Chorley to The Dream

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.
This is a figure of 8 route, starting clockwise, to the Impressive Dream Statue in St Helens. The route goes through Chorley (Pall Mall) to Birkacre Brow, Coppull and Pepper Lane Standish, taking Back Lane to Lees Lane, then Dalton and Upholland. From here it passes through Crank to take a section of the East Lancashire Road cycle path before turning South to pass through St Helens. From here it goes through Sherdley Park then taking Lea Green Road to Sutton Woodland on the site of the old Sutton Manor Colliery where has been placed the statue. The return route is via Marshalls Cross, the Sutton Brook cycleway, re-crossing the E.Lancs Road to Carr Mill Dam. From here it passes through Billinge, Upholland, Appley Bridge, Wrightington and Charnock Richard, returning to Chorley and Astley Park.