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Yarrow Valley Country Park

Yarrow Valley Green Flag 2008

Chorley's increasingly popular Yarrow Valley Country Park is a 700-acre facility, run by Chorley Borough Council and including a visitor centre built using Heritage Lottery funds.

Green Flag Flies Again

Yarrow Valley Country Park has been awarded Green Flag status for the third year in a row. Click here to read more about this.

If you need directions to find us pdf icon click here. If you need the address and postcode it is Yarrow Valley Country Park, Off Birkacre Road, Chorley, PR7 3QL.

Yarrow Valley Country Park events

Click here to see what's on at Yarrow Valley. Don't forget to keep your eye on our noticeboard for the latest news.

Would you like to volunteer?

We are always on the look out for volunteers - find out more here.

History

Yarrow Valley was created by redeveloping the once industrial Birkacre area into a country park and haven for wildlife. It attracts thousands of visitors each year, including community and sporting groups such as the Wigan and District Anglers Association, Euxton Canoe Club, Friends of the River Yarrow and Chorley and District Natural History Society.

The Visitor Centre provides a focus for a year-round events programme which includes exhibitions, walks and talks, conservation days, children's activities and family fun days, while the community classroom is available to schools as part of the Council's determination to introduce youngsters to the delights of the countryside.

Paul Todd, Green Flag Award manager at the Civic Trust, said: "Good green spaces increase the quality of life for people. Everyone involved should be extremely proud of their hard work and should fly the flag with pride."





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