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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Over Hulton


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Historically part of Lancashire, it lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south west of Bolton. Over Hulton is a suburb of Westhoughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester. When you visit Over Hulton, Walkfo brings Over Hulton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Over Hulton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Over Hulton


Visit Over Hulton – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 65 audio plaques & Over Hulton places for you to explore in the Over Hulton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Over Hulton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Over Hulton history


The Hulton Park Estate was home to the Hulton family since 1167. The estate was rich in coal mines. Hulton Bank Colliery, otherwise known as Pretoria Pit, was open from 1901 to 1934. In 1819, the magistrate William Hulton ordered the Yeomanry Cavalry in to arrest William Hunt as he addressed the demonstration at St Peter’s Field in Manchester.

Over Hulton geography / climate

The area of Over Hulton is 1,300 acres (5.3 km) of mainly arable land. The underlying rocks are the middle coal measures of the Lancashire Coalfield. The Logistics North industrial area was developed in the 2010s, adjacent to the M61 motorway.

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Visit Over Hulton PlacesYou can visit Over Hulton places with Walkfo Over Hulton to hear history at Over Hulton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Over Hulton has 65 places to visit in our interactive Over Hulton map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Over Hulton, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Over Hulton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Over Hulton & the surrounding areas.

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Best Over Hulton places to visit


Over Hulton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Over Hulton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Over Hulton’s information audio spots:

Over Hulton photo Derby Barracks, Bolton
Derby Barracks is a former military installation in Fletcher Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is located in the centre of the city’s former military base.
Over Hulton photo Swan Lane Mills
Swan Lane Mills is a former cotton mill complex in Bolton, Greater Manchester. All three mills were designed by Stott and Sons of Oldham. The double mill (Nos. 1 and 2) was the largest spinning mill in the world.
Over Hulton photo Royal Bolton Hospital
The Royal Bolton Hospital is an acute general hospital in Farnworth, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is in the centre of Farnworth in Greater Manchester and Farnworth.
Over Hulton photo Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bolton
Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple (Bolton) is a three storied three-story building. The original structure was demolished and rebuilt in 1993. The temple was officially opened in 1973 and opened in 1975.
Over Hulton photo Pike’s Lane
Pike’s Lane was the home ground of Bolton Wanderers between 1880 and 1895. It was the venue of the first-ever goal scored in league football anywhere in the world.
Over Hulton photo Great Boys Colliery
Great Boys Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield in the second half of the 19th century. It was sunk on Great Boys farm, which in 1778 was described as a “messuage with eight Cheshire acres of land” The offices and lamproom for the pit occupied the building that is now the Colliers Arms public house, on Sale Lane.
Over Hulton photo Little Hulton (ward)
Little Hulton (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.
Over Hulton photo St Paul’s Church, Peel
St Paul’s is an active Anglican parish church in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester. It is part of the Diocese of Manchester and is a Grade II listed building.
Over Hulton photo Tyldesley Top Chapel
Top Chapel was built in 1789 on a site of 1,300 square yards at the top of Tyldesley Banks opposite the Square. The site and building materials were all provided by Thomas Johnson. It was properly known as “The Lady Huntingdon Chapel” but became known as Top Chapel because of its position.
Over Hulton photo Tyldesley Urban District
Tyldesley cum Shakerley Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in Lancashire, England.

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Over Hulton has 6 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Over Hulton plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Over Hulton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Over Hulton plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.