About the town » Boothstown, City and Borough of Salford, England, Great Britain

Boothstown is a residential village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. There is also a ward of the City of Salford called Boothstown and Ellenbrook. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,599. It is situated to the west of the City of Salford, bordered to the north by the East Lancashire Road A580 and to the south by the Bridgewater Canal. Historically Boothstown or Booth Town was a hamlet partly in Worsley township in the parish of Eccles, and partly in Tyldesley in the parish of Leigh. The boundary was the Stirrup Brook. It lies 6.8 miles (10.9 km) northwest of Salford, 9.8 miles (15.8 km) northwest of Manchester and 10 miles (16.1 km) southeast of Wigan. Astley is to the west, to the north is Walkden and to the east is Worsley where there is a transport interchange between the M60, M62 & M602 motorways. Once known for its mining community, Boothstown is now a mainly residential area.