

    St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Place, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Salford, and diocese of Manchester.

    2.6 km · grade II listed church in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Paul's Church, Peel

    St Paul's Church, Peel is an active Anglican parish church in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Diocese of Manchester and is a Grade II listed building.

    3.3 km · church in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Westhoughton Town Hall

    Westhoughton Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall is the meeting place of Westhoughton Town Council.

    3.3 km · town hall in Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Atherton Town Hall

    Atherton Town Hall is a municipal building in Bolton Road, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Atherton Urban District Council, is now in use as a community hub and as a public library.

    2.3 km · town hall in Atherton, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Chowbent Chapel

    Chowbent Chapel is an active Unitarian place of worship in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1721 and is the oldest place of worship in the town.

    2.4 km · church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Michael and All Angels' Church, Howe Bridge

    St Michael and All Angels' Church is in Leigh Road, Howe Bridge, a suburb of Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester.

    3.8 km · church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Westhoughton Mill

    Westhoughton Mill or Rowe and Dunscough's Mill, on Mill Street in Westhoughton, near Bolton in the historic English county of Lancashire, was the site of a Luddite arson attack in 1812. The mill was built in 1804 by Richard Johnson Lockett, a Macclesfield man who lived at Westhoughton Hall.

    3.3 km · building in Westhoughton, Bolton, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Over Hulton

Airports
Manchester (MAN), 25 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 34 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 64 km
Stations
Daisy Hill railway station, 3 km · Hag Fold railway station, 1.9 km · Lostock railway station, 3.6 km · Atherton railway station, 1.7 km · Westhoughton railway station, 3.7 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Over Hulton
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £7–9
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Over Hulton
    110 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £13–17
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Over Hulton
    124 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Over Hulton

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 Over Hulton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextManchester is an unmissable lively city, an easy day trip from Bolton.

From Wikivoyage: Bolton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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  2. 02
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  5. 05
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If you know how people move in Over Hulton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Over Hulton

Over Hulton is 17 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Westhoughtontown in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England3.9 km
  • Athertontown in Greater Manchester, England2.8 km
  • Tyldesleytown in Greater Manchester, England3.1 km
  • Little Hultonarea of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England3.8 km
  • Hunger Hillsettlement and unparished area in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England1.9 km
  • Great Leversuburb in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK3.5 km