Bolton the area.
Situated close to the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is 10 miles north west of the city of Manchester, and shares a border with Bury, Wigan and Salford.
The urbanisation and development of Bolton largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. It was a boomtown of the 19th century and, at it’s peak in 1929, 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dying works, made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world. After World War I the British cotton industry declined sharply and by the 1980s cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in Bolton.
Today, tourism plays an important part in the local economy, with visitor attractions such as Smithills Country Park, Last Drop Village, Bolton Steam Museum and the newly developed Middlebrook retail park. This park is also the home to the Bolton Arena and the Reebok Stadium, where Bolton Wanderers play their Premier League Football.
Bolton is the birthplace of the Reebok brand with the company's European headquarters based at the Stadium. Bolton is also the home of the family bakery, Warburtons, who began their business in 1876.
The town also has its own modern university, the University of Bolton. Formerly Bolton Institute of Higher Education, it gained university status in 2005 and has seen much building work and growth since.
Local Confidence Survey Data for Bolton (March 2010) Use the plus and minus icons on the top of this document to increase/decrease the font size
Demographics
| Population (based on data from the Office of National Statistics April 2001) | 261,037 |
| Population (based on mid 2008 estimates) | 262,800 |
| Male: | 48.7% |
| Female: | 51.3% |
| Race Profile (based on data from the Office of National Statistics April 2001) | |
| White: | 89% |
| Minority Ethnic: | 11% |
| Age: (based on data from the Office of National Statistics April 2001) | |
| 0 - 19 years | 69,841 |
| 20 - 30 years | 36,258 |
| 31 - 40 years | 39,733 |
| 41 - 50 years | 33,399 |
| 50 - 65 years | 45,173 |
| 65 + years | 36,633 |
| Information on Work and Deprivation | In 2008 there were 4,353 people unemployed in Bolton. However this is down 5.5% on the 2007 figure of 4,606 |
To access crime statistics for the Bolton area access the national crime mapping service and type Bolton in the search bar.
Useful Links
Political Information about Bolton
Bolton Neighbourhood Policing Team website
This page was last updated on 21 July 2010