Plants and wildflowers

We strive to make the borough a colourful and attractive place to live, work and visit, this includes the planting of bedding plants, bulbs and wildflowers. 

Summer bedding

We plant approximately. 23,000 summer bedding plants; this takes place between the months of May and June. They are planted in various sites, for example: the gateways into Chorley, the roundabouts, the recreation grounds and Astley Park.

We have a team who regularly maintain all the floral displays which consist of weeding the beds, dead heading and watering them.

Spring bedding

We plant approximately. 35,000 bulbs and over plant with different species of perennial. These are generally planted in October and November. The displays are throughout the borough, the entrances into Chorley, Cemeteries, Recreation Grounds and Astley Park.

Wildflowers

We have committed to sowing multiple wildflower areas across the borough to both provide colour and to support insects and pollinators. The wildflower seeds that we use contains flowers species that are not native to the UK. Using non-native species extends the season that the flowers are in bloom and provides additional habitat and food for insects and pollinators. 

The visual impact of the flower mixtures is one of the benefits you can experience, of equal importance is the commitment to the environmental responsibility:

• helps reduce our carbon footprint
• introduces more ecological practices
• adds value to the landscape and natural spaces
• brings wildlife back into the town.

Wildflowers need to be left until they have died before they are cut. This will usually be done at the end of September or early October, giving the wildflowers the best opportunity to come back the following year.

Locations of the mini meadows, wildflower bulbs, established perennial meadows and wildlife corridors include: 

Mini Meadows

• Bolton Road, highway verge near raised planter, Adlington & Anderton
• Fairview Drive, area adjacent car park opposite, Adlington & Anderton
• Harding Street, Adlington & Anderton
• Station Road, entrance to Jubilee recreation grounds, Adlington & Anderton
• Buckshaw Avenue, roundabout at Ordnance Road, Buckshaw & Whittle
• Clayton Brook Road, junction Preston Road, Chorley East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Clayton Brook Road, strip in front of the wildlife corridor Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Great Greens Lane, strip around wildlife corridor, Clayton-le-Woods 
• Schoolfield, Chorley East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Wilderswood, Chorley East, Brindle & Hoghton 
• Chancery Road, junction The Farthings, Chorley North & Astley 
• Chancery Road, junction Judeland, Chorley North & Astley
• Lodge Bank, next to play area, Chorley North East
• Ackhurst Road, junction Ackhurst Road and Copperwood Way, Chorley North West
• Astley Park, Chorley North West
• Blackburn Road, strip in front of the wildlife corridor Chorley North West
• Bolton Road, entrance to Duxbury, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
• Sandy Lane, roundabout Westwood Road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton 
• Flag Lane, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
• Wigan Lane, junction of Rawlinson Lane and Wigan Lane, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
• Lower Bugh Way, strip around the wildlife corridor, Chorley South West
• Leyland Lane, near boundary sign, Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South 
• Ulnes Walton Lane, Lay By, Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South 
• Chorley Lane, near lay by, Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
• Wood Lane, near 259 Wood Lane, Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
• Euxton Lane, strip to shield wildlife corridor, Euxton 
• Euxton Lane, wide strip starting from driving range, Euxton

Wildflower Bulbs

• Bolton Road, large verge near motorway bridge, Adlington & Anderton
• Station Road, banking between Station Road & Park Road, Adlington & Anderton
• Central Avenue, Buckshaw & Whittle
• Chorley Old Road, around play area, Buckshaw & Whittle
• Amber Drive, play area, Chorley East
• Howarth Road, entrance to Rivington View Estate, Chorley East
• Chancery Road, verges along Chancery Road, Chorley North & Astley
• Harpers Lane, path that leads to Thornhill, Chorley North & Astley
• Drumhead Road, adjacent to pond, Chorley North & Astley
• Preston Road, roundabout with Millennium Way, Chorley North & Astley
• Kittiwake, Chorley North East
• Blackburn Road, junction of Whins Lane, Chorley North East
• 46, mini meadow near Cenotaph, Chorley North West
• Park Road, raised beds in central reservation, Chorley North West
• Chorley Road, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
• Myles Standish Way, banking near roundabout to Holy Cross High School, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
• Mayflower Gardens, area around the pond, Chorley South West
• Yarrow Valley Way, Chorley South West
• Great Greens Lane, junction with Homestead, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Great Greens Lane, open space adjacent village hall, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Osborne Drive, 2x bankings in front of 5-6 Burghley Close, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Westwood Road, junction of Clayton Brook Road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Clayton Brook Road, junction Preston Road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Riley Green Switch Road, opposite junction of Sandy Lane, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Lancaster Lane, junction with Magnolia Drive, Clayton West & Cuerden
• Wigan Road, roundabout at Kielder Gardens, Clayton West & Cuerden
• Preston Road, Coppull
• Spendmore Lane, banking next to railway line, Coppull
• Glover Close, play area, Croston, Mawdelsey & Euxton South
• Jubilee Way, behind the play area, Croston, Mawdelsey & Euxton South
• New Street, junction with Hurst Green, Croston, Mawdelsey & Euxton South
• Dawbers Lane, along stone wall, Croston, Mawdelsey & Euxton South
• Meadowlands, Croston, Mawdelsey & Euxton South
• Greenside, junction of Barnside, Euxton
• Runshaw Lane, verge in front of shops, Euxton

Established Perennial Meadows

• Sandy Lane, outside Cuckoo Gin Distillery, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Blackburn Brow, junction Heapey Road, Chorley North & Astley
• Haworth Road, entrance to Rivington View estate, Chorley East
• Preston Road, opposite 234-208 Preston Road, Chorley North & Astley
• Foxhole Road, corner of Foxhole Road and Southport Road, Chorley North West
• Commercial Road, roundabout with Bengal St and Water Street, Chorley North West
• Harpers Lane, roundabout with water Street, Chorley North & Astley
• Stump Lane, roundabout at Clifford Street, Chorley North West
• Brooke Street, roundabout at Lyons Lane South, Chorley North West
• Sandy Lane, roundabout at Westwood Road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Sheep Hill Brow, near Back Lane, Clayton West & Cuerden
• Dawbers Lane, Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
• Hoghton Lane, opposite junction Sandy Lane, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Blackburn Road, opposite Dressers Arms, Chorley North East
• Blackburn Road, Chorley North East
• Buckholes Lane, at junction of Harbour Lane, Chorley North East
• Blackburn Road, junction of Blackburn Road, Chorley North East
• Meadow Street, adjacent to reinstated footpath, Adlington & Anderton
• Chancery Road, from junction The Farthings through to Long croft meadow, Chorley North & Astley
• Chancery Road, opposite Buckshaw Hall Close, Chorley North & Astley
• Carr house Lane, near to raised bed, Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
• Drumhead Road, open space as you go into industrial estate, Chorley North & Astley
• Gillibrand Link Road, 1 metre strip in front of the wildlife corridor, Chorley South West
• Botany Brow, opposite Lock and Quay, Chorley North & Astley
• Myles Standish Way, junction Bolton Road, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
• Laburnum Road, strip adjacent to footpath on open space at the rear of Laburnum Road, Chorley North & Astley
• Southport Road, junction of Southport Road and Ackhurst Road, Chorley North West
• Clayton Green Road, opposite junction Library Road, Clayton West & Cuerden
• Westwood Road, junction Clayton Brook Road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Town Brow, near junction with Shady Lane, Clayton West & Cuerden
• Wood End Road, Clayton West & Cuerden
• Chapel Lane, land south of the junction with Poplar Drive, Coppull
• Wigan Road, roundabout Kielder Gardens, Clayton West & Cuerden
• Balshaw Lane, junction Talbot Row, Euxton
• Dawbers Lane, Croston, Mawesley & Euxton South
• Runshaw Lane, land outside Primrose Hill Farm, Euxton
• Buckshaw Avenue, roundabout, Buckshaw & Whittle
• Westhoughton Road, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock 
• New Road, verge opposite Bay Horse Hotel, Babylon Lane, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock 
• Birchin Lane, Buckshaw & Whittle

Wildlife Corridors

• Bolton Road, verge between Briarfield and Motorway Bridge, Adlington & Anderton
• The Common, Adlington & Anderton
• Central Avenue, all verges, Buckhaw & Whittle
• Hillside Crescent, Buckshaw & Whittle
• Old Worden Avenue, all verges, Buckhaw & Whittle
• Ordnance Drive, all verges, Buckhaw & Whittle
• Village Way, all verges, Buckhaw & Whittle
• Amber Drive, in front of 19 Amber Drive, Chorley East
• Cowling Brow, land between Ridge Road ad Yes Crosse Hall Yes Street, Chorley East
• Howarth Road, open spaces before bridge to Rivington View Estate, Chorley East
• Chancery Road, all verges along Chancery Road, Chorley North & Astley
• Drumhead Road, open space as you go into industrial estate, Chorley North & Astley
• Northgate Drive, Chorley North & Astley
• Preston Road, wide verges south of Sea View pub, Chorley North & Astley
• West Way, all verges along Westway, Chorley North & Astley
• Blackburn Road, opposite Tanhouse Lane, Chorley North East
• Chorley Road, Chorley North East
• Foxhole Road, highway verges opposite entrance to Tesco, Chorley North West
• Stanstead Road, land at Play Area, Chorley North West
• Myles Standish Way, along full length of Myles Standish Way, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
• Gillibrand Link Road, all verges along link road excluding roundabouts, Chorley South West
• Lower Burgh Way, Chorley South West
• Flag Lane, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock 
• West Houghton Road, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock 
• Barleyfield, land adjacent to Westwood Primary School, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Carr Barn Brow, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Clayton Brook Road, adjacent to Carr Field (opposite entrance to Acrefield, opposite entrance to Gough Lane, junction of Preston Rd), Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Meadow Lane, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton 
• Neare Meadow, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton 
• Osborne Drive, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton 
• School Field, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Westwood Road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Great Greens Lane, all suitable verges along road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Black Croft, land between 67 and 68, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Clayton Green Road, all verges along road, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Higher Meadow, small section to the northwest, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Library Road, banking adjacent to football pitch, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
• Chapel Lane, Coppull 
• Preston Road, verges between Coppull Moor Road and the boundary with Standish, Coppull 
• Dawbers Lane, Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
• Euxton Lane, Euxton 
• Runshaw Lane, Euxton