Wheelton

Wheelton
Lancashire
The Red Lion public house
Location
Grid reference:	SD603211
Location:	53°41’6"N, 2°36’4"W
Data
Population:	956  (2011)
Post town:	Chorley
Postcode:	PR6
Dialling code:	01254
Local Government
Council:	Chorley
Parliamentary constituency:	Chorley

Wheelton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire north-east of Chorley. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 1,001, reducing to 956 at the 2011 Census. The village is located on the A674 Chorley–Blackburn road.

There are two communities: Wheelton, which is close to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and borders Whittle-le-Woods; and Higher Wheelton which is located on the road from Chorley to Blackburn. It is one of the more affluent parts of Lancashire owing to easy motorway access and a semi-rural setting.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wheelton)

• Wheelton chorley.gov.uk.
• heapeyandwheelton.org

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