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href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Chorley" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chorley" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Chorley" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chorley" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C" title="چورلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چورلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chorley" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Chorley" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" 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centre</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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style="top:62.941%;left:60%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Chorley"><img alt="Chorley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Chorley</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Shown within Chorley Borough</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the Borough of Chorley</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" 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class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chorley&params=53.653_N_2.632_W_region:GB_type:city(36682)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°39′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°37′55″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.653°N 2.632°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.653; -2.632</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chorley</b> is a town and the administrative centre of the wider <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Chorley" title="Borough of Chorley">Borough of Chorley</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 8 miles (13 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a>, 11 miles (18 km) south west of <a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a>, 11 miles (18 km) north west of <a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a>, 12 miles (19 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a> and 20 miles (32 km) north west of <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>. The town's wealth came principally from the <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> industry. </p><p>In the 1970s, the skyline was dominated by factory chimneys, but most have now been demolished: remnants of the industrial past include Morrisons chimney and other mill buildings, and the streets of terraced houses for mill workers. Chorley is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Chorley_cake" title="Chorley cake">Chorley cake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Chorley</i> comes from two <a href="/wiki/Old_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old English language">Anglo-Saxon</a> words, <i lang="ang"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ceorl#Old_English" class="extiw" title="wikt:ceorl">ċeorl</a></i> and <i lang="ang"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leah#Old_English" class="extiw" title="wikt:leah">lēah</a></i>, probably meaning "the <a href="/wiki/Peasant" title="Peasant">peasants</a>' clearing".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i lang="enm"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ley#Middle_English" class="extiw" title="wikt:ley">Ley</a></i> (also <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">lēah</i></span> or <i lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leigh#English" class="extiw" title="wikt:leigh">leigh</a></i>) is a common element of place-name, meaning a clearing in a woodland; <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">ċeorl</i></span> refers to a person of status similar to a <a href="/wiki/Franklin_(class)" title="Franklin (class)">freeman</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Yeoman" title="Yeoman">yeoman</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prehistory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was no known occupation in Chorley until the Middle Ages, though archaeological evidence has shown that the area around the town has been inhabited since at least the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are various remains of prehistoric occupation on the nearby <a href="/wiki/Anglezarke" title="Anglezarke">Anglezarke</a> Moor, including the <a href="/wiki/Round_Loaf" title="Round Loaf">Round Loaf</a> tumulus which is believed to date from 3500 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A pottery <a href="/wiki/Burial_urn" class="mw-redirect" title="Burial urn">burial urn</a> from this period was discovered in 1963 on land next to <a href="/wiki/Astley_Hall_(Chorley)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astley Hall (Chorley)">Astley Hall</a> Farm and later excavation in the 1970s revealed another burial urn and four cremation pits dating from the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_period">Roman period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roman period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman</a> era a Roman road ran near Chorley between <a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walton-le-Dale" title="Walton-le-Dale">Walton-le-Dale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hoards dating from the Roman period have also been found nearby at <a href="/wiki/Whittle-le-Woods" title="Whittle-le-Woods">Whittle-le-Woods</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heapey" title="Heapey">Heapey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_period">Medieval period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chorley was not listed in the <i><a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a></i> of 1086, though it is thought to be one of the twelve <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berewick" class="extiw" title="wikt:berewick">berewicks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Leyland_Hundred" title="Leyland Hundred">Leyland Hundred</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chorley first appears in historical records in the mid thirteenth century as part of the portion of the <a href="/wiki/Croston" title="Croston">Croston</a> Lordship acquired by William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, around 1250.<sup id="cite_ref-ChorleyVCR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChorleyVCR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Earl established Chorley as a small borough comprising a two-row settlement arranged along what later became Market Street.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report13-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It appears that the borough was short lived, as it does not appear in a report of a commission on the Leyland Hundred in 1341.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is most likely that the borough was sacked by the Scots during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Raid_of_1322" title="Great Raid of 1322">Great Raid of 1322</a>, with Chorley being one of the southernmost points reached in <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a>. This led to the construction of a <a href="/wiki/Peel_tower" title="Peel tower">Peel tower</a>, which said to have been located somewhere close to <a href="/wiki/Duxbury_Hall" title="Duxbury Hall">Duxbury Hall</a>. </p><p>The manorial history of Chorley is complex as the manor had no single lord throughout most of this period, as it had been split into <a href="/wiki/Moiety_title" title="Moiety title">moieties</a> and was managed by several different families.<sup id="cite_ref-ChorleyVCR_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChorleyVCR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to Chorley having several manorial halls, which in this period included Chorley Hall, built in the 14th century by the de Chorley family, which has since the 19th or 20th century been demolished. Very little is known of Chorley Hall, although according to what the painter <a href="/wiki/John_Bird_(artist)" title="John Bird (artist)">John Bird</a> painted in 1795, its location to where it once stood is said to have been where The Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School now stands, with phantom steps near to the school within Astley Park being the only physical clue to the hall's existence. There is also Lower Chorley Hall, which was owned by the Gillibrand family from 1583 (later rebuilt in the 19th century as Gillibrand Hall).<sup id="cite_ref-ChorleyVCR_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChorleyVCR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report14_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is believed the borough of Chorley was not a success in this period because of the lack of manorial leadership and the dispersed nature of the small population.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report14_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Chorley" title="St Laurence's Church, Chorley">St Laurence's Church</a> is the oldest remaining building in Chorley and first appears in historical records when it was <a href="/wiki/Dedication_(ritual)" title="Dedication (ritual)">dedicated</a> in 1362, though it is believed there was already an earlier <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> chapel on the site which was a daughter foundation of Croston Parish Church.<sup id="cite_ref-ChorleyVCR_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChorleyVCR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report14_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is believed that the church is named after <a href="/wiki/Lorc%C3%A1n_Ua_Tuathail" title="Lorcán Ua Tuathail">Saint Laurence</a>, an Irish saint who died in <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> in the 12th century, whose bones were conveyed to the church by local noble Sir Rowland Standish<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Duxbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Duxbury">Duxbury</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an ancestor of <a href="/wiki/Myles_Standish" title="Myles Standish">Myles Standish</a> (an English military officer hired by the <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim Fathers">Pilgrims</a> as military adviser for their <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth expedition</a> to the New World).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As happened in many other instances following the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">Dissolution of the Monasteries</a>, these relics went missing in the turmoil of the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a> under the rule of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chorley was granted a market charter by <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">Henry VII</a> in 1498 and have since held it every Tuesday. Before the reformation, it would coincide with a fair that was held annually on the feast of <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_of_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawrence of Rome">St Lawrence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chorley:_Historic_Town_Assessment_Report1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century_to_present">19th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 19th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_Town_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Chorley_Town_Hall.jpg/220px-Chorley_Town_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Chorley_Town_Hall.jpg/330px-Chorley_Town_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Chorley_Town_Hall.jpg/440px-Chorley_Town_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chorley_Town_Hall" title="Chorley Town Hall">Chorley Town Hall</a> by the architects <a href="/wiki/John_Ladds" title="John Ladds">John Ladds</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Powell_(architect)" title="William Henry Powell (architect)">William Henry Powell</a> (opened 1879)</figcaption></figure> <p>Chorley, like most Lancashire towns, gained its wealth from the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> of the 19th century which was also responsible for the town's growth. Chorley was a vital cotton town with many mills littering the skyline up to the late twentieth century. Most mills were demolished between the 1950s and 2000s with those remaining converted for modern business purposes. Today only a minority remain in use for actual manufacturing, and the last mill to stop producing textiles was Lawrence's in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also, given its location on the edge of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Coalfield" title="Lancashire Coalfield">Lancashire Coalfield</a>, Chorley was vital in <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> mining. Several pits existed in <a href="/wiki/Duxbury_Woods" title="Duxbury Woods">Duxbury Woods</a>, the Gillibrand area and more numerously in <a href="/wiki/Coppull" title="Coppull">Coppull</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chisnall_Hall_Colliery" title="Chisnall Hall Colliery">Chisnall Hall Colliery</a> at <a href="/wiki/Coppull" title="Coppull">Coppull</a> was considered the biggest Lancashire pit outside of Wigan and one of many located in the Chorley suburb. The last pit in the area to close was the <a href="/wiki/Ellerbeck_Colliery" title="Ellerbeck Colliery">Ellerbeck Colliery</a> in 1987 which was located south of Chorley, between <a href="/wiki/Coppull" title="Coppull">Coppull</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adlington,_Lancashire" title="Adlington, Lancashire">Adlington</a>. </p><p>The town played an important role during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, when it was home to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ordnance_Factory" title="Royal Ordnance Factory">Royal Ordnance Factory</a>, a large munitions manufacturer in the village of <a href="/wiki/Euxton" title="Euxton">Euxton</a> about 2 miles (3 km) from the town centre. A smaller factory was also built near the railway line of Blackburn–Wigan in <a href="/wiki/Heapey" title="Heapey">Heapey</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Chorley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/St_Laurence%27s_Church%2C_Chorley.jpg/220px-St_Laurence%27s_Church%2C_Chorley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/St_Laurence%27s_Church%2C_Chorley.jpg/330px-St_Laurence%27s_Church%2C_Chorley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/St_Laurence%27s_Church%2C_Chorley.jpg/440px-St_Laurence%27s_Church%2C_Chorley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Chorley" title="St Laurence's Church, Chorley">St. Laurence's Church</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_parish_church" title="Church of England parish church">Church of England parish church</a> of <a href="/wiki/St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Chorley" title="St Laurence's Church, Chorley">St Laurence</a>, located on Union Street, has been a place of Christian worship for over 800 years.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church of England parish church of St George, situated on St George's Street, is an important example of the work of architect <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rickman" title="Thomas Rickman">Thomas Rickman</a>, a major figure in the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival</a>. It was built as a <a href="/wiki/Commissioners%27_church" title="Commissioners' church">Commissioners' church</a> in 1822.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>St Mary's Roman Catholic Church is based in the town centre at Mount Pleasant. The parish was founded in 1847, in a chapel in Chapel Street. The land for the church was purchased in 1851 and the first building erected in 1853. It was opened in June 1853. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The church can sit 750 persons. <a href="/wiki/Pugin_%26_Pugin" title="Pugin & Pugin">Pugin & Pugin</a> of London and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hansom" title="Joseph Hansom">Hansom</a> are the architects.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chorley United Reformed Church<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is one of the oldest and largest <a href="/wiki/United_Reformed_Church" title="United Reformed Church">United Reformed Churches</a> in the north west.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Founded in 1792 as an Independent Church it later affiliated to the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational church</a> and in 1972 voted to become part of the new United Reformed Church (URC).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The church is home to the oldest <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Scout Troop</a> in the town, established in 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2017 it was announced that the church building, which had been at its current site since 1792, would be demolished, and the congregation relocated to other premises.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These plans never came to fruition and the church building was instead refurbished in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The church has a Junior Church together with Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Rainbows, Brownies and Guides. During 2012, the church became the first church to advertise from the air when a very large cross was painted on the church car park. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mormon_Temple,_Chorley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118142.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mormon_Temple%2C_Chorley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118142.jpg/220px-Mormon_Temple%2C_Chorley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118142.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mormon_Temple%2C_Chorley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118142.jpg/330px-Mormon_Temple%2C_Chorley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118142.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mormon_Temple%2C_Chorley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118142.jpg/440px-Mormon_Temple%2C_Chorley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_118142.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Preston_England_Temple" title="Preston England Temple">Preston England Temple</a> which serves the Latter-day Saint population of Northern England, Scotland and all Ireland</figcaption></figure> <p>In the north of the town, there is a park containing a meeting house and a temple of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church). The temple, which is regarded as a local landmark,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the largest LDS temple in Europe<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and named the <a href="/wiki/Preston_England_Temple" title="Preston England Temple">Preston England Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction on the temple commenced in 1994 and was completed in 1998. Connected to the temple campus is the England Missionary Training Centre for the LDS Church which houses church representatives preparing to fill proselytizing and service assignments in Great Britain and other parts of Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chorley's only <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is to be found on the corner of Brooke Street and Charnock Street. The building officially opened in March 2006, having been in planning for over three years. A second mosque opened in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_Council.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chorley_Council.JPG/220px-Chorley_Council.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chorley_Council.JPG/330px-Chorley_Council.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Chorley_Council.JPG/440px-Chorley_Council.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Chorley Council Building, Union Street</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1837, Chorley joined with other <a href="/wiki/Township_(England)" title="Township (England)">townships</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parishes</a>) in the area to become head of the Chorley <a href="/wiki/Poor_Law_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor Law Union">Poor Law Union</a>, which took responsibility for the administration and funding of the <a href="/wiki/Poor_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor Law">Poor Law</a> in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Workhouse_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Workhouse-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chorley became incorporated as a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> in 1881; it was governed by a <a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">mayor</a>, a council of eight <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">aldermen</a> and twenty four <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vchchorley_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vchchorley-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population of the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Chorley" title="Municipal Borough of Chorley">Municipal Borough of Chorley</a> remained roughly static in the 20th century, with the 1911 census showing 30,315 people and the 1971 census showing 31,665. Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, Chorley became the core of a larger non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974. The present <a href="/wiki/Chorley_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chorley (borough)">Borough of Chorley</a> has forty-two councillors, representing 14 three-member <a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United Kingdom">electoral wards</a> in Chorley town council. </p><p>The Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chorley, since 1997, is <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Lindsay Hoyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a>. He was formerly a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP.<sup id="cite_ref-Speak10_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speak10-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:center;max-width:808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Viewoverchorley2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A panoramic view over Chorley from Healey Nab"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Viewoverchorley2007.jpg/800px-Viewoverchorley2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Viewoverchorley2007.jpg/1200px-Viewoverchorley2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Viewoverchorley2007.jpg/1600px-Viewoverchorley2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="905" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Viewoverchorley2007.jpg" title="File:Viewoverchorley2007.jpg"> </a></div>A panoramic view over Chorley from <a href="/wiki/Healey_Nab" title="Healey Nab">Healey Nab</a></div></div></div> <p>The principal river in the town is the <a href="/wiki/River_Yarrow_(Lancashire)" title="River Yarrow (Lancashire)">Yarrow</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Black_Brook_(Chorley)" title="Black Brook (Chorley)">Black Brook</a> is a tributary of the Yarrow. The name of the <a href="/wiki/River_Chor" title="River Chor">River Chor</a> was <a href="/wiki/Back-formation" title="Back-formation">back-formed</a> from <i>Chorley</i> and runs not far from the centre of the town, notably through Astley Park. Chorley is located at the foot of the <a href="/wiki/West_Pennine_Moors" title="West Pennine Moors">West Pennine Moors</a> and is overlooked by <a href="/wiki/Healey_Nab" title="Healey Nab">Healey Nab</a>, a small hill which is part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Pennine_Moors" title="West Pennine Moors">West Pennine Moors</a>. It is the seat for the <a href="/wiki/Chorley_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chorley (borough)">Borough of Chorley</a>, which is made up of Chorley and its surrounding villages. </p><p>Chorley had a population of 33,424 at the 2001 census, with the wider borough of Chorley having a population of 101,991. Chorley forms a conurbation with <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a> and was once proposed as being designated part of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Lancashire" title="Central Lancashire">Central Lancashire</a> New Town under the New Towns Act,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a proposal which was eventually scaled back.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yarrow_Valley_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Yarrow_Valley_Park.jpg/220px-Yarrow_Valley_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" 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<td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Chorley</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Chorley%22">"Chorley"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Chorley%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Chorley%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Chorley%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Chorley%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Chorley%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_Market.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Chorley_Market.JPG/220px-Chorley_Market.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Chorley_Market.JPG/330px-Chorley_Market.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Chorley_Market.JPG/440px-Chorley_Market.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Chorley Market</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley-bookshop-805.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Chorley-bookshop-805.jpg/220px-Chorley-bookshop-805.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Chorley-bookshop-805.jpg/330px-Chorley-bookshop-805.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Chorley-bookshop-805.jpg/440px-Chorley-bookshop-805.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The Bookcase Shop, Chorley Market</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley-919.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Chorley-919.JPG/220px-Chorley-919.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Chorley-919.JPG/330px-Chorley-919.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Chorley-919.JPG/440px-Chorley-919.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Shoppers on Chapel Street, Chorley town centre</figcaption></figure> <p>The first signs of industry, as with many towns in Lancashire, was mining; evidence of which can be seen by the various abandoned <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarries</a> on the outskirts of the town. One of these is Anglezarke Quarry, between Chorley and <a href="/wiki/Horwich" title="Horwich">Horwich</a>. Remnants of mining include an old railway bridge from the Duxbury Mine off Wigan Lane. Eventually, the mining industry was replaced by cotton mills. </p><p>Manufacture of <a href="/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">trucks</a> was inherited from the neighbouring town of <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a>. A large factory on Pilling Lane produced, including military vehicles and <a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">tanks</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, production was reduced and the final part of the site was closed in 2008 by BAE Systems.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large part of the site has been redeveloped for residential and industrial use as <a href="/wiki/Buckshaw_Village" title="Buckshaw Village">Buckshaw Village</a>. Through the twentieth century, especially the latter half, Chorley suffered the loss of much of its manufacturing capacity with great losses in or the completely disappearance of its coal, textiles, motor vehicles and armaments industries. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leyland_Trucks" title="Leyland Trucks">Leyland Trucks</a> and <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a> are Central Lancashire's largest employers, with their sites in <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samlesbury" title="Samlesbury">Samlesbury</a> respectively. </p><p>Other companies with a presence in the borough are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telent" title="Telent">Telent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FedEx" title="FedEx">FedEx</a>'s North West depot is located in the town</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DXC_Technology" title="DXC Technology">DXC Technology</a> has two locations: one in <a href="/wiki/Euxton" title="Euxton">Euxton</a> and the other in <a href="/wiki/Clayton-le-Woods" title="Clayton-le-Woods">Clayton-le-Woods</a>, north of Chorley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multipart_Solutions" class="mw-redirect" title="Multipart Solutions">Multipart Solutions</a> Limited, successor to the parts arm of the <a href="/wiki/Leyland_DAF" title="Leyland DAF">Leyland DAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Lancastrian" title="Porter Lancastrian">Porter Lancastrian</a> is a manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/Beer_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Beer Engine">beer pumps</a>, under the <i>Porta</i> brand</li></ul> <p>In 2011, Chorley Council launched an initiative, <i>Choose Chorley</i>, to encourage SMEs and large businesses to relocate to Chorley. The initiative offers red carpet introductions to key people in the town, financial incentives and tailored support for business growth.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_cakes_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Chorley_cakes_edited.jpg/220px-Chorley_cakes_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Chorley_cakes_edited.jpg/330px-Chorley_cakes_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Chorley_cakes_edited.jpg/440px-Chorley_cakes_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1268" /></a><figcaption>The Chorley cake</figcaption></figure> <p>The town is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Chorley_cake" title="Chorley cake">Chorley cake</a>. Every October, the <i>Chorley Cake Street Fair</i> promotes the cakes, with a competition for local bakers to produce the largest ever Chorley cake; the event restarted in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Chorley" title="Special:EditPage/Chorley">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Chorley is served by the local <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">NHS</a> hospital <a href="/wiki/Chorley_and_South_Ribble_Hospital" title="Chorley and South Ribble Hospital">Chorley and South Ribble Hospital</a> which is located on Euxton Lane, in addition to a private hospital located in <a href="/wiki/Euxton" title="Euxton">Euxton</a>. The town also had another major hospital formerly on Eaves Lane, before this closed in the 1990s. There was also the <a href="/wiki/Heath_Charnock" title="Heath Charnock">Heath Charnock</a> <a href="/wiki/Isolation_(health_care)" title="Isolation (health care)">isolation hospital</a> on Hut Lane which dealt with infectious diseases before reverting to use for long term patients, before closing in the 1990s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chorley town centre is bisected by the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 road (Great Britain)">A6</a> Roman road. It is located near to junctions 6 and 8 of the <a href="/wiki/M61_motorway" title="M61 motorway">M61 motorway</a> and junction 27 of the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a>; <a href="/wiki/Charnock_Richard_services" title="Charnock Richard services">Charnock Richard services</a> are sited within the borough. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_Bus_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786570.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chorley_Bus_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786570.jpg/220px-Chorley_Bus_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786570.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chorley_Bus_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786570.jpg/330px-Chorley_Bus_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786570.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chorley_Bus_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786570.jpg/440px-Chorley_Bus_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786570.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Chorley Interchange</figcaption></figure> <p>The town's bus station, <a href="/wiki/Chorley_Interchange" title="Chorley Interchange">Chorley Interchange</a>, opened in February 2003, replacing an older building. Services are provided by several operators:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Merseyside_%26_South_Lancashire" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire">Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire</a> operates routes that connect the town with <a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Ormskirk</a></li> <li>During the summer, Stagecoach also operates the X8 to <a href="/wiki/Keswick,_Cumbria" title="Keswick, Cumbria">Keswick</a> via Preston, <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Lancashire" title="Lancaster, Lancashire">Lancaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windermere,_Cumbria_(town)" title="Windermere, Cumbria (town)">Windermere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Bus_Company" title="Blackburn Bus Company">Blackburn Bus Company</a> operates a route to Blackburn</li> <li>Tyrers Coaches operate buses to Preston and surrounding areas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Bus" title="Preston Bus">Preston Bus</a> operates buses to Leyland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go_North_West" title="Go North West">Go North West</a> operates services to <a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Bee_Network" title="Bee Network">Bee Network's</a> 632 service (formerly 362)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_Railway_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Chorley_Railway_Station.jpg/220px-Chorley_Railway_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Chorley_Railway_Station.jpg/330px-Chorley_Railway_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Chorley_Railway_Station.jpg/440px-Chorley_Railway_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Chorley railway station</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chorley_railway_station" title="Chorley railway station">Chorley railway station</a> is served by <a href="/wiki/Northern_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern (train operating company)">Northern</a>, which operates routes on the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_to_Preston_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester to Preston Line">Manchester to Preston Line</a>; direct destinations include <a href="/wiki/Bolton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolton railway station">Bolton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston_railway_station" title="Preston railway station">Preston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness_railway_station" title="Barrow-in-Furness railway station">Barrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_North_railway_station" title="Blackpool North railway station">Blackpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Piccadilly">Manchester Piccadilly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Airport railway station">Manchester Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/TransPennine_Express" title="TransPennine Express">TransPennine Express</a> services, which operate from <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Central station">Glasgow</a> or <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station" title="Edinburgh Waverley railway station">Edinburgh</a>, pass through the station but do not stop.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The station was also served by the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Union_Railway" title="Lancashire Union Railway">Wigan-Blackburn line</a>, until it was closed in 1960; the line also had stops at <a href="/wiki/Heapey_railway_station" title="Heapey railway station">Heapey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brinscall_railway_station" title="Brinscall railway station">Brinscall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Withnell_railway_station" title="Withnell railway station">Withnell</a> and <a href="/wiki/White_Bear_railway_station" title="White Bear railway station">White Bear</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adlington,_Lancashire" title="Adlington, Lancashire">Adlington</a>). </p><p>Elsewhere in the borough, there are railway stations at <a href="/wiki/Euxton_Balshaw_Lane_railway_station" title="Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station">Euxton</a>, on the Preston - Wigan line; at <a href="/wiki/Adlington_(Lancashire)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Adlington (Lancashire) railway station">Adlington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buckshaw_Parkway_railway_station" title="Buckshaw Parkway railway station">Buckshaw Village</a>, on the Manchester–Preston line; and at <a href="/wiki/Croston_railway_station" title="Croston railway station">Croston</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_Branch_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Ormskirk Branch Line">Ormskirk Branch Line</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterways">Waterways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Waterways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:White_Bear_Marina,_on_the_Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal,_Adlington,_Chorley,_Lancashire._-_geograph.org.uk_-_370555.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/White_Bear_Marina%2C_on_the_Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal%2C_Adlington%2C_Chorley%2C_Lancashire._-_geograph.org.uk_-_370555.jpg/220px-White_Bear_Marina%2C_on_the_Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal%2C_Adlington%2C_Chorley%2C_Lancashire._-_geograph.org.uk_-_370555.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/White_Bear_Marina%2C_on_the_Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal%2C_Adlington%2C_Chorley%2C_Lancashire._-_geograph.org.uk_-_370555.jpg/330px-White_Bear_Marina%2C_on_the_Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal%2C_Adlington%2C_Chorley%2C_Lancashire._-_geograph.org.uk_-_370555.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/White_Bear_Marina%2C_on_the_Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal%2C_Adlington%2C_Chorley%2C_Lancashire._-_geograph.org.uk_-_370555.jpg/440px-White_Bear_Marina%2C_on_the_Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal%2C_Adlington%2C_Chorley%2C_Lancashire._-_geograph.org.uk_-_370555.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Leeds and Liverpool Canal</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal" title="Leeds and Liverpool Canal">Leeds and Liverpool Canal</a> runs parallel to Chorley; several marinas and locks are located in the area, including: </p> <ul><li>White Bear Marina, Adlington</li> <li>Cowling Launch, Chorley</li> <li>Top Lock, Whittle</li> <li>Botany Brow</li> <li>Botany Bay Boatyard</li> <li>Riley Green, <a href="/wiki/Hoghton" title="Hoghton">Hoghton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_Institute-935.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Chorley_Institute-935.JPG/220px-Chorley_Institute-935.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Chorley_Institute-935.JPG/330px-Chorley_Institute-935.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Chorley_Institute-935.JPG/440px-Chorley_Institute-935.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Chorley Central Library</figcaption></figure> <p>Chorley is home to numerous primary schools, both council and church supported. The town has the following six high schools: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Catholic_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Cross Catholic High School">Holy Cross Catholic High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albany_Academy,_Chorley" title="Albany Academy, Chorley">Albany Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Rawstorne_Church_of_England_Academy" title="Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy">Bishop Rawstorne CE Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parklands_High_School,_Chorley" title="Parklands High School, Chorley">Parklands High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southlands_High_School" title="Southlands High School">Southlands High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_CE_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's CE High School">St. Michael's CE High School</a></li></ul> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/Independent_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent schools">independent schools</a> are also present just outside the borough. Most Chorley children go on to attend the nearby <a href="/wiki/Runshaw_College" title="Runshaw College">Runshaw College</a> in Leyland. Runshaw College had also expanded into the former administration site of ROF Chorley and was using, amongst others, the main administration building. It is no longer using the site. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_College" title="Lancashire College">Lancashire College</a>, based in Chorley, is a part of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Council" title="Lancashire County Council">Lancashire County Council</a>'s Lancashire Adult Learning, offering a wide range of courses, a speciality being intensive residential language courses. From 1905 to 1981, the town was home to Chorley Training College (from the 1960s known as Chorley 'Day' Training College), designed by the Victorian and Edwardian architect Henry Cheers, and the town centre building now occupying this site is now Chorley Public Library.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Victory_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Victory_Park.jpg/220px-Victory_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Victory_Park.jpg/330px-Victory_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Victory_Park.jpg/440px-Victory_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Victory_Park_(Chorley)" title="Victory Park (Chorley)">Victory Park</a>, the home of Chorley Football Club</figcaption></figure> <p>Chorley is home to the semi professional football team, <a href="/wiki/Chorley_F.C." title="Chorley F.C.">Chorley F.C.</a>, known as the Magpies due to their black and white strip. Founded as a rugby team in 1875, they switched to playing football eight years later. Since then they have had limited success, with their most memorable moments being two appearances in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> and two seasons in the <a href="/wiki/Football_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Conference">Football Conference</a> in the late 1980s. They played in the National League in the 2019/20 season having won promotion from the National League North in the previous season, but were relegated back to the National League North. The team gained fame after qualifying for the 4th round of the <a href="/wiki/2020-21_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2020-21 FA Cup">2020-21 season of the FA Cup</a>. </p><p>The town and surrounding boroughs boast a number of cricket clubs, with two teams taking the town's name. <a href="/wiki/Chorley_Cricket_Club" title="Chorley Cricket Club">Chorley Cricket Club</a> currently play in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_Cricket_League" title="Northern Premier Cricket League">Northern League</a> and were finalists in the <a href="/wiki/ECB_National_Club_Cricket_Championship" title="ECB National Club Cricket Championship">ECB National Club Cricket Championship</a> for three consecutive seasons from 1994 to 1996, winning the trophy on the first two occasions. Chorley St James Cricket Club are the second side in the town, competing in the Southport & District Amateur Cricket League, having been members of the Chorley League until its demise in 2005. </p><p>The town is home to the Chorley Buccaneers <a href="/wiki/American_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="American Football">American Football</a> Club. Founded in the year 2000, the <i>Bucs</i> now have eight competitive teams and over 120 players competing in the <a href="/wiki/BAFA_National_Leagues" title="BAFA National Leagues">BAFA National Leagues</a> structure. They are based at Parklands Academy in Chorley. The club has three National Championship titles to their name in their 17-year existence, most recently in 2016.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chorley_RUFC" title="Chorley RUFC">Chorley RUFC</a> was founded in the early 1970s and initially their matches were on played on fields at Astley Park. Since there was no club house in the early days the team played from the Prince of Wales pub, near the town's covered market. Work started on a new clubhouse on 22 March 1984 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, on an area of land off Chancery Road, situated on the edge of the freshly constructed Astley Village Estate. The club currently run two senior sides and a mini section, the 1st XV playing in the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">RFU</a> North Lancs 2 division. </p><p>Until 2004, Chorley had a <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> side, <a href="/wiki/Chorley_Lynx" title="Chorley Lynx">Chorley Lynx</a>, who played in League Two of the <a href="/wiki/RFL_Championship" title="RFL Championship">Rugby League National Leagues</a>. The club was forced to close in 2004, due to small crowds and the withdrawal of funding by backer <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Hemmings" title="Trevor Hemmings">Trevor Hemmings</a>. Many of the club's players and staff joined nearby <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Panthers" title="Blackpool Panthers">Blackpool Panthers</a>. The only rugby league side currently active who are situated in Chorley is amateur side Chorley panthers </p><p>Chorley is home to <a href="/wiki/Track_cycling" title="Track cycling">track cyclists</a> including <a href="/wiki/Olympic_gold_medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic gold medal">Olympic gold medal</a> winners <a href="/wiki/Jason_Queally" title="Jason Queally">Jason Queally</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins" title="Bradley Wiggins">Bradley Wiggins</a>, and Paralympic silver medallist <a href="/wiki/Rik_Waddon" title="Rik Waddon">Rik Waddon</a>, due in part to the proximity of the town to the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Velodrome" title="Manchester Velodrome">Manchester Velodrome</a>; it is also the home town of Paralympic gold medallist <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Jones" title="Natalie Jones">Natalie Jones</a>. </p><p>The council owned leisure centre contains a swimming pool, sports hall, squash courts and a small fitness suite. The borough also includes other gym facilities, two other council-owned leisure centres (at Clayton Green and <a href="/wiki/Coppull" title="Coppull">Coppull</a>) and another public swimming pool at <a href="/wiki/Brinscall" title="Brinscall">Brinscall</a>. The town is also home to a Next Generation fitness centre, other private pools and leisure centres, and a <a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(tennis)" title="David Lloyd (tennis)">David Lloyd</a> Tennis Centre. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chorley_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122929.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Chorley_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122929.jpg/220px-Chorley_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122929.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Chorley_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122929.jpg/330px-Chorley_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122929.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Chorley_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122929.jpg/440px-Chorley_Golf_Course_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122929.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Duxbury Golf Course, Duxbury Park</figcaption></figure> <p>Duxbury Park municipal <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a> course is 1 mile (2 km) south of Chorley town centre. </p><p>The town is home to many amateur football, rugby and cricket teams. There are also several grass football pitches, bowling greens and tennis courts. A public outdoor swimming pool in Astley Park was demolished in the 1990s for health and safety reasons.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Chorley Athletic and Triathlon Club regularly compete in road, cross country, fell, athletics and triathlon events. Chorley <a href="/wiki/Cycling" title="Cycling">Cycling</a> Club was formed in 2011, resurrecting a club which had disbanded around 1953. The club caters to both leisure and racing members and runs regular training and social rides on local roads.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chorley JKS <a href="/wiki/Shotokan_Karate" class="mw-redirect" title="Shotokan Karate">Shotokan Karate</a> Club was established in the town in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chorley has two local newspapers: The weekly <i><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Evening_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancashire Evening Post">Lancashire Evening Post</a></i> (formerly <i>Chorley Guardian</i>) <sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the free <i>Chorley Citizen</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">BBC North West</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">ITV Granada</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Winter Hill transmitting station">Winter Hill</a> TV transmitter <sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Lancashire" title="BBC Radio Lancashire">BBC Radio Lancashire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heart_North_West" title="Heart North West">Heart North West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smooth_North_West" title="Smooth North West">Smooth North West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Lancashire" title="Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire">Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Manchester_and_Lancashire" title="Capital Manchester and Lancashire">Capital Manchester and Lancashire</a> and <a href="/wiki/106.5_Central_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="106.5 Central Radio">Central Radio North West</a> which broadcast from <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A British comedy television show, <i><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kay%27s_Phoenix_Nights" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights">Phoenix Nights</a></i>, cited Chorley's <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chorley_FM" title="Chorley FM">Chorley FM</a>, whose slogan was "Coming in your ears". <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The station, based in Chorley, originally broadcast for only a few weeks, but in 2005 received a licence to broadcast from Chorley Community Centre (see <i><a href="/wiki/Chorley_FM" title="Chorley FM">Chorley FM</a></i>). </p><p>It is the home of actor <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gilgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Gilgun">Joseph Gilgun</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Brassic_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brassic (TV series)"><i>Brassic</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/This_is_England" class="mw-redirect" title="This is England">This is England</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Misfits_(TV_series)" title="Misfits (TV series)"><i>Misfits</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Preacher_(TV_series)" title="Preacher (TV series)">Preacher</a>. </p><p>As well as <i><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kay%27s_Phoenix_Nights" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights">Phoenix Nights</a></i>, comedian <a href="/wiki/Dave_Spikey" title="Dave Spikey">Dave Spikey</a> based his comedy series <a href="/wiki/Dead_Man_Weds" title="Dead Man Weds">Dead Man Weds</a> in, and filmed most of it in, Chorley. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Pemberton" title="Steve Pemberton">Steve Pemberton</a>, the creator of <a href="/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen" title="The League of Gentlemen">The League of Gentlemen</a>, based most of its characters on folk from <a href="/wiki/Adlington,_Lancashire" title="Adlington, Lancashire">Adlington</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>Key</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_monastic_houses_in_England" title="List of monastic houses in England">Abbey/Priory/Cathedral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></td> <td>Accessible open space </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Themepark_uk_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png/15px-Themepark_uk_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="22" data-file-height="28" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_amusement_parks_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of amusement parks in the United Kingdom">Amusement/Theme Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/14px-CL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/21px-CL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/28px-CL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_England" title="List of castles in England">Castle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Country_parks.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Country Park"><img alt="Country Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/15px-Country_parks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/23px-Country_parks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/30px-Country_parks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="160" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_park" title="Country park">Country Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/14px-EH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/21px-EH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/28px-EH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Heritage" title="English Heritage">English Heritage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forestry_Commission" title="Forestry Commission">Forestry Commission</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HR_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heritage railway"><img alt="Heritage railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/24px-HR_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/32px-HR_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_heritage_and_private_railways#England" title="List of British heritage and private railways">Heritage railway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic house"><img alt="Historic house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_houses_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of historic houses in England">Historic House</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Places of Worship"><img alt="Places of Worship" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Religion in the United Kingdom">Places of Worship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Museum_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Museum (free)"><img alt="Museum 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg/26px-Museum_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="13" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_England" title="List of museums in England">Museum</a> (free/<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FF0000">not free</span>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NTE_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Trust"><img alt="National Trust" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/15px-NTE_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/23px-NTE_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/30px-NTE_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty" class="mw-redirect" title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty">National Trust</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Drama-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/18px-Drama-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/27px-Drama-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Drama-icon.svg/36px-Drama-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="335" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theater_(structure)" title="Theater (structure)">Theatre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zoo_icon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/20px-Zoo_icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/30px-Zoo_icon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="27" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_zoos_by_country#United_Kingdom" title="List of zoos by country">Zoo</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astley_Hall_front_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Astley_Hall_front_view.jpg/220px-Astley_Hall_front_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Astley_Hall_front_view.jpg/330px-Astley_Hall_front_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Astley_Hall_front_view.jpg/440px-Astley_Hall_front_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption>Astley Hall</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astley_Hall_(Chorley)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astley Hall (Chorley)">Astley Park and Astley Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic house"><img alt="Historic house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_Hall" title="Bank Hall">Bank Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic house"><img alt="Historic house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bank_Hall_Daffodils.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bank_Hall_Daffodils.jpeg/220px-Bank_Hall_Daffodils.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bank_Hall_Daffodils.jpeg/330px-Bank_Hall_Daffodils.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bank_Hall_Daffodils.jpeg/440px-Bank_Hall_Daffodils.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bank_Hall" title="Bank Hall">Bank Hall</a>, Bretherton, a Jacobean mansion house, awaiting restoration. Home to Lancashire's oldest <a href="/wiki/Taxus_baccata" title="Taxus baccata">Yew</a> tree and one of the two fallen <a href="/wiki/Sequoioideae" title="Sequoioideae">sequoia</a> in the UK. Open on limited open days arranged by the <a href="/wiki/Bank_Hall_Action_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank Hall Action Group">Bank Hall Action Group</a>.</figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_England_Temple" title="Preston England Temple">Preston England Temple</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cathedral"><img alt="Cathedral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duxbury_Woods" title="Duxbury Woods">Duxbury Park and Golf Course</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Coppice" title="White Coppice">White Coppice</a> & <a href="/wiki/Great_Hill" title="Great Hill">Great Hill</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heskin_Hall" title="Heskin Hall">Heskin Hall</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic house"><img alt="Historic house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healey_Nab" title="Healey Nab">Healey Nab</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_%26_Liverpool_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds & Liverpool Canal">Leeds & Liverpool Canal</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivington_Pike" title="Rivington Pike">Rivington Pike</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CP_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Country park"><img alt="Country park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/CP_icon.svg/14px-CP_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/CP_icon.svg/21px-CP_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/CP_icon.svg/28px-CP_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England)" title="Winter Hill (North West England)">Winter Hill</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hubert_von_Herkomer_(1849-1914)_-_Sir_Henry_Tate_-_N03517_-_National_Gallery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Hubert_von_Herkomer_%281849-1914%29_-_Sir_Henry_Tate_-_N03517_-_National_Gallery.jpg/220px-Hubert_von_Herkomer_%281849-1914%29_-_Sir_Henry_Tate_-_N03517_-_National_Gallery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Hubert_von_Herkomer_%281849-1914%29_-_Sir_Henry_Tate_-_N03517_-_National_Gallery.jpg/330px-Hubert_von_Herkomer_%281849-1914%29_-_Sir_Henry_Tate_-_N03517_-_National_Gallery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Hubert_von_Herkomer_%281849-1914%29_-_Sir_Henry_Tate_-_N03517_-_National_Gallery.jpg/440px-Hubert_von_Herkomer_%281849-1914%29_-_Sir_Henry_Tate_-_N03517_-_National_Gallery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="1148" /></a><figcaption>Sir Henry Tate</figcaption></figure> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loui_Batley" title="Loui Batley">Loui Batley</a> (born 1987), (actress and dancer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Beaumont" title="Bill Beaumont">Bill Beaumont</a> (born 1952), (former England <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> captain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Berg_(astrologer)" title="Walter Berg (astrologer)">Walter Berg</a> (born 1947), (astrologer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackhaine" title="Blackhaine">Blackhaine</a> (Experimental rapper)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonora_Carrington" title="Leonora Carrington">Leonora Carrington</a> (1917–2011), (painter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Cool" title="Phil Cool">Phil Cool</a> (born 1948), (comedian)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Darlington" title="C. D. Darlington">C. D. Darlington</a> (1903–1981), (biologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Draper" title="Derek Draper">Derek Draper</a> (born 1967), (former <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> spin doctor and newspaper columnist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Farnworth" title="Simon Farnworth">Simon Farnworth</a> (born 1963), (footballer, later physiotherapist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Foxx" title="John Foxx">John Foxx</a> (born 1948), (musician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gilgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Gilgun">Joseph Gilgun</a> (born 1984), (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grayson_(rugby_union)" title="Paul Grayson (rugby union)">Paul Grayson</a> (born 1971), (England rugby union player)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Guard" title="Rick Guard">Rick Guard</a> (jazz singer and songwriter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Walter_Haworth" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Walter Haworth">Sir Walter Haworth</a> (1883–1950), (Nobel Prize winner)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Hemmings" title="Trevor Hemmings">Trevor Hemmings</a> (1935-2021), (businessman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Henley" title="Adam Henley">Adam Henley</a> (born 1994), (footballer, formerly of <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Real_Salt_Lake" title="Real Salt Lake">Real Salt Lake</a>, now playing for <a href="/wiki/Chorley_F.C." title="Chorley F.C.">Chorley</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddy_Hodgson" title="Teddy Hodgson">Teddy Hodgson</a> (1885–1919), (from Chorley, played for Burnley F.C., F.A. Cup Winners against Liverpool in 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Hopkin" title="Anna Hopkin">Anna Hopkin</a> (born 1996), (swimmer and Olympic gold medallist)<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Lindsay Hoyle</a> (born 1957), (MP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Hunte" title="Conrad Hunte">Conrad Hunte</a> (1932–1999), (former West Indian Test cricketer, lived in Chorley before the 1957 Test Series against England)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lightoller" title="Charles Lightoller">Charles Lightoller</a> (1874–1952), (highest-ranking crew member to survive the <a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinking of the RMS Titanic">sinking of the RMS <i>Titanic</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McKenna_(footballer)" title="Paul McKenna (footballer)">Paul McKenna</a> (born 1977), (footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mariner" title="Paul Mariner">Paul Mariner</a> (1953–2021), (England international footballer)</li> <li>Rifleman <a href="/wiki/William_Mariner_(VC)" title="William Mariner (VC)">William Mariner</a> (1882–1916), soldier awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cambrin" title="Cambrin">Cambrin</a> in 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Mason" title="Barry Mason">Barry Mason</a> (1935–2021), (songwriter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Morley" title="Ken Morley">Ken Morley</a> (born 1943), (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Parker" title="Sheila Parker">Sheila Parker</a> (born 1947), (former captain of the <a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_football_team" title="England women's national football team">England women's national football team</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Parkinson" title="Phil Parkinson">Phil Parkinson</a> (born 1967), (footballer, later football manager)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Pemberton" title="Steve Pemberton">Steve Pemberton</a> (born 1967), (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Nagaitis" title="Adam Nagaitis">Adam Nagaitis</a> (born 1985), (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Queally" title="Jason Queally">Jason Queally</a> (born 1970), (cyclist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rawlinson_(industrialist)" title="Thomas Rawlinson (industrialist)">Thomas Rawlinson</a> (18th-century industrialist, believed to have been born in Chorley)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Simm" title="Kevin Simm">Kevin Simm</a> (born 1980), (musician of <a href="/wiki/Liberty_X" title="Liberty X">Liberty X</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wet_Wet_Wet" title="Wet Wet Wet">Wet Wet Wet</a> fame, also winner of <a href="/wiki/The_Voice_UK_(series_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Voice UK (series 5)">the fifth season of <i>The Voice UK</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Smith_(cricketer_born_1985)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Smith (cricketer born 1985)">Tom Smith</a> (born 1985), (cricketer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myles_Standish" title="Myles Standish">Myles Standish</a> (c. 1584 – 1656), (founder of the <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim Fathers">Pilgrim Fathers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starsailor_(band)" title="Starsailor (band)">Starsailor</a> (pop group)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stephenson_(activist)" title="Tom Stephenson (activist)">Tom Criddle Stephenson</a> (1893–1987), (journalist and champion of walkers' rights)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Tate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Henry Tate">Sir Henry Tate</a> (1819–1899), (sugar magnate and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Tate_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Tate Gallery">Tate Gallery</a>, London)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Charnley" title="Josh Charnley">Josh Charnley</a> (born 1991), (rugby league footballer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Unsworth" title="David Unsworth">David Unsworth</a> (born 1973), (Everton footballer, later Everton U-23 manager)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Walsh" title="Mickey Walsh">Mickey Walsh</a> (born 1954), (former Irish international footballer)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Holburt_Jacob_Waring" class="mw-redirect" title="Holburt Jacob Waring">Holburt Jacob Waring</a> (1866–1953), <a href="/wiki/Vice-chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-chancellor">vice-chancellor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a> from 1922 to 1924</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemarie_Wright" title="Rosemarie Wright">Rosemarie Wright</a> (1931–2020), (pianist)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chorley&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.lancashire.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Lancashire+Population%2C+2011+Census&rft.date=2012-07&rft.aulast=Evans&rft.aufirst=Jacqueline&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lancashire.gov.uk%2Fcorporate%2Fweb%2F%3Fsiteid%3D6120%26pageid%3D37237%26e%3De&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChorley" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The sum of the ward populations 6,823 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-east-e05005169#sthash.rOdwuCx4.dpbs">Chorley East</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060756/http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-east-e05005169#sthash.rOdwuCx4.dpbs">Archived</a> 4 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>), 6,651 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-north-east-e05005170#sthash.4bFTdX3r.dpbs">Chorley North East</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306232644/http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-north-east-e05005170#sthash.4bFTdX3r.dpbs">Archived</a> 6 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>), 5,961 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-north-west-e05005171#sthash.jd9pvQjd.dpbs">Chorley North West</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306193530/http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-north-west-e05005171#sthash.jd9pvQjd.dpbs">Archived</a> 6 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>), 6,635 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-south-east-e05005172#sthash.2LvusRUQ.dpbs">Chorley South East</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306071501/http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-south-east-e05005172#sthash.2LvusRUQ.dpbs">Archived</a> 6 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>) and 8,597 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-south-west-e05005173#sthash.Hx5TG1FM.dpbs">Chorley South West</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306105310/http://ukcensusdata.com/chorley-south-west-e05005173#sthash.Hx5TG1FM.dpbs">Archived</a> 6 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>), all accessed 25 August 2015, <i>UK Census Data</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Lancashire/Chorley">"Key to English Place-Name: Chorley"</a>. 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Chorley</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adlington,_Lancashire" title="Adlington, Lancashire">Adlington</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chorley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Village" title="Abbey Village">Abbey Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderton,_Lancashire" title="Anderton, Lancashire">Anderton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astley_Village" title="Astley Village">Astley Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Green" title="Bolton Green">Bolton Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bretherton" title="Bretherton">Bretherton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brindle,_Lancashire" title="Brindle, Lancashire">Brindle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brinscall" title="Brinscall">Brinscall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckshaw_Village" title="Buckshaw Village">Buckshaw Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charnock_Richard" title="Charnock Richard">Charnock Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton-le-Woods" title="Clayton-le-Woods">Clayton-le-Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Brook" title="Clayton Brook">Clayton Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coppull" title="Coppull">Coppull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croston" title="Croston">Croston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuerden" title="Cuerden">Cuerden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eccleston,_Lancashire" title="Eccleston, Lancashire">Eccleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euxton" title="Euxton">Euxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heapey" title="Heapey">Heapey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_Charnock" title="Heath Charnock">Heath Charnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heskin" title="Heskin">Heskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoghton" title="Hoghton">Hoghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Green,_Lancashire" title="Lucas Green, Lancashire">Lucas Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawdesley" title="Mawdesley">Mawdesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riley_Green,_Lancashire" title="Riley Green, Lancashire">Riley Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivington" title="Rivington">Rivington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roddlesworth" title="Roddlesworth">Roddlesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulnes_Walton" title="Ulnes Walton">Ulnes Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelton" title="Wheelton">Wheelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Coppice" title="White Coppice">White Coppice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whittle-le-Woods" title="Whittle-le-Woods">Whittle-le-Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withnell" title="Withnell">Withnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withnell_Fold" title="Withnell Fold">Withnell Fold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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title="Cuerden">Cuerden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eccleston,_Lancashire" title="Eccleston, Lancashire">Eccleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euxton" title="Euxton">Euxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heapey" title="Heapey">Heapey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_Charnock" title="Heath Charnock">Heath Charnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heskin" title="Heskin">Heskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoghton" title="Hoghton">Hoghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawdesley" title="Mawdesley">Mawdesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivington" title="Rivington">Rivington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulnes_Walton" title="Ulnes Walton">Ulnes Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelton" title="Wheelton">Wheelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whittle-le-Woods" title="Whittle-le-Woods">Whittle-le-Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withnell" title="Withnell">Withnell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Rivington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Roddlesworth_Reservoir" title="Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir">Upper Roddlesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Reservoir" title="Yarrow Reservoir">Yarrow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hills</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grain_Pole_Hill" title="Grain Pole Hill">Grain Pole Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Hill" title="Great Hill">Great Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healey_Nab" title="Healey Nab">Healey Nab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurst_Hill" title="Hurst Hill">Hurst Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noon_Hill_(North_West_England)" title="Noon Hill (North West England)">Noon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivington_Pike" title="Rivington Pike">Rivington Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitlers_Edge" title="Spitlers Edge">Spitlers Edge</a></li> <li><a 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title="Burscough">Burscough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnforth" title="Carnforth">Carnforth</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chorley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton-le-Moors" title="Clayton-le-Moors">Clayton-le-Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveleys" title="Cleveleys">Cleveleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clitheroe" title="Clitheroe">Clitheroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colne" title="Colne">Colne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwen" title="Darwen">Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earby" title="Earby">Earby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euxton" title="Euxton">Euxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood" title="Fleetwood">Fleetwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulwood,_Lancashire" title="Fulwood, Lancashire">Fulwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garstang" title="Garstang">Garstang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Harwood" title="Great Harwood">Great Harwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haslingden" title="Haslingden">Haslingden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heysham" title="Heysham">Heysham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkham,_Lancashire" title="Kirkham, Lancashire">Kirkham</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Lancashire" title="Lancaster, Lancashire">Lancaster</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longridge" title="Longridge">Longridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lytham_St_Annes" title="Lytham St Annes">Lytham St Annes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morecambe" title="Morecambe">Morecambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson,_Lancashire" title="Nelson, Lancashire">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk" title="Ormskirk">Ormskirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswaldtwistle" title="Oswaldtwistle">Oswaldtwistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padiham" title="Padiham">Padiham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penwortham" title="Penwortham">Penwortham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poulton-le-Fylde" title="Poulton-le-Fylde">Poulton-le-Fylde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preesall" 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