Human settlement in England

Great Lever

Great Lever is a suburb of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

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Every way there

Leeds, West Yorkshire → Great Lever
63 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £7–9
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Nottingham, Leicestershire → Great Lever
108 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £13–17
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Birmingham, West Midlands → Great Lever
125 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £14–19
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Great Lever, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Great Lever has

YScheduled flightsManchester, Greater Manchester (MAN), 26 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Bury, 9 km.

53.562°, -2.428°

Historically in Lancashire, it is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south of Bolton town centre and the same distance north of Farnworth. The district is served by frequent buses running to Bolton town centre, Farnworth and the Royal Bolton Hospital. The population is 16,969.

How locals move

Getting around Great Lever the local way

Go nextManchester is an unmissable lively city, an easy day trip from Bolton.

From Wikivoyage: Bolton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Superbass (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.