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Sharples, Bolton — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sharples is a suburb north of Bolton in Greater Manchester, once a township of Bolton le Moors holding Banktop, Folds and Water-Meetings.
About Sharples
Where to stay in Sharples
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Bolton holds the beds. Sharples sits two and a half miles north of the town, a suburb whose record runs to Bosco House and Thornleigh House rather than to anything with a reception desk. Astley Bridge falls partly inside its old bounds. A base in Sharples suits you when the address itself matters, with a call in Banktop or Folds on the day's list, and Bolton absorbs every other version of the same trip.
About Sharples
What are the main landmarks in Sharples?
Two houses carry the name. Bosco House and Thornleigh House are the entries the record fixes to Sharples, and neither turns a residential stretch north of Bolton into a stop on anyone's itinerary. What remains are settlement names with long memories: Sweet-Loves, High-Houses, Water-Meetings, Piccadilly.
Old Houses and Gale belong to the same list.
What is the history of Sharples?
Sharples was a township. It belonged to the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors, in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, before Greater Manchester took in this stretch of ground north of the town. Within it sat Banktop, Sweet-Loves, High-Houses, Gale, Folds, Belmont, Piccadilly, Water-Meetings and Old Houses, along with part of Astley Bridge.
The record keeps Bosco House and Thornleigh House.
Where is Sharples?
Sharples lies two and a half miles north of Bolton in Greater Manchester, on township ground that also took in Folds and part of Astley Bridge.
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Updated September 2026