Little Lever used to be a village of its own. It used to have its own council and police station and even its own canal system and train station.The village is twinned with Le Mans in France and Paderborn in Germany. In the actaul village there are lots of things. It has lots of pubs, quite a few primary schools, churches, a library and some shops. There are regular buses that go from the village to and from Bolton town centre. Then from Bolton town centre you can get buses to places like Manchester or any other places you want to go. I use the buses quite regularly, to go to town or the cinemas or wherever, I find that they are quite reliable.