Business Bolton

Bolton Economic Development Zone (EDZ)

Bolton Economic Development Zone (EDZ) and M61 corridor offers significant business benefits to inward investors, drawing on its historical strengths as a centre of excellence in technological innovation and high-tech manufacturing and on its more modern appeal to businesses of all types, from dotcom companies to high end office occupiers.

Straddling the M61 to the west of Bolton, the EDZ is easily accessible from the motorway network which links with Manchester International and Liverpool John Lennon Airports. There are excellent rail services, with direct lines to Bolton town centre, Manchester city centre, Manchester Airport, Preston and Blackpool and their connections to the rest of the UK, while a local bus network looks after those closer to home.

One of the most successful regions in the North West for relocation and business success, Bolton EDZ is nestled within attractive countryside with the West Pennine Moors on its doorstep. Housing is wide-ranging and affordable, and the retail and leisure industries are thriving, with the vibrant town centres of Bolton, Horwich and Westhoughton complementing the facilities of the out-of-town retail and leisure development at Middlebrook.

With a variety of investment opportunities on offer at Middlebrook Business Park and  Wingates Industrial Estate, development sites at the former Horwich Loco Works, Hercules Business Park and at Cutacre, Bolton EDZ and M61 corridor has the potential to provide everything a business needs to succeed.

Ways to get in touch

For more information, contact Andrew Holden, Principal Project Officer, on 01204 336142 or email at andrew.holden@bolton.gov.uk