Westhoughton, Lancashire, England

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Westhoughton, Lancashire, England is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in North West England, historically part of Lancashire and known for its industrial heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
adjacentTo Atherton
Bolton
Hindley
Horwich
ceremonialCounty Greater Manchester
constituencyWestminster Bolton West
country England
dialCode 01942
distanceToBoltonTownCentre approximately 4 miles southwest
distanceToManchesterCityCentre approximately 13 miles northwest
hasLeisureFacility Westhoughton Leisure Centre
hasLibrary Westhoughton Library
hasMarketCharter yes
hasParishChurch St Bartholomew's Church, Westhoughton
hasSecondarySchool Westhoughton High School
hasSuburb Chequerbent
Dobb Brow
Hindley Green (adjacent area)
Over Hulton
Wingates
hasWarMemorial Westhoughton War Memorial
historicalCounty Lancashire
historicalIndustry coal mining
cotton spinning
engineering
weaving
industrialHeritage coal mining
cotton mills
textile manufacturing
lieutenancyArea Greater Manchester
localGovernment Bolton Council
surface form: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
locatedIn Greater Manchester
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
metropolitanBorough Bolton
notableEvent Pretoria Pit disaster (1910)
Westhoughton Mill burning (1812)
OSGridReference SD6606
population ~24000
populationCensusYear 2011
postcodeArea BL
postcodeDistrict BL5
railwayStation Daisy Hill railway station
Westhoughton railway station
region North West England
servedByRailLine Manchester–Southport line
Manchester–Wigan line
sovereignState United Kingdom

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Shaw placeOfBirth Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Bolton Council replaced Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
this entity surface form: Westhoughton Urban District Council