house in about 1985). Before demolition in 1996, the University of Manchester's Archaeological Unit spent three weeks on the Sefton Fold Farm site. The team excavated a moated site of late medieval origins and pottery believed to date from the late 16th or early 17th centuries was found. When development started, the site was partly covered by a roundabout. The farmhouse's 1666/1811 date stone, 1860s cooking range and other items were saved and can be seen at the Heritage Centre in Horwich. Development Emerson Group began developing the two hundred acre Middlebrook retail, leisure and business complex started in 1996, and the first businesses were operating from the site in 1998. The out of town retail centre, contains retail shops and stores, a twelve screen cinema, ten-pin bowling alley, cafés and restaurants, two hotels, and the Bolton Arena Sports & Leisure Complex. Horwich Police Station is located on Burnden Way at the Middlebrook site. At the centre of the site is the University of Bolton Stadium (formerly Macron Stadium and previously Reebok Stadium), home of Bolton Wanderers F.C. which was inaugurated on 1 September 1997, when the first game between Bolton and Everton was played. Transport The Middlebrook site is adjacent to Junction 6 of the M61 motorway. The A6027 connects the A6 with the motorway, the retail and business parks and the A673 road to Horwich and Bolton. There is a regular train service provided by Northern at Horwich Parkway railway station where there is a Park and Ride facility with trains to Bolton, Manchester and Preston. There are also bus services which include the 516/ 517 from Leigh and 574/ 576/ 577, also from Bolton. References External links Middlebrook Retail & Leisure Park Bolton Arena Virtual Drive around Middlebrook Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Areas of Greater Manchester Shopping centres in Greater Manchester