South Turton

South Turton is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. There is no settlement or administrative area of South Turton; instead the name is a modern coinage to describe the area transferred to Bolton in 1974 from the former Turton Urban District in Lancashire. The area forms part of the built up area of Bolton, with the main suburbs within the area being Bradshaw and Bromley Cross. South Turton lies on the southern slopes of the West Pennine Moors, and had a population of 25,067 in 2007. Turton Urban District was abolished in 1974 and was divided between the Bolton district of Greater Manchester and the Blackburn district of Lancashire. The northern part of Turton, including the village itself (now generally known as Chapeltown), became a civil parish called North Turton. In contrast, no parish was created for the part of the former urban district transferred to Bolton. As well as Bradshaw and Bromley Cross, South Turton includes Eagley, Egerton and Harwood. Between 2000 and 2008, Bolton council ran a South Turton Area Forum as a committee for local issues to be discussed. The South Turton Area Forum was abolished in 2008 being split into separate forums for each electoral ward, with the council having decided the forums needed to be more relevant to local communities.