Bolton.....anyone know it? where to park?

[Dave7]

Going there for a day visit.
Dont know the place.
Want the shops really (well Mrs Dave does).
Expect to be there 4 hours(ish) and trying not to pay extortionate rates.

 

[stephec]

Do you mean Bolton?

If you're going on a Saturday the Octogon car park is free, but there's not many spaces left by midday.

I don't know how you'll fill four hours though.

 

[Dave7]

Do you mean Bolton?

If you're going on a Saturday the Octogon car park is free, but there's not many spaces left by midday.

I don't know how you'll fill four hours though.

Sorry.....thread edited to Bolton.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Spelt backwards Bolton is Notlob.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

If its a weekday I usually dump my car on Castle Street, a minute off the A666, a 5 minute walk into town and past Jason Kenny's gold postbox.

Dunno if it'd have space at the weekend with being residential and the side streets behind it permit only.

 

[gaz71]

Bolton Wanderers are at home on Saturday,i dont know if that will affect the parking availability though.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The Homing Pigeon museum is very interesting.

 

[Markymark]

Spelt backwards Bolton is Notlob.

You've been watching Monty Python.

Anyway, back to the point. You're best off parking in London. It may seem a long way back and you'd be right. So best off staying there. It's massively better.

 

[stephec]

The Aquarium?

Have you been there?

 

[stephec]

Bolton Wanderers are at home on Saturday,i dont know if that will affect the parking availability though.

The grounds not in town, it's about six miles away.

 

[smokeysmoo]

The Aquarium?

That would only pass about 4 mins TBH but the museum upstairs from it is very good.

@Dave7 FWIW a lot of Bowtoners, (that's Boltoners in Lancy dialect), actually go to Bury for better shopping, free parking and awesome black puddings

Bolton town centre is awash with pound shops and the like, hell we've even got a pound bakery and a pound chippy FFS

 

[Katherine]

The Bow Street car park is convenient coming off the St. Peter's Way.
I seem to remember that parking is free on Sundays ( I don't go shopping on Sundays anymore as that's usually for cycling now)
Anyway, there's a little car park that I use, quite reasonable, down a little side road called Brown Street, down the hill from Prestons of Bolton.

 

[smokeysmoo]

The Bow Street car park is convenient coming off the St. Peter's Way.

If you mean the multi story on Bow Street that has been condemned and closed down for months.

There is a small car park at the bottom of Bow Street but I don't know the rates as I don't venture into town TBH.

 

[Katherine]

If you mean the multi story on Bow Street that has been condemned and closed down for months.

There is a small car park at the bottom of Bow Street but I don't know the rates as I don't venture into town TBH.

Just checking the map again...

 

[stephec]

Sorry no.

You're not missing anything.

As @smokeysmoo says though, the museum's good.