Bolton (Grand Manchester)Bolton est une ville britannique située dans le comté urbain du Grand Manchester, Angleterre. Sa population est estimée à (Borough : ). Cet ancien bastion industriel du textile est aujourd'hui la plus importante ville d'Angleterre ne possédant pas le statut de « cité ». Voisine des marécages des Pennines Occidentales, Bolton se trouve à au nord-ouest de Manchester. Elle est cernée de plusieurs faubourgs et villages regroupés aujourd'hui au sein du Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, dont Bolton est naturellement le chef-lieu.
RivingtonRivington is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying . It is about southeast of Chorley and about northwest of Bolton. Rivington is a rural area consisting primarily of agricultural grazing land, moorland, with hill summits including Rivington Pike and Winter Hill within the West Pennine Moors. The area has a thriving tourist industry centred around reservoirs created to serve Liverpool in the Victorian era and Lever Park created as a public park by William Lever at the turn of the 20th century, with two converted barns, a replica of Liverpool Castle and open countryside.
FarnworthFarnworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southeast of Bolton, 4 miles south-west of Bury (7 km), and northwest of Manchester. Within the Historic County Boundaries of Lancashire, Farnworth lies on the River Irwell and River Croal. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 26,939. Farnworth derives from the Old English fearn, fern and worth an enclosure. Farnworth was recorded as Farneworth and Farnewrth in 1278 and 1279 and Ffornword in a land survey of 1282.
Rivington and Blackrod High SchoolRivington and Blackrod High School in the North West region of England is a Leverhulme Trust multi-academy school alongside Harper Green School, it operates as a Church of England teaching environment with a sixth form school. The school is located at two sites, with the upper school situated on Rivington Lane in Rivington, Lancashire (), and the lower school situated on Albert Street in Horwich, Greater Manchester (). The school specialises in design and technology, mathematics and science.
Rivington PikeRivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington, Chorley in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich. The land and building are owned and managed by Chorley Council. The Pike Tower is a prominent local landmark and is located at the summit, it is part of Lever Park. The area is popular with hill walkers and for mountain biking. The pike at high is the most westerly high point of Winter Hill in the West Pennine Moors.
BlackrodBlackrod is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester,and also the Historic County of Lancashire, England, northeast of Wigan and west of Bolton. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, it had a population of 5,001. Blackrod was once a centre for coal mining. The name Blackrod derives from the Old English, blaec and rodu, meaning a "dark clearing". The first mention of the town dates to 1189, when it was recorded as Blacherode. It was recorded as Blakerodein 1200, and Blacrode in 1220.
ChorleyChorley est une ville du Lancashire en Angleterre. En 2001, sa population était de Henry Tate (1819-1899), industriel anglais ayant fait don de ses collections qui formèrent la Tate Gallery. Charles Herbert Lightoller (1874-1952), marin anglais issu d'une famille aisée de Chorley travaillant dans l'industrie du coton, il fut le deuxième officier du Titanic. Harry Entwistle (1940-), prélat anglican australien converti au catholicisme. John Foxx (1948-), chanteur d'Ultravox. Jason Queally (1970-), coureur cycliste sur piste, champion olympique.
AspullAspull is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Aspull, along with Haigh, is surrounded by greenbelt and agricultural land, separated from Westhoughton, on its southeast side, by a brook running through Borsdane Wood. The ground rises from south to north, reaching , and has views towards Winter Hill and the West Pennine Moors. It has a population of 4,977. Aspull was once a centre of mining and textile manufacture, though little evidence of this can be seen in the village today.
WiganWigan est une ville située dans le Grand Manchester (Greater Manchester) en Angleterre. Elle se trouve près de la rivière Douglas, à () au sud de Preston, à () au nord-ouest de Manchester et à () au nord-est de Liverpool. Wigan est la plus grande ville du Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. C’est aussi son centre administratif. La ville de Wigan compte une population de en 2001. La totalité du borough en compte . Historiquement, Wigan fait partie du Lancashire.
LancashireLe Lancashire , ou Lancastre, parfois abrégé Lancs, est un comté en Angleterre. Le nom de l'ancienne ville principale du comté est Lancastre. Le chef-lieu actuel est Preston. Jusqu'en 1974, Liverpool et Manchester faisaient partie du comté, jusqu'à ce que le Local Government Act 1972 crée les comtés de Merseyside et du Grand Manchester, comtés métropolitains. De même, jusqu'en 1974, la péninsule de Furness et une partie du Lake District constituaient une exclave du comté appelée « Lancashire Beyond the Sands », jusqu'à ce que ce même acte de 1972 crée le comté de Cumbria.
