Westhoughton
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thumb|220px|Farmer cutting off the cow's head picture in the Waggon and Horses pub Westhoughton ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Westhoughton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Westhoughton Town Hall front.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Westhoughton Town Hall, built 1903
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD6505
- UK place.population
- 24,974
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Westhoughton
- 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
- BL5
- UK place.dial_code
- 01942
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bolton West
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Bolton
- Population
- 24974
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Horwich
- Official website
- westhoughton.web.officelive.com/default.aspx
- Image
- Westhoughton Town Hall front.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01942
Show 7 more facts
- postal code
- BL5
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- OS grid reference
- SD6505
- Commons category
- Westhoughton
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Westhoughton
- topic's main category
- Category:Westhoughton
- P8168
- Alan Smith
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Banastre Rebellion
- Civil War
- Industrial Revolution
- Governance
- Parliamentary representation
- Geography
- Demography
- Education
- Religion
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Media
- Notable residents
- Sport
- Freedom of the Parish
- Individuals
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|220px|Farmer cutting off the cow's head picture in the Waggon and Horses pub Westhoughton ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Westhoughton was once a centre for coal mining, cotton-spinning and textile manufacture. It had a population of 24,974 at the 2011 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Westhoughton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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