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| Chorley | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
 Entering Chorley town centre | |
  Chorley Shown within Chorley Borough  Chorley Location within Lancashire | |
| Population | 36,682 (2020) |
| Demonym | Chorlean |
| OS grid reference | SD5817 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHORLEY |
| Postcode district | PR6, PR7 |
| Dialling code | 01257 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England,[1] 8 miles (13 km) north of Wigan, 11 miles (18 km) south west of Blackburn, 11 miles (18 km) north west of Bolton, 12 miles (19 km) south of Preston and 20 miles (32 km) north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry.
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.[2][3]
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 270.
- ^ Evans, Jacqueline (July 2012). "Lancashire Population, 2011 Census". www.lancashire.gov.uk. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ The sum of the ward populations 6,823 (Chorley East Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine), 6,651 (Chorley North East Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine), 5,961 (Chorley North West Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine), 6,635 (Chorley South East Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine) and 8,597 (Chorley South West Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine), all accessed 25 August 2015, UK Census Data.