Abbey Village

Abbey Village
Terraced houses just outside Abbey Village
Abbey Village Abbey Village shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD645225
Civil parish	Withnell
District	Chorley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHORLEY
Postcode district	PR6
Dialling code	01254
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Chorley
List of places UK England Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°41′49″N 2°32′20″W / 53.697°N 2.539°W / 53.697; -2.539

Abbey Village is a village in the English county of Lancashire and the constituency of Chorley. It is located on the A675 road, six miles (10 km) from Blackburn, eight miles from Chorley, nine miles (14 km) from Preston and ten miles from Bolton.

Etymology

The name is believed to have arisen from a connection with Whalley Abbey, as the village is located close to a track between the abbey and Brinscall Hall.^[1]

Community

The village is generally ribbon in layout lying along the A675. It is centred on a now redundant cotton mill which is broken down into industrial units. It has a number of amenities including a pub to the south of the village and an Indian restaurant to the north. It also has a Post Office; which additionally acts as a general store and sells made-to-order sandwiches, and is open 09:00 - 14:00. There is also a driving school that operates from the area, aptly named Abbey driver training.

Education

The village has a primary school, Abbey Village County Primary School, with most pupils going on to high schools in Chorley.

Geography

The village is near the Upper and Lower Roddlesworth Reservoirs as well as the West Pennine Moors.

Public Transport

The village was formerly served by Withnell railway station but that closed in 1960.

Public transport now consists solely of the No. 24 bus service between Blackburn and Chorley. From Monday to Saturday Blackburn Bus Company operates the service every 30 minutes during the day. In the evenings and on Sundays, Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire runs an hourly service, finishing shortly before midnight.

References

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Geography of the Borough of Chorley

Towns

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Topography

Waterways	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Black Brook Green Withins Brook The Goit R Chor R Lostock R Roddlesworth R Yarrow

Reservoirs	Abbey Village Anglezarke High Bullough Lower Rivington Lower Roddlesworth Rake Brook Upper Rivington Upper Roddlesworth Yarrow

Hills	Grain Pole Hill Great Hill Healey Nab Hurst Hill Noon Hill Rivington Pike Spitlers Edge Winter Hill

Parks	Duxbury Woods Yarrow Valley Park

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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool

Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster City of Preston Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Major settlements	Accrington Adlington Bacup Barnoldswick Blackburn Blackpool Brierfield Burnley Carnforth Chorley Cleveleys Clitheroe Colne Darwen Earby Fleetwood Fulwood Garstang Great Harwood Haslingden Kirkham Lancaster Leyland Longridge Lytham St Annes Morecambe Nelson Ormskirk Padiham Penwortham Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Preston Rawtenstall Rishton Skelmersdale Waterfoot Wesham Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire

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