Bolton

Borough Commander Dave Kirkham

Great news for Bolton Borough (PDF: 1.59 MB)

There are four fire stations within Bolton borough:

• Bolton Central - Station No: W50
• Bolton North - Station No: W51
• Horwich - Station No: W52
• Farnworth - Station No: W53.

Contact us

To contact the team at Bolton Borough, please call 01204 905 126/7.

Bolton community room

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has developed community rooms on some of our stations throughout the 10 Metropolitan boroughs we serve. These rooms are available for community use free of charge for relevant community activities with a key focus on areas such as health, education, crime & disorder, housing and employment. All we ask is that your reason for using our room is relevant and appropriate, i.e. it contributes to securing safer communities by addressing one or more of the areas listed above. In this borough, we have a community room at Bolton Central fire station. To find out more information or to book it please call 01204 902 102.

About Bolton

• The population of Bolton is over 261,000.
• Bolton is the 28^th most deprived borough in England, in terms of numbers of people who are income deprived according to the Indices of Deprivation 2000.
• There are 115,400 dwellings (houses/flats), but nearly 5% are vacant.
• Over 70% of households own or are buying their home. About 19% rent from the council, 6% rent from Registered Social Landlords and 5% rent privately.
• Over 20,000 houses do not meet the minimum decency standards in Bolton.
• Bolton is culturally diverse – the 2001 Census indicates that 11% belong to an ethnic group other than white.
• The largest minority communities are Indian (approx 17,000) and of Pakistani (approx 6,500) origins. Bolton also has Polish, Ukrainian, Irish and many other communities.

Places of risk identified in Bolton

• Bolton Town Centre
• Leisure and retail parks at Middlebrook, Trinity, Burnden and the Valley
• Grade One listed buildings – Firwood House, Smithills Hall, Hall-ith-Wood Museum and Trinity Church.
• Royal Bolton Hospital
• There are also 36 hotels in the borough which provide sleeping accommodation for approximately 3,450 people.
• There are 23 residential nursing homes.
• There are 43 sheltered accommodation housing schemes.
• There are 57 aged person’s homes.