Why go
- A city in United Kingdom on the Ultimate map — explore nearby destinations, hotels and attractions from here.
History
Bolton, UK is a city in United Kingdom. We do not yet hold a written history for it — the sources below are the best starting points, and this page will be expanded into a full guidebook.
Airports
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 50 airlines, 146 direct destinations
- Transavia France TO (737-800, 75W, 76W, 787-8) · 41 routes: Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Amilcar Cabral, Antalya, Arrecife, Boa Vista, Bodrum, Cancun, Catania, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Kerkyra/corfu, Kos, Larnaca, Malaga, Marrakech, Menorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Preveza, Pula, Punta Cana, Reus, Rhodos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife, Thira, Venice, Villafranca … +1 more
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 36 routes: Alicante, Arrecife, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Beziers, Bologna, Bremen, Budapest, Charleroi, Dublin, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Gerona, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Kerkyra/corfu, Krakow, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Reus, Riga, Rome, Rygge, Rzeszow, Tallinn-ulemiste International, Tenerife, Trapani, Valencia, Warsaw, Zadar
- Jet2.com LS (737-300, 737-800, 75W, 737-800, 757-200) · 35 routes: Alicante, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bodrum, Budapest, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jersey, Kos, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris, Pisa, Prague, Pula, Reus, Rhodos, Rome, Split, Tenerife, Toulouse, Venice, Vienna, Zakynthos
- easyJet U2 (A320, A319) · 32 routes: Alicante, Amsterdam, Antalya, Athens, Belfast, Berlin, Bilbao, Catania, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Geneva, Hamburg, Heraklion, Keflavik, Kerkyra/corfu, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Moscow, Mulhouse, Munich, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Prague, Sharm El Sheikh, Sofia, Tel-aviv, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Thira, Venice
- Monarch Airlines ZB (A321, A320, 757-200, A330-200) · 25 routes: Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bodrum, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife, Venice, Villafranca
- Thomsonfly BY (737-800, 75W, 76W) · 19 routes: Agadir, Amilcar Cabral, Arrecife, Boa Vista, Cancun, Dalaman, Enfidha, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Larnaca, Malta, Marrakech, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Punta Cana, Rhodos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Flybe BE (Dash 8-400, Embraer 175, D38) · 18 routes: Aberdeen, Belfast, Connaught, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hannover, Inverness, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Milano, Nantes, Newquai, Norwich*, Paris, Southampton, Waterford
- Thomas Cook Airlines MT (A321, A330-200, 757-300, 767-300, 757-200) · 16 routes: Antalya, Arrecife, Bodrum, Cancun, Cunagua, Dalaman, Enfidha, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Larnaca, Las Vegas, Malta, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Condor Flugdienst DE (330, 757, A320) · 11 routes: Arrecife*, Cancun*, Fuerteventura, Hewandorra*, Ibiza, Las Vegas*, Montego Bay*, Orlando*, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Zakynthos
- British Airways BA (FRJ, A319, A320, A321, 757, 767-300…) · 6 routes: Billund*, Chicago*, Gothenborg*, Helsinki*, London, New York*
- Virgin Atlantic Airways VS (747-400, A320, 76W, 777-300ER) · 6 routes: Atlanta*, Bridgetown, Las Vegas, London*, Munich*, Orlando
- American Airlines AA (A319, A320, A321, A330-200, 757, 767-300…) · 5 routes: Chicago, Helsinki*, London*, New York, Philadelphia
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (A319, A320, A321, 737-300, 757-200, CRJ-900…) · 4 routes: Duesseldorf*, Frankfurt, Munich, Newark*
- Scandinavian Airlines System SK (736, 717, A319, A320, A321, 737-800…) · 4 routes: Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm
- US Airways US (A330-200, A330-300, 757, 767-300) · 4 routes: Chicago, Doha, New York, Philadelphia
- Aer Lingus EI (ATR 72, A320, AT4) · 3 routes: Cork*, Dublin, Shannon*
- Air France AF (A320, A321, 76W, Embraer 175, Dash 8-400) · 3 routes: Atlanta*, Nantes*, Paris
- Air Transat TS (330, 310) · 3 routes: Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver
- Delta Air Lines DL (747-400, 76W) · 3 routes: Atlanta, Las Vegas*, Orlando*
- Finnair AY (757, 767-300, Embraer 190) · 3 routes: Chicago*, Helsinki*, New York*
- Iberia Airlines IB (A319, A320, A321, 757, 767-300) · 3 routes: Chicago*, London*, New York*
- Norwegian Air Shuttle DY (737-800) · 3 routes: Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm
- Pakistan International Airlines PK (777) · 3 routes: Islamabad, Lahore, New York
- Germanwings 4U (A319, CRJ) · 2 routes: Cologne, Hamburg
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL (737, EMJ, F70, 76W) · 2 routes: Amsterdam, Atlanta*
- Thai Airways International TG (A320, 717, 736, CRJ-900, 737-800) · 2 routes: Copenhagen*, Stockholm*
- Aegean Airlines A3 (A320) · 1 route: Athens
- Air Malta KM (A320) · 1 route: Malta
- Air Sicilia BM (ERJ-145) · 1 route: Aberdeen
- Alitalia AZ (A320, A321) · 1 route: Paris*
- Aurigny Air Services GR (ATR 72) · 1 route: Guernsey
- Brussels Airlines SN (A319, AR1, Dash 8-400) · 1 route: Brussels
- Egyptair MS (737-800) · 1 route: Cairo
- Emirates EK (A380, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Dubai
- Etihad Airways EY (A330-200, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Abu Dhabi
- Icelandair FI (75W) · 1 route: Keflavik
- Libyan Arab Airlines LN (A320) · 1 route: Tripoli
- Nas Air XY (330) · 1 route: Jeddah
- Olympic Airlines OA (A320) · 1 route: Athens*
- Qantas QF (A380, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Dubai*
- Qatar Airways QR (A330-200, A330-300) · 1 route: Doha
- Saudi Arabian Airlines SV (777) · 1 route: Jeddah
- Singapore Airlines Cargo SQ (777-300ER) · 1 route: Munich
- South African Airways SA (A319) · 1 route: Munich*
- Swiss International Air Lines LX (Fokker 100, A320, AR1) · 1 route: Zurich
- TAP Portugal TP (A319, A320) · 1 route: Lisbon
- Transaero Airlines UN (A330-300) · 1 route: London
- Turkish Airlines TK (A321) · 1 route: Istanbul
- United Airlines UA (757-200) · 1 route: Newark
- Virgin Australia VA (777-300ER) · 1 route: Munich*
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 4 airlines, 48 direct destinations
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 33 routes: Alicante, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bergerac, Bratislava, Carcassonne, Connaught, Cork, Dublin, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Kos, Krakow, Limoges, Londonderry, Malaga, Malta, Nimes, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Poznan, Reus, Rhodos, Sandefjord, Shannon, Szczecin, Tenerife, Vilnius, Warsaw, Wroclaw
- easyJet U2 (A319, A320) · 22 routes: Alicante, Amsterdam, Arrecife, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Bodrum, Faro, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Krakow, Larnaca, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Naples, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Rhodos
- Wizz Air W6 (A320) · 2 routes: Gdansk, Warsaw
- Flybe BE (Dash 8-400) · 1 route: Isle Of Man
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Getting there by ferry
Where things are
Photographs
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When to go
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. We do not yet hold airport or rail details for Bolton, UK — check the official tourism sources below for the best routes in. By water: 2 ferry terminals within 12 mi (nearest: Manchester River Cruises Salford Quays, 9.4 mi).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Bolton, UK. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Trains & rail
Coaches & shuttles
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.