Английская Википедия:Astley Village
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Astley Village is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, covering a suburb of Chorley. According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,005.[1]
History
Astley was constructed in the 1970s as a new village. The civil parish was created on 1 April 1991, prior to which the village was divided between the unparished area of Chorley and the parish of Euxton.[2]
Community
Astley Village is best known for Astley Park, which hosted the Royal Lancashire Show for a number of years.[3][4]
Long Croft Meadow backs onto Chorley Hospital, and the main road through the village is Chancery Road. The village is bypassed via West Way (B5252), a link road opened in 1984 to take traffic off the busy Chancery Road.
References
External links
- Astley Village chorley.gov.uk
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