Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

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Borough of Bolton
Image:EnglandBolton.png
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Area: - Total	Ranked 217th 139.80 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bolton
ONS code:	00BL
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked 31st 264,800 1,894 / km²
Ethnicity:	89.0% White 9.1% S.Asian
Politics
Image:Arms-bolton-mbc.jpg Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.bolton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	David Crausby, Brian Iddon, Ruth Kelly

The Metropolitan borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 264,800.

The borough of Bolton covers Bolton, as well as nearby towns such as Kearsley, Farnworth, Horwich, Blackrod, Little Lever and Westhoughton together with a number of villages around the West Pennine Moors.

The current borough was formed on April 1, 1974, by the merger of the old county borough of Bolton, the municipal borough of Farnworth, the urban districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, and Westhoughton, as well as the southern part of Turton urban district, specifically the villages of Bradshaw, Bromley Cross, Dunscar, Egerton and Harwood.

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Parishes

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Unparished Areas

Showing former status (prior to 1974)

Bolton (County Borough)
Farnworth (Municipal Borough)
Kearsley (Urban District)
Little Lever (Urban District)
Turton (Urban District) (part)

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List of recent famous people from Bolton

Peter Kay - Comedian

Vernon Kay - Television Presenter

Sara Cox - Radio DJ & Television Presenter

Badly Drawn Boy - Popular Musician

Johnny Ball - Television presenter

Mark Radcliffe - radio presenter

Stu Francis - Comedian

Hilda Baker - comedienne

Fred Dibnah - Steeplejack and TV presenter

Districts of North West England	Image:Flag of England.svg
Allerdale \| Barrow-in-Furness \| Blackburn with Darwen \| Blackpool \| Bolton \| Burnley \| Bury \| Carlisle \| Chester \| Chorley \| Congleton \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Eden \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Fylde \| Halton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley \| Lancaster \| Liverpool \| Macclesfield \| Manchester \| Oldham \| Pendle \| Preston \| Ribble Valley \| Rochdale \| Rossendale \| St Helens \| Salford \| Sefton \| South Lakeland \| South Ribble \| Stockport \| Tameside \| Trafford \| Vale Royal \| Warrington \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral \| Wyre
Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside