Chorley

E40038

civil parish market town town

Chorley is a market town in North West England known historically for its cotton industry and as part of the borough and district within the county of Lancashire.

Aliases (5)

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil parish → market town → town →
administrativeCentreOf	Borough of Chorley →
ceremonialCounty	Lancashire →
country	United Kingdom →
dialingCode	01257 →
governingBody	Chorley Borough Council →
hasFootballClub	Chorley F.C. →
hasLandmark	Astley Hall → Chorley Town Hall →
hasMarketCharter	yes →
hasPark	Astley Park →
hasPopulationRankInLancashire	one of the larger towns in the county →
hasPostcodeArea	PR →
hasPostcodeDistrict	PR6 → PR7 →
hasRailwayStation	Chorley railway station →
hasTraditionalProduct	Chorley cake →
historicCounty	Lancashire →
industrialHistory	coal mining → cotton mills →
knownFor	cotton industry → market tradition →
latitude	53.653 →
locatedIn	Lancashire → North West England →
locatedNear	Bolton → Manchester → Preston → River Yarrow → Wigan →
longitude	-2.632 →
OSGridReference	SD582178 →
parliamentaryConstituency	Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) →
partOf	Borough of Chorley → non-metropolitan district of Chorley →
region	North West England →
servedByMotorway	M6 motorway → M61 motorway → M65 motorway →
timeZone	UTC±00:00 →
timeZoneDST	UTC+01:00 →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
River Chor → River Lostock → River Yarrow → River Yarrow ("Chorley Borough") →	flowsThrough
River Lostock ("Borough of Chorley") → River Lostock ("Chorley district") → River Yarrow ("Borough of Chorley") →	locatedIn
A6 road → Leeds and Liverpool Canal →	passesThrough
Chorley ("Borough of Chorley") →	administrativeCentreOf
Sir Henry Tate ("Chorley, Lancashire, England") →	birthPlace
A49 road →	connectsTown
River Douglas →	flowsNear
Chorley ("Chorley Borough Council") →	governingBody
Lancashire →	hasMajorTown
Leyland →	hasNeighbouringSettlement
Horwich Works →	locatedNear
River Chor →	namedAfter
River Darwen →	nearbyTown
Chorley ("Borough of Chorley") →	partOf
River Darwen ("Borough of Chorley") →	region
Oświęcim →	twinTown