Astley Village

Not to be confused with Astley, Greater Manchester.

Astley Village
Astley Village Community Centre
Astley Village Astley Village shown within Lancashire
Population	3,005 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SD575185
Civil parish	Astley Village
District	Chorley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHORLEY
Postcode district	PR6, PR7
Dialling code	01257
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Chorley
List of places UK England Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°39′40″N 2°38′38″W / 53.661°N 2.644°W / 53.661; -2.644

Astley Village is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, covering a suburb of Chorley. According to the 2001 census it had a population(2001) of 3,329, reducing to 3,005 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

History

It was a purpose built village, constructed in the 1970s.

Community

Astley Village has become well known due to Chorleys Astley Park, hosting the prestigious "Royal Lancashire Show" for a number of years. The village is roughly half a mile away from the nearest Tesco, Chorley town centre and the M61 being slightly further. It is serviced by a regular bus route, the Chorley circular, every 10 minutes. Long Croft Meadow, backs onto Chorley hospital, and the main road through the village is Chancery road... The village is by-passed via West Way, a link Road built in 1983-4 to take traffic off the busy Chancery road...

References

↑ "Civil Parish 2011". Retrieved 15 January 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Astley Village.

Astley Village chorley.gov.uk

Geography of the Borough of Chorley

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Waterways	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Black Brook Green Withins Brook The Goit R Chor R Lostock R Roddlesworth R Yarrow

Reservoirs	Abbey Village Anglezarke High Bullough Lower Rivington Lower Roddlesworth Rake Brook Upper Rivington Upper Roddlesworth Yarrow

Hills	Grain Pole Hill Great Hill Healey Nab Hurst Hill Noon Hill Rivington Pike Spitlers Edge Winter Hill

Parks	Duxbury Woods Yarrow Valley Park

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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool

Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster City of Preston Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Major settlements	Accrington Adlington Bacup Barnoldswick Blackburn Blackpool Brierfield Burnley Carnforth Chorley Cleveleys Clitheroe Colne Darwen Earby Fleetwood Fulwood Garstang Great Harwood Haslingden Kirkham Lancaster Leyland Longridge Lytham St Annes Morecambe Nelson Ormskirk Padiham Penwortham Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Preston Rawtenstall Rishton Skelmersdale Waterfoot Wesham Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire

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