Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

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Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox settlement The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, named after its largest town, Bolton, but covering a larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Westhoughton, and part of the West Pennine Moors. It had a population of Template:English district population in Template:English statistics year, making it the third-most populous district in Greater Manchester.<ref name="popstats" />

What is now the borough was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972; the area was formerly part of Lancashire. It was formed from seven urban districts from the administrative county of Lancashire, the southern part of an eighth urban district, and the county borough of Bolton. The metropolitan districts of Bury, Salford and Wigan lie to the east, south and west respectively; and the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen and the non-metropolitan district of Chorley in Lancashire to the north and north-west.

History

Bolton Metropolitan Borough was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the combined areas of seven former local government districts and part of an eighth, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>

As a county borough, the old borough of Bolton had been administratively independent from any county council, but was deemed part of Lancashire for ceremonial purposes.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref> The other seven districts had all been part of the administrative county of Lancashire prior to 1974, with Lancashire County Council serving as their upper tier authority. When the metropolitan borough of Bolton was created in 1974 it was transferred to the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, with Greater Manchester Council providing county-level services. The Greater Manchester Council was abolished in 1986, after which Bolton became a unitary authority, providing all local government services.

Bolton Council unsuccessfully petitioned Elizabeth II for the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton to be granted city status in 1992 (the Queen's 40th year as monarch), in 2000 (for the Millennium celebrations), in 2002 (Queen's Golden Jubilee), and 2012 (Queen's Diamond Jubilee).<ref name=city>Template:Cite web</ref>

Parishes

Horwich, Westhoughton and Blackrod are now constituted as civil parishes, each having a town council: Westhoughton Town Council, Horwich Town Council and Blackrod Town Council. The rest of the metropolitan borough, covering the town of Bolton itself, Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Lever, and South Turton, have remained unparished areas since 1974.

Demographics

Population change

The table below details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton has only existed since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of the borough.

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Ethnicity

According to the 2021 census, of the 295,963 people living in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, the following list shows the population of Bolton by ethnicity:<ref name="2021 Nomis" />

Ethnic Group Year
2001 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2011 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2021 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Number % Number % Number %
White: Total 232,366 89% 226,645 81.9% 212,941 72%
White: British 227,635 87.2% 219,794 79.4% 203,486 68.8%
White: Irish 2,253 1,694 1,430 0.5%
White: Roma 214 519 0.2%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 373 0.1%
White: Other 2,478 4,943 7,133 2.4%
Asian or Asian British: Total 24,141 9.2% 38,749 14% 59,596 20.1%
Asian or Asian British: Indian 15,884 21,665 26,238 8.9%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 6,487 12,026 27,897 9.4%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 268 614 985 0.3%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese 497 1,423 1,123 0.4%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 1,005 3,021 3,353 1.1%
Black or Black British: Total 1,607 4,652 11,238 3.8%
Black or Black British: African 689 3,451 9,299 3.1%
Black or Black British: Caribbean 823 608 603 0.2%
Other Black 95 593 1,336 0.5%
Mixed or British Mixed: Total 2,542 4,892 6,643 2.2%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 859 1,576 1,737 0.6%
Mixed: White and Black African 296 678 1,242 0.4%
Mixed: White and Asian 970 1,826 2,338 0.8%
Mixed: Other Mixed 417 812 1,326 0.4%
Other: Total 381 1,848 5,542 1.9%
Other: Arab 727 1,812 0.6%
Other: Any other ethnic group 1,121 3,730 1.3%
Non-White: Total 28,671 11% 50,141 18.1% 83,019 28%
Total 261,037 100% 276,786 100% 295,960 100%

Religion

The following table shows the religious identity of people residing in Bolton at the 2021 census.

Religion 2021<ref name="2021 Nomis" />
Number %
Christian 139,144 47.0
Muslim 58,997 19.9
Jewish 159 0.1
Hindu 5,887 2.0
Sikh 219 0.1
Buddhism 576 0.2
Other religion 979 0.3
No religion 76,244 25.8
Religion not stated 13,758 4.6
Total 295,963 100.0

Transport

The Bolton metropolitan area is served by the following railway stations:

Media

In terms of television, the area is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada with television signals received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter near Belmont.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Radio stations for the area include BBC Radio Manchester, Heart North West, Smooth North West, Capital Manchester and Lancashire, Greatest Hits Radio Bolton & Bury, and community radio station 96.5 Bolton FM

Local newspapers are The Bolton News, Horwich Advertiser (serving Horwich),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Manchester Evening News

Education

Template:See also In 2007, Bolton was ranked 69th out of the 149 Local Education Authorities – and sixth out of ten in Greater Manchester – for its National Curriculum assessment performance.<ref name="LEA2007">Template:Cite web</ref> Measured on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English, the Bolton LEA was 111th out of 149: 40.1% of pupils achieved this objective, against a national average of 46.7%.<ref name="5A-C2007">Template:Cite web</ref> Unauthorised absence from Bolton's secondary schools in the 2006/2007 academic year was 1.4%, in line with the national average, and authorised absence was 6.0% against the national average of 6.4%.<ref name="Absence">Template:Cite web</ref> At GCSE level, Bolton School (Girls' Division) was the most successful of Bolton's 21 secondary schools, with 99% of pupils achieving at least 5 A*–C grades at including maths and English.<ref name="gcsesuccess">Template:Cite web</ref>

The University of Bolton is one of Greater Manchester's four universities. In 2008, The Times Good University Guide ranked it 111th of 113 institutions in Britain.<ref name="TimesGUG">Template:Cite web</ref> There are 4,440 students (83% undergraduate, 17% postgraduate); 2.6% come from outside Britain. In 2007 there were 8.8 applications for every place, and student satisfaction was recorded as 74.4%. It is one of Britain's newest universities, having been given this status in 2005.<ref name="STimesUG">Template:Cite web</ref>

GCSE Examination Performance 2009

Metropolitan Borough of Bolton GCSE performances
School A*-C Pass Rate Point Score
Bolton Muslim Girls' School 100% 533.1
Bolton School (Girls' Division) 98% 546.7
Canon Slade C of E School 93% 508.5
Lord's Independent School 93% 401.5
St Joseph's RC High School 85% 426.6
Madrasatul Imam Muhammed Zakariya 79% 347.3
Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah at Mount St Joseph's Convent 79% 327.9
Ladybridge High School 78% 437.6
Turton School 76% 396.1
Sharples School 74% 414.1
Westhoughton High School 67% 424.0
Rivington and Blackrod High School 69% 456.7
Essa Academy 67% 383.7
Smithills School 66% 400.8
Little Lever School 61% 442.7
Mount St Joseph School 61% 422.7
Harper Green School 59% 384.7
George Tomlinson School 55% 307.4
Bolton School (Boys' Division) 52% 240.4
Average for Metropolitan Borough of Bolton 71.4% 422.5
Average for England 70.0% 413.5
  • Schools highlighted in yellow are above the LEA average; those highlighted in orange are below the average.
  • Another secondary school, Bolton Muslim Girls' School, has opened since January 2007; no results are available.
  • Source: Department for Children, Schools and FamiliesTemplate:Dead link

Governance

Template:Main Template:For The local authority is Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, which styles itself "Bolton Council". Since 2011 it has been a constituent member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, providing strategic co-ordination of local government across the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester. Since 2017 the combined authority has been led by the directly-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Twin towns

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton has two twin towns, one in France and another in Germany.<ref>Bolton Council : Town Twinning. Retrieved 8 January 2010</ref>

Place Country County / District / Region / State Originally twinned with Date
Le Mans France Pays de la Loire County Borough of Bolton 1973
Paderborn Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen Metropolitan Borough of Bolton 1975

Neighbouring districts

The local government districts which surround the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
North-West:
Borough of Chorley 		North:
Borough of Blackburn with Darwen 		North-East and East:
Metropolitan Borough of Bury

Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

South-West:
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan 		South-East:
City of Salford

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough.

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Individuals

Military units

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See also

References

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