Bolton-le-Sands

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Bolton-le-Sands
latitude= 54.109
longitude= -2.789
civil_parish=
population = 7,000
shire_district= City of Lancaster
shire_county= Lancashire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Morecambe and Lunesdale
post_town= CARNFORTH
postcode_area= LA
postcode_district= LA5
dial_code= 01524
os_grid_reference= SD485685

Bolton-le-Sands is a large village in the Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. As of 2001, it had a population of around 7,000.

Referred to as "Bodeltone" in the Domesday book, the village was known as Bolton until the arrival of the railways, when the name was changed to Bolton-le-Sands to differentiate from similarly named towns on the same line, such as Bolton in Greater Manchester.

The oldest church in the village, founded prior to 1094, is the Church of England Holy Trinity church, originally dedicated to St Michael. The oldest part of the current building is the tower, supposed to have been built around 1500. The nave and chancel date from the 19th century. The other churches are the Roman Catholic St. Mary of the Angels and the Christ Church United Reformed Church.

The Lancaster Canal, built in the 1790s, is a major feature of the village. Also passing through the village is the A6 and the West Coast Main Line, although the railway station closed in 1969.

The Village includes three pubs: The Royal Hotel, situated on the A6, The Packet Boat, and the Blue Anchor are both within the centre of the village, along the main street.

Bolton-le-Sands also have a football team, they play at Main Road, behind the aforementioned Packet Boat pub.

There is another Football team based in the village: Villa Royale, they play at Ryelands Park, just north of Lancaster.

The village has one school, Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School, with around 300 pupils from the ages of 4 to 11 in a modern school building. The school is a successor to the old Boys' Free Grammar School, which dates from 1657, with the 19th century school building still used for community education. The school building was also home to the Bolton-le-Sands library until 1973, when the library was moved into a newly built site in the village centre. [cite web |url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/librarydetails/libhist.asp?name=Bolton-le-Sands |title=History of Bolton-le-Sands |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=Lancashire County Council ]

The village has a very active scout group that meets in the scout hut on the village playing fields. It has three sections Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and its website can be found at http://blsscouts.awardspace.com

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Geography

geocompass
hub = Bolton-le-Sands
type = ex
NN = Carnforth, Kendal
WW = Morecambe Bay, Barrow-in-Furness
SS = Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham