Meet at Astley Park Gates, Chorley PR7 1JU at 10 a.m. on Sunday 10th April.
Parking and route details as below. Please bring the usual emergency tools and puncture repair equipment. Cash or card if you require lunch. A lunch break can be taken at either the Village Bakehouse in Halsall, or the nearby Wild Root Vegan cafe depending on participants wishes.
Not an overly demanding route. Advance forecast is quite cold with a slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Total distance is 44 miles and NO ONE will be left behind.
- Distance Instructions
- Distance 44 miles
- Time 3 h 40 min
- Speed 12 mph
- Min altitude 7 ft
- Peak 315 ft
- Ascend 1470 ft
- Descent 1453 ft
Leaving from Astley Park gates, Chorley PR7 1JU.
Car Parking is conveniently located on Queens Road car park, PR7 1JU. This is next to the park gates. Turn right immediately after the park gates when entering Chorley from the Preston direction or M61 junction 8. Parking is free after 5 p.m. on Weekdays and Saturdays and all day on Sundays. Toilets are available at Astley Hall on the other side of the Park, where there is also a free car park.
This is a very similar route to 'Chorley to Halsall', but is in the opposite direction and includes a short extra leg from Halsall around past Renacres Hospital.
The route is through the park to Euxton, then via Back Lane to Eccleston, Mawdsley and Rufford. From Rufford via Curlew Lane to Tarlscough and Halsall, where cafes are situated. Return route is through the reasonably attractive town of Ormskirk to Lathom, Bispham Green, Wrightington, Welch Whitttle and Charnock Richard to Chorley and Astley Park.
Total distance is 44 miles.
