Place:Bolton (metropolitan borough), Greater Manchester, England

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The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bolton, but covers a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley and Westhoughton, and a suburban and rural element from the West Pennine Moors. The borough has a population of 276,800, and is administered from Bolton Town Hall.

The boundaries the Bolton metropolitan district were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, and cover an amalgamation of eight former local government districts; seven urban districts from the administrative county of Lancashire, and the County Borough of Bolton. The metropolitan districts of Bury, Salford and Wigan lie to the east, south and west respectively; and the Lancashire non-metropolitan districts of Blackburn with Darwen (formerly the Borough of Blackburn) and Chorley lie to the north and north-west.

History

The metropolitan borough was formed on 1 April 1974, by the merger of the County Borough of Bolton and the following districts from the administrative county of Lancashire:

• the Municipal Borough of Farnworth
• Horwich Urban District
• Westhoughton Urban District
• Blackrod Urban District
• Kearsley Urban District
• Little Lever Urban District
• the southern part of the Turton Urban District (now known as South Turton), specifically the villages of

• Bradshaw
• Bromley Cross
• Dunscar
• Egerton
• Harwood