Bold
Parish in St. Helens, England
| Coordinates: | 53.411, -2.703 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 53 90 |
| Dialling code: | 01744 (St Helens) |
Bold is a small civil parish on the eastern edge of St Helens in Merseyside, historically part of Lancashire. The area feels more rural than urban, with farmland, scattered housing and the landscaped remnants of the old estate centred on Bold Hall, giving a quieter contrast to the nearby town centres.
Its character has been shaped by an industrial past - coal mining and related works dominated in the 19th and 20th centuries - but many former industrial sites have been reclaimed or redeveloped into business parks and green space, so the parish now mixes traces of heritage with modern commuting links into the wider Liverpool-Manchester corridor. Local identity is tied to that history and to neighbouring communities, yet the parish retains a distinctly semi-rural feel.
Postcode districts covering Bold
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 20.2 miles
- Liverpool 8.6 miles
- Birkenhead 14.9 miles
- St. Helens 2.8 miles
- Wigan 9.5 miles
- Warrington 5.1 miles
- Bolton 16.7 miles
- Stockport 22.5 miles
- Salford 18 miles
- Southport 19.6 miles
- Chester 17 miles
- Chester Castle 17.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bold & Lea Green Ward 0.4 miles
- Sutton South East Ward 1.4 miles
- Farnworth Ward 1.5 miles
- Sutton North West Ward 1.7 miles
- Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall Ward 1.9 miles
- Birchfield Ward 2.3 miles
- Rainhill Parish 2.4 miles
- Parr Ward 2.5 miles
- Great Sankey Parish 2.5 miles
- Burtonwood Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Burtonwood and Westbrook Parish 2.6 miles
- Halton View Ward 2.7 miles
Example postcodes in Bold
WA5 3AZ, WA8 3UR, WA9 4QJ, WA9 4SG, WA8 3UY, WA9 4US, WA9 4XN, WA9 4ZT, WA9 4UX … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 8.1 miles
- Manchester Airport 18.1 miles
- Lea Green Railway Station 1.4 miles
- St Helens Junction Railway Station 1.6 miles
Hotels near Bold Ad
- The Gulliver's Hotel 3.5 miles
- Mercure St Helens 4 3.1 miles
- RainHill Hall Hotel 2 miles
- Premier Inn St. Helens South 3 1.8 miles
- Premier Inn Liverpool Rainhill 3 2.1 miles
- The Hillcrest Hotel 3 2.2 miles
- St. Helens South 3 1.8 miles
- Mercure Haydock Hotel 3.5 5 miles
- Everglades Hotel Widnes 3 1.8 miles
- The Royal Alfred - Opposite Central Train Station 3.1 miles
Local points of interest
- Haydock Park Racecourse Recreation 5.7 miles
- Wigan Athletic FC Stadium 9.5 miles
- DW Stadium Stadium 9.7 miles
- Stanlow Abbey (England) Historic site 10.6 miles
- Arley Hall Estate 10.6 miles
- Anfield Stadium 10.7 miles
- Aintree Racecourse Recreation 11 miles
- Goodison Park Stadium 11 miles
- Marbury Hall Estate 11.2 miles
- World Museum Liverpool Museum 11.5 miles
- Lathom House Estate 11.8 miles
- Liverpool Echo Arena Stadium 12 miles