Chorley is a market town in central Lancashire, sitting at the foot of the West Pennine Moors and well known as the home of the Chorley cake. Astley Hall stands in its own park close to the town centre. Leyland, with its proud motor making history and the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, sits alongside Euxton and the village of Brindle. Cheerful news from Chorley, Leyland and the communities around them is all in one place here.
Chorley's Astley Hall was shortlisted in the Lancashire Tourism Awards and began £400,000 of restoration work on its West Wing in 2026, with a partial reopening planned for April.
On Holmes Farm near Chorley, the Singleton family diversified into distilling in 2017, using their own barley, spring water and honey to create an award-winning range of spirits.
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