Geography
Further information: Geography of Greater Manchester| Tyldesley | Ellenbrook | Walkden | ||
| Astley | Worsley | |||
| Boothstown | ||||
| Glazebury | Chat Moss | Eccles |
The A572 crosses Boothstown west to east connecting it to Worsley and Wigan. the A580 East Lancashire Road is now the boundary between Tyldesley and Boothstown and crosses west to east at the northern edge of the village. The Bridgewater Canal crosses east to west in the south of the village.
There is agricultural and open land in the south of the Boothstown area that forms part of the Green Belt. To the south of the Bridgewater Canal the Geological Formation consists mainly of the pebble beds of the new red sandstone, north of Boothstown are coal measures.
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