Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

Borough of Bolton
Metropolitan borough
Bolton Town Hall, the seat of Bolton Council
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Latin: Supera Moras, lit. 'overcome delays'
Bolton shown within Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°34′39″N 2°25′48″W / 53.57750°N 2.43000°W / 53.57750; -2.43000
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county and city region	Greater Manchester
Borough status	1253
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	Bolton
Administrative HQ	Bolton Town Hall
Government [1]
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Bolton Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Nick Peel (L)
• Mayor of Bolton	Mohammed Ayub
• MPs	3 MPs Phil Brickell (L) Kirith Entwistle (L) Yasmin Qureshi (L)
Area [2]
• Total	50 sq mi (140 km2)
• Rank	170th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	298,903
• Rank	48th
• Density	5,540/sq mi (2,138/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 71.9% White 20.1% Asian 3.8% Black 2.2% Mixed 1.9% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 47.0% Christianity 25.8% no religion 19.9% Islam 2.0% Hinduism 0.2% Buddhism 0.1% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism 0.3% other 4.6% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	BL1–7 M26 M46
Dialling code	01204 0161 01942
ISO 3166 code	GB-BOL
GSS code	E08000001
Website	bolton.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton (/ˈboʊltən/ ^ⓘ BOHL-tən) 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 298,903 in 2022, making it the third-most populous district in Greater Manchester.^[3]

The borough is in the historic county of Lancashire, and was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of seven former local government districts and part of an eighth; being seven urban districts from the administrative county of Lancashire, 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.