Adlington

Adlington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, near the West Pennine Moors. It is 3 miles south of Chorley. It became a separate parish in 1842 then grew into a township around the textile and coal mining industries until these closed in the 1960s.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Adlington railway station and Wigan Lodge To Duxbury Park.

Adlington railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rob500, CC BY 3.0.

Adlington railway station serves the town of Adlington in Lancashire, England. It is a two-platform station on the Bolton - Chorley - Preston line, forming part of the Northern service link between Preston and Manchester via Bolton and Chorley.

Wigan Lodge To Duxbury Park

Heritage site

Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wigan Lodge To Duxbury Park is a heritage site.

St Paul’s Church, Adlington

Church

Photo: Christine Crompton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's Church is in Railway Road, Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chorley and Horwich.

Chorley

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Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.

Horwich

Town

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Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre, with an industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton and railways. Horwich is situated 3 miles east of Adlington.

Adlington

Type: Locality
Location: Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6086° or 53° 36′ 31″ north

Longitude

-2.6116° or 2° 36′ 42″ west

Elevation

302 feet (92 metres)

Open location code

9C5VJ95Q+C9

GeoNames ID

7295821

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