Horwich
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Horwich ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. It is northwest of Bolton Town Centre, southeast of Chorley and northwest of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway passing close to the south and west. At the 2011 Census, Horwich had a population of 20,067.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Horwich
- UK place.static_image_name
- Horwich Parish Church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Horwich Parish Church
- UK place.population
- 20,690
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD639114
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Horwich
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Bolton
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Bolton
- UK place.postcode_area
- BL
- UK place.postcode_district
- BL6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01204
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bolton West
- UK place.website
- www.horwich.gov.uk
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Horwich Forest
- Pre-industrial
- Industrial Revolution
- Heavy industry
- Railway town
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Population change
- Economy
- Transport
- Media
- Education
- Religion
- Sport
- Twin town
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Horwich ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. It is northwest of Bolton Town Centre, southeast of Chorley and northwest of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway passing close to the south and west. At the 2011 Census, Horwich had a population of 20,067.
Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase. Streams flowing from the moors were harnessed to provide power for bleachworks and other industry at the start of the Industrial Revolution. The textile industry became a major employer and after 1884 the construction of the railway works caused the population of the town to increase dramatically. The old industries have closed and urban regeneration has been led by out of town developments, particularly at Middlebrook, which, since 1997 has been the base of Bolton Wanderers football club, who play at the University of Bolton Stadium, having moved from Burnden Park near Bolton town centre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horwich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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