Westhoughton Lions banner: Be part of our Lions family! New players welcome, from our cubs to our teams, there's a place for everyone. Make new friends, build confidence and team spirit, learn new skills and have fun. All abilities welcome, boys and girls aged 3 and up. Photos show young players with rugby balls, the club mascot, and junior and senior teams.

Try rugby league free for four weeks

Players of all ages are welcome at The Den. Tell us a date of birth and we'll put you in touch with the right person.

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Around the club

The Den clubhouse set up with round tables for an event

The Den

Event space for hire

Weddings, parties, business meetings and community events, all under one roof at our clubhouse.

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Find your team

Teams are grouped by school year, so the right one depends on a date of birth. We work it out here in your browser. Nothing you type is sent or stored.

How joining works

  1. Get in touch. Your coach is the first person to speak to, and they'll tell you when and where to turn up.
  2. Try it free for four weeks. Come along, meet the team and see if rugby league is for you before you commit to anything.
  3. Join in. If you'd like to carry on, your coach will take you through enrolling.

Our teams

Senior Teams

Junior Teams

Privacy Notice

Last updated: 1 October 2026

Who we are

Westhoughton Lions ARLFC ("the Club", "we", "us") is the data controller for the personal information described in this notice. We're based at The Den, Cunningham Road, Bolton, BL5 2AN.

Information we collect

If you contact us by email, or submit a venue hire enquiry through the form on our Venue Hire page, we collect the details you provide — such as your name, email address, and the content of your message — in order to respond to you.

Our Visit Us page embeds a Google Map to help you find the club. Loading this map allows Google to set cookies and process data in line with Google's own privacy policy, which we don't control.

We don't currently use analytics or advertising cookies on this site. If that changes, we'll update this notice.

How we use your information

We use the information you provide only to respond to your enquiry or request, and for no other purpose without your consent. We don't sell your personal data.

Sharing your information

Where we use third-party services to run parts of the site such as Google Maps, or Microsoft Forms for venue hire enquiries those providers process data under their own privacy policies.

How long we keep it

We keep enquiry correspondence only for as long as needed to deal with your request, and for a reasonable period afterwards, before deleting it.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to ask us what personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected, to ask us to delete it, and to object to how it's used. To exercise these rights, or if you have any questions about this notice, please contact us at [email protected].

If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, you can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.

Changes to this notice

We may update this notice from time to time as the site develops. The latest version will always be published here.