All Souls Bolton

General information

The Victorian church of All Souls is located in the Crompton area of Bolton and has been redundant since 1986. In 2004 local community members approached the owner of the building - The Churches Conservation Trust - to explore putting it back into use as a community facility and social space.

Following extensive consultation with the local community and a project development grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, CCT and the charity All Souls Bolton has transformed All Souls into a new community building. An innovative design has seen the installation of pods within the church creating ‘a building within a building’, a design that has left the historic fabric largely untouched.

All Souls is now a thriving business and community centre with a focus on heritage and education. We are pleased to host as tenants the community-focused companies Beanstalk, Starts With You, Boo Consultancy, Tabeth Homecare, the Flowhesion Foundation, and Halliwell Local History Society, as well as Rosanna who runs Cafe @ All Souls, serving Italian-inspired food made with love.

The vision for the next few years is to be an asset for Bolton, both as a hub for local businesses and a place where people come together to experience and to learn and to celebrate heritage.