Borough of Chorley

Borough of Chorley
Borough of Chorley
Borough and non-metropolitan district
	From left to right; Top: Chorley town hall; Middle: Adlington war memorial and Eccleston village centre; Bottom: Whittle-le-Woods village centre and part of Buckshaw Village crossing the Chorley and South Ribble boundaries;
	Coat of arms
	Shown within Lancashire and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Founded	1 April 1974
Admin. HQ	Chorley
Government
• Type	Chorley Borough Council
• MPs:	Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) Katherine Fletcher
Area
• Total	78.3 sq mi (202.8 km2)
• Rank	144th
Population (2021)
• Total	117,937
• Rank	Ranked 202nd
• Density	1,500/sq mi (580/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.6% White ; 1.9% Asian ; 1.5% Mixed ; 0.6% Black ; 0.4% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 61.5% Christianity ; 30.9% no religion ; 5.1% not stated ; 1.4% Islam ; 0.5% other ; 0.3% Hinduism ; 0.2% Buddhism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode areas	PR6–PR7-PR25-PR26, BL6, L40
Area code(s)	01257, 01204, 01254, 01704, 01772
ISO 3166-2	–
ONS code	30UE (ONS); E07000118 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SD5817
NUTS 3	–
Ethnicity	95.1% White British; 1.6% Asian

The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It is named after the town of Chorley, which is an unparished area. The borough extends to several villages and hamlets including Adlington, Buckshaw Village, Croston, Eccleston, Euxton and Whittle-le-Woods.

The neighbouring districts are West Lancashire, South Ribble, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton and Wigan.

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