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 sq mi (203 km2)
• Rank	144th
Population  (2022)
• Total	118,624
• Rank	Ranked 204th
• Density	1,500/sq mi (580/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 95.6% White 1.9% Asian 1.5% Mixed 0.6% Black 0.4% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• 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[2]

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.