Filming locations near Bolton

489 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot — every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Breightmet, 3 km east; the most filmed is Manchester with 11 recorded productions.

Everything recorded against Bolton itself — rather than at a named spot near it — is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 489 263 towns & cities · 125 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 57 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 25 castles, palaces & great houses Closest · Breightmet · 3 km Most famous · Manchester

Within 25 km of Bolton

  1. Breightmet · 3 km east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Toxic Town. Area in Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK

  2. Radcliffe · 7 km east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — A Kind of Loving. Town in the metropolitan borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England

  3. Westhoughton · 7 km south-west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Utopia. Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England

  4. Horwich · 7 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — A Monster Calls. Town in Greater Manchester

  5. Rivington Pike · 9 km north-west · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia — A Monster Calls. Hill in Lancashire, England

  6. Bury · 9 km east · Towns & cities

    4 productions, per Wikipedia — Cracker, The Stranger. Town in Greater Manchester, England, UK

  7. Whitefield · 9 km east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Scott & Bailey. Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England

  8. Swinton · 9 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Waterloo Road. Town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England

  9. Salford · 10 km south-east · Towns & cities

    2 productions, per Wikipedia — Cold Feet, BBC Breakfast. Metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England

  10. St Ambrose Barlow RC High School · 10 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Waterloo Road. School in Salford, UK

  11. Ramsbottom · 11 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — A Monster Calls. Market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England

  12. Eccles · 12 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — It's a Sin. Town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England

+ 64 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

  1. St Helens · 25 km south-west · Towns & cities

    2 productions, per Wikipedia — Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Stay Close. Town in Merseyside, England, UK

  2. Cheadle · 25 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. Suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England

  3. Stockport Viaduct · 26 km south-east · Streets & squares

    1 production — A Taste of Honey. Railway viaduct in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK

  4. River Mersey · 26 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

    2 productions, per Wikipedia — Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The 51st State. River in England

  5. St Mary's Church, Stockport · 26 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production — A Taste of Honey. Grade I listed parish church in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK

  6. West Lancashire · 26 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production — Utopia. Non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England

  7. Burnley · 26 km north-east · Towns & cities

    4 productions, per Wikipedia — The King's Speech, The Man in the White Suit. Market town in Lancashire, England, UK

  8. Stockport · 26 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Mandy. Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England

  9. Stockport · 26 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production — Peaky Blinders. Town in Greater Manchester, England

  10. Todmorden · 27 km north-east · Towns & cities

    2 productions, per Wikipedia — My Summer of Love, The League of Gentlemen. Market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England

  11. Bremetennacum · 27 km north · Towns & cities

    1 production — Time Team. Human settlement in Ribchester, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK

  12. Preston · 27 km north-west · Towns & cities

    4 productions, per Wikipedia — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, A Monster Calls. City and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England

+ 186 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

  1. Kirkstall Abbey · 60 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Gunpowder. Cistercian monastery in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

  2. Linton · 60 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Calendar Girls. Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

  3. Cholmondeley · 61 km south · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — The 51st State. Village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK

  4. Cholmondeley Castle · 61 km south · Castles & palaces

    1 production, per Wikipedia — The 51st State. Country house in Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England, UK

  5. Kirkstall · 61 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Ghost Stories. Suburb of Leeds

  6. Armley · 61 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — The Damned United. Area of the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

  7. Elland Road · 61 km east · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production — The King's Speech. Football stadium in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

  8. Carl Wark · 61 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia — The Princess Bride. Promontory in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

  9. Appletreewick · 61 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Calendar Girls. Village in North Yorkshire, England, UK

  10. Otley · 61 km north-east · Towns & cities

    5 productions, per Wikipedia — God's Own Country, Emmerdale. Market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England

  11. Morecambe · 61 km north-west · Towns & cities

    2 productions, per Wikipedia — The Entertainer, Stay Close. Town and civil parish in Lancashire, England

  12. Burnsall · 61 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Calendar Girls. Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

+ 203 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Nearby city guides

Manchester, United Kingdom · 18 km Lancaster, United Kingdom · 58 km Leeds · 63 km Sheffield · 67 km Birmingham, United Kingdom · 127 km

Frequently asked questions

How many filming locations are within 100 km of Bolton?

489, 76 of them inside 25 km of the city centre. Every one is on the interactive map.

What is the closest filming location to Bolton?

Breightmet, 3 km east of the centre.

Which filming location near Bolton has the most productions?

Manchester, with 11 recorded productions, 16 km south-east of the centre.

Which is the best known place near Bolton?

Manchester, 16 km from the centre, covered by 185 Wikipedia language editions.