Bolton Old Links Golf Club

Tracing back to the original 1891 Bolton Golf Club, the members who stayed at the Smithills course on the edge of the West Pennine Moors after a 1912 split adopted the name Bolton Old Links, while others moved on to found the present-day Bolton Golf Club at Lostock Park. This heathland/moorland course retains a wilder, more rugged character than its lowland neighbours.