Welcome to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team is a voluntary search and rescue charity and a member of Mountain Rescue England and Wales that represents 49 teams. Bolton MRT is made up entirely of volunteers who are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We cover an area of over 800 square kilometres extending from Darwen in the West Pennine Moors to the north to beyond Manchester Airport in the south, and from Wigan to the west to the centre of Manchester in the east.
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team
The chances are you will never need our services. However, since 1968, a great many have. Our callouts are diverse. For example, we help walkers, runners, bikers, climbers and even dogs that have found themselves in a precarious position. We also search for members of the public who are missing outside of urban areas, particularly those classed as vulnerable by the police.
It costs around £50,000 per year to run the team. Securing this amount of money each year is a constant challenge. We rely on the generosity of the public and other organisations who provide us with donations. Visit the donations page to learn more about how you can help raise money for the team.
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All at Bolton Mountain Rescue Team would like to pass on a huge thank you to Christine, at Asda’s Astley Bridge store, for kindly donating cans of Lucozade to our team.
Support like this helps keep our volunteers fuelled and ready to respond 24/7 to emergencies across our area. We’re incredibly grateful for the continued backing from the community. It really does make a difference.
Thank you, Christine and Asda, for your generosity!
This Sunday, 9th November, members of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team will be attending the annual Remembrance Service at Lead Mines Clough, near Rivington.
The service provides an opportunity to honour and remember those who gave their lives in service, including the crew of the Wellington Bomber Z8799, which tragically crashed on Winter Hill in 1943.
Team members will join others from the local community and uniformed organisations to pay their respects in this poignant and historic setting.
We’re proud to continue this tradition each year, standing together in remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The service begins at 11:00, and we recommend getting there from 10:30.
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In case of an emergency, DIAL 999, ask for ‘Police’ then ‘Mountain Rescue’
Give all your prepared details of the incident and ‘STAY WHERE YOU ARE’ until contacted by the rescue team.
If you have to make a further 999 call, follow this procedure in full again.