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

Astley Village
Astley Village Community Centre (June 2014)
Astley Village Shown within Chorley Borough Show map of the Borough of Chorley Astley Village Location within Lancashire Show map of 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
UK Parliament	Chorley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.661°N 2.644°W / 53.661; -2.644

History

It was one purpose built village which was constructed in the 1970s. The civil parish was created in 1991; before this, it was divided between the unparished area of Chorley and the parish of Euxton.[2]

Community

Astley Village has become well known due to Astley Park, which hosted the Royal Lancashire Show for a number of years by the summer of 2002.[3][4] The show was cancelled once in Samlesbury Hall in August 2003, pending the return to Chorley.[5] The village is roughly half one mile away from the nearest supermarket, the town centre of Chorley and the M61 being slightly further.

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), the link road built in 1983 to 1984 to take traffic off the busy Chancery Road.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Astley Village.

• Astley Village chorley.gov.uk