Farnworth

For other uses, see Farnworth (disambiguation).
"New Bury" redirects here. Not to be confused with Newbury.

Farnworth
Farnworth is located in Greater Manchester
Farnworth
Farnworth
Location within Greater Manchester
Population26,939 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSD7305
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBOLTON
Postcode districtBL4
Dialling code01204
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°32′43″N 2°24′00″W / 53.5452°N 2.3999°W / 53.5452; -2.3999

Farnworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England,[2] 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Bolton, 4 miles south-west of Bury (7 km), and 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Manchester.

Within the historic county of Lancashire, Farnworth lies on the River Irwell and River Croal. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 26,939.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NOMIS2011Farnworthsubdiv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - D to F. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2007.