Burnden is a district in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.

It is located about 1 mile (2 km) southeast of Bolton town centre.

The first part "burn" means a stream or a brook and is more popularly used in the Scottish Lowlands.

[1] Burnden Brook was a small tributary of the River Croal, but has since been culverted and now runs beneath Manchester Road.

after the stadium, the Normid superstore and the greyhound track closed in quick succession in the late 1990s.