Bolton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hedgeley, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north side of the River Aln, about two miles (3 km) east by north from Whittingham, and 5+1⁄2 miles west from Alnwick. It has a chapel and a small number of residential properties.

The River Aln runs through the county of Northumberland in England. It rises in Alnham in the Cheviot Hills and discharges into the North Sea at Alnmouth on the east coast of England.