Meet at Astley Park Gates, Chorley PR7 1JU at 9.45 a.m on Sunday 13th September. Further route and parking details below. Please bring the usual emergency tools and puncture repair equipment. Daytime running lights can also be a good idea. Also Cash /Card if you require lunch.
This is a reprise of the ride which previously started from Buckshaw. Lunch can be taken in one if the cafes in Churchtown or we can wait until Burscough Bridge. Cash /Card if you require lunch.
Total distance is 42 Miles. NO ONE will be left behind.
- Distance Instructions
- Distance 42 miles
- Time 3 h 50 min
- Speed 11 mph
- Min altitude 7 ft
- Peak 299 ft
- Ascend 568 ft
- Descent 564 ft
Start is from Astley Park Gates, Chorley PR7 1JU. There is an adjacent Car Park on Queens Road which is free on Sundays and evenings after 5 p.m. (What3words///line.firmly.pose). There are toilets at Astley Hall on the other side of the park together with a further car park on Hallgate (PR7 1NP), but there is a charge of £3 for all day parking at all times.
The route is Anti-Clockwise through Buckshaw Village and Leyland, past Worden Park then following NCN 91 to Croston, Sollom, Mere Brow and Banks. From here through Crossens to Churchtown passing the Botanic Gardens. From here it goes along Moss and Wyke Lanes eventually to Burscough Bridge, returning via Bispham Green, Eccleston and Euxton.
Total distance is 42 miles
