Meet outside Astley Hall, Chorley PR7 1NP at 10 a.m. on Friday 6th January. Parking and route details below. Please bring the usual emergency tools and puncture repair equipment. *We also recommend all participants carry emergency contact details about their person*. Daytime running and emergency lights are strongly recommended. Some lunch can be taken at Tastebuds Cafe in Rufford.
Total distance is 37 miles.
NO ONE will be left behind
- Distance Instructions
- Distance 37 miles
- Time 3 h 5 min
- Speed 12 mph
- Min altitude 13 ft
- Peak 469 ft
- Ascend 951 ft
- Descent 951 ft
Start in front of Astley Hall, Chorley. Access is from Astley Hall Car Park, which is on Hallgate in Astley Village PR7 1NP. This is a fairly large car park and is free.
The route is clockwise through Chorley and the Yarrow Valley Way to Birkacre and Coppull. From here to Worthington and Standish, then via Pepper Lane and Hunger Hill to Wrightington, High Moor, Bannister Lane and through Bispham Green to Rufford. From Rufford return is via Hoscar, through Bispham Green again to Croston, Ulnes Walton and Runshaw Lane, back to Astley Park.
