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 £60,000 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.
Latest News
At 15:01 today the team was contacted by North West Ambulance Service for an incident in the Tockholes plantations.
A 47 year old male was mountain biking on one of the bridleways and had sustained multiple injuries in a fall from his bike.
An NWAS ambulance crew had reached the patient on foot, and our help was requested to assist with additional equipment and extrication. The male was carried through the wood on stretcher to the waiting ambulance.
We wish the casualty involved a speedy recovery and return to the sport.
Our second visit to Hindley in four days came thanks to a callout at 14:46 yesterday from North West Ambulance Service.
A 33 year old female was reported to have sustained a lower leg injury in the stream valley at Borsdane Woods.
Two team vehicles attended and team members worked alongside an NWAS ambulance crew to treat and evacuate the casualty to the road.
Our best wishes go to the casualty for a full and speedy recovery.
Wednesday night was a busy one for our team. Fourteen team members and four vehicles were busy providing standby rescue cover for the Horwich RMI trail race, the team's leadership was preparing to meet, and other team members were delivering a training session to our new trainees.
At 19:34, the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service for assistance with a casualty who had suffered a serious lower leg injury after slipping on mud in woodland near Hindley. Adaptable as always, we reallocated our resources and 12 team members responded, providing pain relief, splinting the injured limb, and carrying the casualty to the waiting ambulance.
Meanwhile, on the fell race, team members treated two runners who had stumbled near the end of the race, sustaining cuts and grazes.
We wish all the casualties a speedy recovery.
On Call 24 Hours
Search & Rescue
Event Safety Cover
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.