1
Mackenzie Street
In Sharples, north Bolton.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 6 Jan 2023
0.11 miles
2
Bosco House
Originally named The Lees, the house was taken over by The Salesians of Don Bosco as accommodation for the priests who ran the adjacent Thornleigh College Grammar School and was renamed Bosco House. The building is now converted into apartments. The building is Grade 2 listed. The Salesian Order is named for St. Francis of Sales who was Don (St. John) Bosco's inspiration when he founded the order to educate children.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 24 Apr 2018
0.16 miles
3
Sharples Park
On the right, but out of sight, is Thornleigh Salesian College, and behind the wall on the left, also out of sight, are the school playing fields.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 1 Apr 2022
0.17 miles
4
The Ginnel, Astley Bridge
This alleyway is much used by pedestrians heading for the shops in Astley Bridge. In earlier times, where the fence is, on the left, there stood the wall of a mill, thus giving rise to the local name for the alley of "The Ginnel". Ginnel is a northern dialect word meaning a passageway between two buildings.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 11 Nov 2011
0.17 miles
5
Old Milestone by the A675, Belmont Road, Sharples, Bolton parish
Carved stone post by the A675, in parish of BOLTON (BOLTON District), Sharples, just North of Arundel Street, on pavement, on West side of road. Erected by the Sharples & Hoghton turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
ASTLEY BRIDGE
{---<.>---}
TO BOLTON
2 MILES.
TO PRESTON
17 MILES.
Milestone Society National ID: LA_PSBO17.
Image: © Phil Platt
Taken: 11 Nov 2011
0.17 miles
6
Bungalows on Broad o' th' Lane, Astley Bridge
Built in 1953.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 1 Apr 2022
0.17 miles
7
Belmont Road
Image: © Peter Bond
Taken: 4 Aug 2015
0.18 miles
8
Broad O' Th' Lane, Astley Bridge, Bolton
The lane originally connected Moss Bank Way (the ring road, A58) with Belmont Road (A675), but in the 1970s it became a rat run for vehicles avoiding the A58/A666 junction a few hundred yards away. The Council, much to the relief of residents, blocked the lane to through traffic just behind the photographer's position. This section of the lane is once more a quiet and pleasant backwater.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 11 Nov 2011
0.18 miles
9
Belmont Road (A675)
Heading south.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 16 Mar 2013
0.18 miles
10
Broad o' th' Lane
Originally the lane connected Moss Bank Way (A58) to Belmont Road (A675). It became a rat run for motorists avoiding the notoriously busy Astley Bridge junction of the A58, the A675 and the A666 a little further to the east. No doubt to the relief of residents, it has now been made into a cul de sac half way up its length, thus preventing through traffic.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 1 Apr 2022
0.19 miles