Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.

[3] Blackrod is reputed to be the site of a Roman station[4] and they built a fort on the northern side of the town, on what is now a residential area called Castle Croft.

In the first half of the 12th century the manor of Blackrod was held by William Peverel, but was confiscated by the king and in 1190 it was granted to Hugh le Norreys.

[2] Arley Hall was an estate in the west of the township held by William le Walsh in 1393 and later by Standishes and Norrises.

Lying within the county boundaries of Lancashire since the early 12th century, Blackrod was a chapelry and township in the ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Hundred of Salford.

Blackrod was within the administrative county of Lancashire but after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 the Urban District became part of Bolton Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester in 1974.

Besides Blackrod village, the parish includes the small settlements of Little Scotland and Scot Lane End.

The parish church was enlarged in 1776, galleries added in 1837, the roof renewed in 1894, the chancel rebuilt in 1905 and nave in 1911.

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada.

Television signals are received from the nearby Winter Hill TV transmitter situated north east of the town.