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Chorley

Chorley is a civil parish in the borough of in , England. The parish is named after the village of Chorley, which was renamed during the 19th century.
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  • Type: Village with 487 residents
  • Description: civil parish near Alderley Edge in Cheshire, England
  • Also known as: “Chorley, Alderley” and “Chorley, Cheshire”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alderley Edge railway station and Lindow Common.

Railway station
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
serves the large village of in , . The station is 13¾ miles south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

Heath
Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western edge of the town of , , in the northwest of . It is also designated a Local Nature Reserve.

Church
Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.
St Philip's Church is in the village of , , England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilmslow and Alderley Edge.

Photo: Nat7mas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a market town and civil parish in the borough of in , England. It is 11 miles south of . At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 26,213 and the built up area had a population of 25,725.

Photo: Geotek, Public domain.
is in . The area is popular for walking in the woods and there are far-reaching views from the sandstone ridge.

Chorley

Latitude
53.3085° or 53° 18′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.262° or 2° 15′ 43″ west
Population
487
Elevation
223 feet (68 metres)
Open location code
9C5V8P5Q+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 476304182
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7292995
Wiki­data ID
Q2017013
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chorley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشرلي الدرلي”
  • Cebuano: “Chorley (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Cheshire East, lat 53,30, long -2,26)”
  • Cebuano: “Chorley”
  • Chinese: “Chorley”
  • Dutch: “Chorley”
  • French: “Chorley”
  • Irish: “Chorley”
  • Lithuanian: “Čorlis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chorley (Cheshire)”
  • Polish: “Chorley”
  • Swedish: “Chorley”
  • Turkish: “Chorley, Alderley”
  • Welsh: “Chorley, Alderley”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chorley”. Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.