Best walks from Chorley

Chorley Station to Adlington Station

scenic canal path. A mostly flat canal towpath walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, with wooded banks and wild flowers, plus quiet roads at the Chorley end. Towpath surface is walkable and largely tarmac; access involves a few steps and cobbled slopes and cycle barriers. The M61 is audible for part of the canal stretch towards Chorley.

Easy: 6km, moderate ascents.

Lunch: There are refreshment stops, shops, an eco-refill shop and a pub along the route.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Leyland Station to Chorley Station

A varied walk using footpaths and roads through good countryside, with a fair few stiles, steps and muddy sections, passing through parkland, woods and over fields, crossing the M6 on a bridge. Some unpaved rural roads and a stretch of busy main road and plus a steep drop on sloping steps and a wooded valley edge. Passes through Worden Park and Astley Park; note Worden Park is locked at sunset. Astley Hall has toilets and a cafe in the old stables.

Easy: 9km, moderate ascents.

A stretch of busy main road into Euxton, though paved. A field footpath leaves the road on the outside of a bend from the non-pavement side, making it difficult to cross, though traffic lights under a narrow railway bridge help. Several stiles and muddy sections.

Lunch stop: Astley Hall cafe.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route