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Bolton, Bradford — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bolton is a district of Bradford whose older fabric survives at Bolton Old Hall, Ivy Hall and the houses and barn of Hodgson Fold.
About Bolton
Where to stay in Bolton
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Bolton keeps its rooms thin. The district reads as a Bradford suburb with a handful of older buildings rather than a base in its own right, so the Church of St James corner and the Cliffe Road Lodge side are where a stay would sit. Hodgson Fold is quieter still.
Bradford itself carries the choice, a short run in from Bolton Old Hall and the Ivy Hall end.
About Bolton
What are the main landmarks in Bolton?
Halls dominate the list. Bolton Old Hall, Ivy Hall and Bolton House are the three named houses, with the Church of St James the parish entry that fixes them on the district's map. Hodgson Fold adds the rest.
Numbers 11, 12 and 13 stand there as one record and 14 with its adjoining barn as another, while the Beaumont Memorial Fountain marks the ground north of Cliffe Road Lodge.
What is the history of Bolton?
Bolton Old Hall keeps the earliest name. Ivy Hall and Bolton House sit on the same short register, three named houses in a district whose recorded fabric runs to only a handful of entries. The Church of St James took the parish.
Commemoration is represented by the Beaumont Memorial Fountain, north of Cliffe Road Lodge, the one piece of street furniture the district carries on that record.
Where is Bolton?
The district lies within Bradford, its recorded buildings gathered along Hodgson Fold and around Cliffe Road Lodge at the far edge.
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Updated August 2026