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Belmont Reservoir the home of Bolton Sailing Club
Bolton Sailing Club. Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Bolton Sailing Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

26Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 8 kn gusting 15, onshore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 30 out of 100

Wind
ENE 8 knF3
Gusts
17kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
9°C

Wed 4 · 42 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 knF3
Gusts
17kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 36 out of 100

Wind
E 11 knF4
Gusts
23kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 15 out of 100

Wind
ESE 8 knF3
Gusts
17kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
9°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 2 knF1
Gusts
4kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
8°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 2 knF1
Gusts
7kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
8°C

Mon 9 · 19 out of 100

Wind
ESE 7 knF3
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
7°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 245, fair
  2. Tue 346, fair
  3. Wed 453, fair
  4. Thu 573, good
  5. Fri 623, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 919, poor
  9. Tue 1020, poor
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in four facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Best Feb–Mar5 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Bolton Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov45, fairwind from the north-north-east, 8 knotsF317knside-on–10°C
Tue 3Nov46, fairwind from the east-north-east, 8 knotsF317knon–9°C
Wed 4Nov53, fairwind from the east-north-east, 9 knotsF317knon–9°C
Thu 5Nov73, goodwind from the east, 11 knotsF423knside-on–10°C
Fri 6Nov23, poorwind from the east-south-east, 8 knotsF317knside-on–9°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north, 2 knotsF14knside-on–8°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 2 knotsF17knside-on–8°C
Mon 9Nov19, poorwind from the east-south-east, 7 knotsF314knside-on–7°C
Tue 10Nov20, poorwind from the south-east, 7 knotsF318knside–9°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the east, 4 knotsF210knside-on–10°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best Feb–Mar

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Bolton Sailing Club

Belmont Reservoir, Bolton Sailing Club
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bolton Sailing Club
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bolton Sailing Club and Belmont Reservoir
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Bolton Sailing Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually February and March, with about 5 good days in 7; in May, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bolton.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,110–US$2,080 each

about US$1,110–US$2,080 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MAN, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$436–US$906
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$74–US$121
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$282–US$470
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Totalabout US$1,110–US$2,080

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Bolton

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Closest

Bolton

about 15 min by car · 16 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 16 places to stay in Bolton · Booking.com

About Bolton its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 20m

About 16h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MAN, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 55 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.