Chorley
Sign in to saveChorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry. In 2020 it had a population of 36,682.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Chorley
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.population_demonym
- Chorlean
- UK place.population
- 36,682
- UK place.population_ref
- (2020)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD5817
- UK place.shire_district
- Chorley
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- CHORLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- PR6, PR7
- UK place.postcode_area
- PR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01257
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Chorley
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Chorley
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Chorley Borough
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Chorley
- Population
- 38420
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Chorley
- Image
- Entering Chorley Town Centre.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01257
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- twinned administrative body
- Székesfehérvár
- Commons category
- Chorley
- topic's main category
- Category:Chorley
- OS grid reference
- SD582177
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chorley
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Pallo
- different from
- Chorley
- P12749
- Jurij Brězan
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Prehistory
- Roman period
- Medieval period
- 19th century to present
- Religion
- Governance
- Geography
- Economy
- Healthcare
- Transport
- Road
- Buses
- Railway
- Waterways
- Education
- Sport
- Media
- Places of interest
- Twin towns
- Notable residents
- Sport
- See also
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Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry. In 2020 it had a population of 36,682.
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 Chorley cake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chorley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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