Geography
Further information: Geography of Greater ManchesterThe early name Bolton le Moors described the position of the town amid the low hills on the edge of the West Pennine Moors south east of Rivington Pike (456 m). Bolton lies on relatively flat land on both sides of the clough or steep-banked valley through which the River Croal flows in a south easterly direction towards the River Irwell. The geological formation around Bolton consists of sandstones of the Carboniferous series and coal measures, in the northern part of Bolton the lower coal measures are mixed with underlying Millstone Grit.
| Horwich | Egerton and Chapeltown | Tottington | ||
| Aspull and Blackrod | Little Lever and Radcliffe | |||
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| Westhoughton | Atherton and Tyldesley | Farnworth and Kearsley |
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