Bolton

MuvverRussia · 28 May 2006 at 10:05

Got to go up north for a job interview in a couple of weeks, may as well use the time to look around the place- anyone know whether theres anything worth seeing/doing there?

Loki · 28 May 2006 at 10:31

can you drive ?

MuvverRussia · 28 May 2006 at 10:35

yeah, not driving up though but if theres something *really* worth seeing i'd be willing to hire a car for the trip (only if its good though

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PureAppleJuice · 28 May 2006 at 10:43

Things to... see... in Bolton?! When I lived there 13 years ago it was just full of poor people, football hooligans and crime

Loki · 28 May 2006 at 10:47

Depends what you are into I guess really. There are plenty of places of interest around there. If you like walking etc Winter Hill isn't too far away. Not much to do there but its a nice walk none the less and takes a few hours to do it. Botany Bay is just up the motor way from Bolton and you got the lake district about an hour or so away from Bolton.

Bolton is alright for shopping but if yu want something bigger you got Manchester City Centre about 15-20 mins drive

iBot · 28 May 2006 at 11:06

A sports center I think, Reebook or something.

Nazbit · 28 May 2006 at 11:20

iBot said:
Yeah, theres a wearhouse near howich/bolton which is...

Nevermind.

How long will you be there for?

cheets64 · 28 May 2006 at 12:21

There is nothing to do in Bolton, its just an average town with no real history.

No point going to the Reebok stadium, but there is a retail park next to it so you could do some shopping.

Kamikaze_Pigeon · 28 May 2006 at 15:00

I lived there for 4 years from '96 to 2000. It's a poophole of a place, got burgled a few times, it's a grim grim place. That being said, Manchester and Liverpool are within reasonable distance....pretty sad really, the only saving grace about the place is that it's close to other places

Oh and I met my wife there, but she's from Japan so that doesn't count

theleg · 28 May 2006 at 15:01

best thing to do in bolton?

leave.

andi · 28 May 2006 at 15:12

Loki said:
If you like walking etc Winter Hill isn't too far away.

Some nice views up there. One or two nice old buildings in the town centre, and in the surrounding areas, but not very much else to do tbh.

anksta · 28 May 2006 at 15:18

why would you want to go to Bolton when Bury is 2 minutes away.

We all know it its all goin on there

get some black puddin

yer_averagejoe · 28 May 2006 at 15:43

I lived in a town close by called Ramsbottom untill the age of 11. hehe. Yeah bolton isn't a great place. Ramsbottom is nice.

R.O.S.S.I · 29 May 2006 at 12:55

Ive lived in Bolton all my life, apart from the chavs etc that you get in any town, Bolton is no worse than the next. The shopping is allrite in the town centre and there are plenty of retail parks around town. But yeh theres a couple of nice walking hike paths, up to Winter Hill, and to Rivington Pike, they're always nice if the weathers good.
Nightlife is pretty standard though, only 2 nightclubs that are worth going, but plenty of bars, the usual Yates, Varsity, Barracuda etc.

MuvverRussia · 29 May 2006 at 13:03

cheers guys- not sure if i'll be able to check out the nightlife, got to be at the reebok stadium conference suite for 830am

Still, will probs grab a pint or 2 with some food.

ballistic · 29 May 2006 at 13:03

it's a **** hole with low class hooligans just like most of north England

panthro · 29 May 2006 at 13:05

MuvverRussia said:
Got to go up north for a job interview in a couple of weeks, may as well use the time to look around the place- anyone know whether theres anything worth seeing/doing there?

Vernon Kaye

penski · 29 May 2006 at 13:14

ballistic said:
it's a **** hole with low class hooligans just like most of north England

It's practically the midlands...

The north is great. None of this psuedo-north stuff either like South Yorks.

*b

KaHn · 29 May 2006 at 13:16

penski said:
It's practically the midlands...

The north is great. None of this psuedo-north stuff either like South Yorks.

*b

Quoted so you can't change it *b,

But yeah, nothing really much in bolton.

KaHn

agw_01 · 29 May 2006 at 13:25

anksta said:
why would you want to go to Bolton when Bury is 2 minutes away.

Bury is even worse.

Bolton... hmmm... let's see... fairly decent town centre both in the day (for shopping) and night (for clubbing). So many clubs and pubs to visit you'll be absolutely wasted by the time you've been to them all

Apart from that, errr... I know there's a big B&Q warehouse if that's your thing? Or a trip to Toys R Us?

Seriously, there's not a lot to do around Bolton.