Man with a Van Chorley

Man and van in Chorley, from Bradford

Man With Van Long Wheelbase is one driver and one Ford Transit long wheelbase van, based in Bradford, 55 miles from Chorley (65-80 minutes by road). Jobs in Chorley are quoted as one fixed figure, agreed before we set off, with the drive already in it.

Moving in Chorley: what to know first

East of the railway, the streets around Eaves Lane, Brooke Street, Sherbourne Street and Canterbury Street are the old mill-worker terraces, and in the 2021 census almost half the homes in that part of Chorley were terraced. Front doors open onto the pavement and parking is on the street, so the van stops in the nearest legal gap and the load goes along on a trolley.

North of the centre, a group of short rows off Park Road, among them Hope Street, Park Street and Vine Street, are still cobbled, as is Froom Street out towards Cowling. To the south and west, Pall Mall, Devonshire Road, Gillibrand Walks and Weldbank Lane mix terraces, semis and flats, while Astley Village, Euxton Lane and the Buckshaw estates are newer houses on wide estate roads with drives.

The town centre is small. The A6 runs through it as Bolton Street and around its east side as Clifford Street and Shepherds Way, and Market Street, Chapel Street and High Street are the shopping streets. The covered market opens five days, closed Wednesday and Sunday, with the full outdoor street market every Tuesday. The council's Friday Street car park is a multi-storey, which a 2.5m van stays out of.

Parking and access in Chorley

Chorley Council runs the town-centre car parks, including the Flat Iron, Portland Street, Fleet Street and West Street surface car parks and the Friday Street multi-storey, which the 2.5m van does not use. On-street parking is run by Lancashire County Council, which suspends bays at £32 per 6 metres per day with eight working days' notice online.

• Terraced streets east of the railway, such as Eaves Lane, Brooke Street, Canterbury Street and Sherbourne Street, open straight onto the pavement.
• Hope Street, Park Street and Vine Street off Park Road are cobbled, and so is Froom Street on the Cowling side, so the van stops at the end and the load is trolleyed.
• The A6 runs through the centre as Bolton Street and round the east side as Clifford Street, Shepherds Way and Lyons Lane South, carrying most through traffic.
• Tuesday is the full outdoor street market as well as the covered market, so the shopping streets are busier that day.
• Chorley FC play at Victory Park on Duke Street, so a match day adds traffic and parked cars around the south side of the centre.

Local details checked 25 October 2026.

Man and van services we offer in Chorley

Across PR6 and PR7 the van does house removals in Chorley, flat moves around the town centre, furniture delivery from Chorley shops, Marketplace collection from terraces and estates and long distance removals by the M61 and M6, with one fixed price agreed before the van leaves Bradford.

Every service we offer in Chorley

All 11 of our services run in Chorley, each with its own page covering how that job actually works here.

Parts of Chorley we cover

Chorley Moor, Eaves Green, Hartwood Green, Botany Bay, Great Knowley, Limbrick, Gillibrand, Duxbury, Birkacre, Astley Village, Buckshaw Village, and everywhere in between. If your street isn't listed, it's almost certainly still covered.

Common Chorley routes

• Chorley → Bradfordthe A674 to the M61, the M60 from junction 15 to 18, then the M62 east and the M606, about 55 miles
• Chorley → Prestonthe A674 to the M61 north, the M65 to junction 1, then the A6 into the city, about 11 miles
• Chorley → Manchesterthe M61 south to the M60, then the M602 into the city, about 27 miles
• Chorley → Liverpoolthe B5251 and A49 to the M6 at junction 27, then the M58 and A59, about 29 miles

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Chorley

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 25 October 2026 against:

• Chorley (Wikipedia): town population 36,682 (2020); streets of terraced houses for mill workers, cotton mills replaced mining
• Buckshaw Village (Wikipedia): between Chorley and Leyland, on the former ROF Chorley site
• M61 motorway (Wikipedia): junction 6 A6027 Horwich and Chorley, Rivington services between 6 and 8
• Runshaw College (Wikipedia): tertiary college, main campus on Langdale Road, Leyland
• University of Central Lancashire (Wikipedia): main campus in Preston
• Edge Hill University (Wikipedia): campus in Ormskirk, Lancashire, with halls of residence on campus
• Chorley F.C. (Wikipedia): home ground Victory Park, Duke Street
• Astley Hall (Wikipedia): hall in Chorley whose grounds are Astley Park
• Botany Bay, Chorley: Canal Mill beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near M61 junction 8
• Census 2021 accommodation type (ONS, via Nomis): Chorley borough 32.0% detached, 33.0% semi, 25.3% terraced; Chorley 009 (Chorley East) 45.6% terraced
• postcodes.io (ONS data): postcode, ward and parish lookups for PR7 1BG, PR6 0ET, PR6 0HB and PR7 2LB
• Chorley Council, market days: covered market 9am to 4.30pm; Tuesday new goods
• Chorley Council, town centre parking: Flat Iron and Portland Street car parks; Friday Street, Cleveland Street, West Street, Queens Road, Back Mount
• Chorley Council: residents' parking scheme operated by Lancashire County Council
• Lancashire County Council, parking bay suspension: at least 8 working days' notice online, 14 by post; £32.00 per 6 metres per day
• Chorley Council, large item collection: £24.50 for 1 item, £49 for 2 to 5, £73 for 6, £98 for 7 to 10; Monday and Friday collections; book online
• OpenStreetMap: street map and driving routes
• Place North West, October 2019: Middlebrook tenants include Asda, DFS, Currys, Furniture Village, Oak Furniture Land and M&S
• Middlebrook (Wikipedia): retail and leisure complex at Horwich and Lostock, next to junction 6 of the M61