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Euxton

Euxton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England.

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Euxton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 9,993, but is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to housing developments in the village, including at Buckshaw. The village is just to the west of Chorley, and south of Clayton-le-Woods.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Euxton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Preston England Temple

    The Preston England Temple is the 52nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple is located in the town of Chorley, 10 miles south of Preston, in Lancashire, England.

    3 km · church temple in England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Astley Hall

    Astley Hall is a country house in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The building is now owned by the town and is known as Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery.

    1.9 km · Grade I listed English country house in Chorley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St George's Church, Chorley

    St George's Church is in St George's Street, Chorley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

    3.2 km · Anglican church in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    British Commercial Vehicle Museum

    The British Commercial Vehicle Museum displays antiquarian buses, early fire engines and other historical and commercial vehicles produced by the British manufacturing industry. The museum is located in King Street, Leyland, Lancashire on part of a site previously occupied by the Leyland Motors factory, the source of many exhibits.

    3.8 km · automotive museum in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Andrew's Church, Leyland

    St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Leyland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.

    3.3 km · church in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Buckshaw Hall

    Buckshaw Hall is a Grade II* listed 17th-century country house in Buckshaw Village, Euxton, some 3 miles north-west of Chorley, England.

    1.7 km · manor house in Euxton, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Euxton Hall Chapel

    Euxton Hall Chapel is situated in the village of Euxton, Lancashire, England. It was designed by architect E. W. Pugin, and built in 1866 as a private chapel for the Anderton family.

    200 m · church in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Euxton Parish Church

    Euxton Parish Church is in the English village of Euxton in the borough of Chorley, Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.

    700 m · church in Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Knightmare

    Knightmare was a custom roller coaster at the now defunct Camelot Theme Park in Chorley, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It was built by Zierer and designed by Anton Schwarzkopf.

    3.4 km · roller coaster situated at Camelot Theme Park · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Victory Park, Chorley

    Victory Park is a football ground in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The home ground of Chorley F.C., it opened in 1920.

    3.5 km · football ground in Chorley, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Euxton

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 38 km · Manchester (MAN), 43 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 70 km
Stations
Chorley railway station, 3.3 km · Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station, 200 m · Buckshaw Parkway railway station, 1.5 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Euxton
    36 km · quickest by road, 58 min · £4–6
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Euxton
    76 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £9–12
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Euxton
    129 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £16–22
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Euxton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Euxton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    265 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    301 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    308 km
  4. 04
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    327 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    344 km

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Around it

Next door to Euxton

Euxton is 11 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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