Chorley to Southport Loop 2

Leaving from Astley Hall, Chorley PR7 1XA. There is a large adjacent car park on Hallgate (What3Words ///money.duck.pencil). There is now a £3 charge for all day parking every day. On Sundays we recommend parking at the Queens Road car park by the Park gates, PR7 1JU. This will be free. You can cycle through the park to the start, where there are toilets at Astley Hall.

The route is clockwise, through Astley Village to Euxton and via Back Lane to Eccleston. From here to Andertons Mill, Bispham Green, Hoscar and Burscough Bridge. From here you follow route 562 to Southport, entering Southport and crossing Lord Street and the Millennium Bridge to pass a short distance along the Promenade before turning inland to Hesketh Park. Here the route diverts to pass The Old Bakehouse cafe, thence to the Botanic Gardens at Churchtown and through Crossens to follow the main road cycle path to route 91 at Mere brow. The final section is along the cycle path through Sollom to Croston, then Euxton, returning to Astley Park.
This route avoids a couple of rough tracks on the first route.
Total distance is 47 miles and fairly flat