Astley Village

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  • Astley Village
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  • Chorley
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  • Lancashire
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  • North West
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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 2011 census, its population was 3,005.[1]

History

Astley was constructed in the 1970s as a new village. The civil parish was created on 1 April 1991, prior to which the village was divided between the unparished area of Chorley and the parish of Euxton.[2]

Community

Astley Village is best known for Astley Park, which hosted the Royal Lancashire Show for a number of years.[3][4]

Long Croft Meadow backs onto Chorley Hospital, and the main road through the village is Chancery Road. The village is bypassed via West Way (B5252), a link road opened in 1984 to take traffic off the busy Chancery Road.

References

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Astley Village Parish (E04005142)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ "The Chorley (Parishes) Order 1991" (PDF). LGBCE. 19 February 1991. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ "All go for Royal Lancs show". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Great final show". theboltonnews.co.uk. 9 August 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

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