Blackrod is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is 3.9mi north-northeast of Wigan and 6.6mi west of Bolton. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Blackrod had a population of 5,300, but reduced to 5,001 at the United Kingdom Census 2011. Historically a part of Lancashire, Blackrod was once a centre for coal mining
