Mountain

Blackrod

Located in Blackrod, Bolton Coordinates: 53°35′41″ N 2°35′09″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 161 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Blackrod; 0.4 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport34 km; MAN Manchester Airport34 km

About Blackrod

Blackrod is a mountain. Location: Blackrod, Bolton. Elevation: 161 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (34 km). Nearby sights include Haigh and Blackrod Castle Croft.

Photos of Blackrod

University of Bolton Stadium Mark Hammond from London, England · CC BY 2.0
Winter Hill transmitting station Paypwip · CC BY-SA 3.0
DW Stadium Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Climate of Blackrod

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 119 mm

Hottest month: July (day 19°)
Coldest month: February (night 1°)
Wettest month: October (119 mm)
Driest month: May (63 mm)

6° 1°

8° 2°

11° 3°

15° 6°

17° 9°

19° 11°

16° 9°

13° 6°

9° 3°

7° 2°

Jan

104

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

119

Nov

119

Dec

114

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Blackrod
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	6°	8°	11°	15°	17°	19°	19°	16°	13°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	2°	3°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	6°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	104	68	87	66	63	76	75	94	97	119	119	114

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Blackrod

The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 34 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Wigan, 7 km to the southwest.

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 34 kmsouthwest
Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 34 kmsoutheast
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 68 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Wigan Population: 175.4K 7 kmsouthwest
Bolton Population: 141.3K 10 kmeast
Blackburn Population: 146.5K 19 kmnorth
St Helens Population: 183.2K 19 kmsouthwest
Preston Population: 313.3K 20 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Blackrod

Within 100 km: 646 historic and cultural sites, 1,612 natural sites, 244 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km128 places

The Island Island 8 kmNE
Goose Island Island 15 kmW
Pickup Bank Reservoir Lake 16 kmNE
Anglezarke Reservoir Lake 10 kmN

25–60 km580 places

Great Britain Island 59 kmNE
Thurstaston Beach Beach 47 kmSW
Formby Beach Beach 34 kmW
Ainsdale Beach Beach 32 kmW

60–100 km1,794 places

High Moor Mountain 78 kmNW
Roanhead Beach Beach 77 kmNW
The Island Island 94 kmNE
Tuft Rock Island 89 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Blackrod Town, Blackrod
0.4 km SE
Horwich Town, Horwich
2.5 km E
Adlington Town, Adlington
2.5 km NW
Little Scotland Village, Blackrod
0.8 km SW
Haigh Village, Haigh
0.6 km N
Scot Lane End Neighbourhood, Blackrod
2 km SE

Blackrod

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Haigh Mountain, Haigh
2.1 km S
Blackrod Castle Croft Historic site, Blackrod
0.7 km SE
Roscoe Lowe Hill Mountain, Anderton
2.3 km N
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Centre Bolton Attraction, Horwich
2.5 km E
University of Bolton Stadium Landmark, Bolton
3.6 km SE
Winter Hill (boundary) Mountain, North Turton
6.1 km NE
Healey Nab Mountain, Chorley District
7 km N
Spitlers Edge Mountain, Anglezarke
7.5 km NE

Blackrod

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026