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December 2025 21st December Santas Grotto Astley Hall- Chorley Saturdays and Sundays 10am – 4pm Santa and his elves will be visiting Astley Hall for the weekends leading up to Christmas! Santa can’t wait to meet you and hear about the lovely things you have been up to this year. Tell him if you have been naughty or nice and chat about what you are wishing for this Christmas! IMPORTANT BOOKING INFORMATION: Tickets to meet Santa must be booked in advance at £7 per child, each ticket includes a present. There is a maximum of 4 children and 2 adults per slot. Each time slot admits up to 3 separate bookings to see Santa and you will see Santa within your 10 minute slot. For further information, please contact astleyhall@chorley.gov.uk To get your tickets visit Skiddle: www.skiddle.com/g/christmas-events-in-chorley/ 5th December - 23rd December Santa’s Magical Grotto at Duxbury Park Santa’s Magical Grotto at Duxbury Park Golf Club, Chorley. To book tickets www.santasmagicalgrotto.co.uk/book.php 13th December 2025 - 4th January 2026 Chorley’s Winter Wonderland Get your skates on this Christmas and glide, pirouette and whirl across Chorley’s real ice rink when it returns as part of Chorley’s fantastically festive winter wonderland on Cleveland Street. Chorley Council is bringing the 60ft by 40ft real ice rink back to Chorley town centre with the whole family invited to enjoy a fantastic day out in Chorley’s Winter Wonderland, which will also have a Bavarian fun house, fairground ride, stalls selling festive food, drink and crafts and festive Tipis will be back for people to sit back and enjoy their purchases. Open from every day except Christmas Day. For more information on what’s happening in Chorley this Christmas, visit https://checkoutchorley.com/christmas EUXTON VILLA FOOTBALL CLUB PAN DISABILITY FOOTBALL Comets are a recreational, pan-disability football programme for disabled boys between 5 and 11. Comets provides a safe space for disabled children to play football, belong and just be themselves, allowing them to use their imagination to take them to a world where the possibilities are endless! Would you be interested to learn more? If so Email the club at hello@euxtonvillafc.com 21st December Christmas Farmers’ Market at Hoghton Tower Explore the finest produce Lancashire has to offer, from traditional pies and cheese to delicious fresh seafood. Choose from a mouth-watering selection of cakes, brownies and muffins, treat yourself to a coffee, and even pick up some local gin for later! Peruse a range of unique handmade jewellery and greeting cards, for that special gift. Gates open 10am -Admission in aid of the Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust £2 per car, £2 per pedestrian group (up to 6). Checkout https://www.hoghtontower.co.uk/whats-on/ 22nd December Carols By Candlelight at Hoghton Tower Join Outreach Opera for a beautiful candlelit evening of popular opera arias and duets, along with an array of magical Christmas carols. Let them take you on a journey through opera’s favourite composers, from Puccini to Verdi, whilst inviting you to join them in singing Silent Night and many other much-loved carols, all in the stunning candlelight setting of Hoghton Tower’s Banqueting Hall. For Further details and to book https://hoghtontower.digitickets.co.uk/ event-tickets/70540?catID=66647& A selection of What’s On for WINTER 2025/26 As always we suggest you check with all events or venues before you travel in case anything changes to the details below. Visit www.raring2go.co.uk/chorleyandleyland for more events!
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Swimming, Dance, Football, Bounce and Rhyme, very own allotment and our weekly visits to the residents of Euxton Care Home Wigan Road Euxton 01257 241119 nursery@busybodieseuxton.co.uk ‘Busy bodies, Lots of fun and ’ Open 50 weeks of the year 7.45am-6pm Government funded places available for children from aged 9mths 11
Continued What’s On Guide 27th December Harris Museum Preston - Free Event Enjoy film screening of the beloved Wallace & Gromit films: 27th@11:00 - 29th@11:00 - 30th & 31st @ 11am - Booking required. For details and to book https://theharris.org.uk/whats-on/ January 2026 Veganuary 2025 encourages people to try vegan food andlearn all about veganism. Learn more here. https://veganuary.com/ 1st - 31st January Walk your Dog Month A great way to start off the New Year getting out and about and enjoying hours exercise in the company of your beloved Dog. 17th Januaury Chorley Little Theatre-Rob Newman: Where The Wild Things Were! From Rob Newman comes a barnstorming new stand-up show about where we are and where we’re going. From future cities and philistine film directors to Dorothy Parker’s Multiverse Diaries. Throw in Pythagorean gangsters, intellectual bingo callers and a crazy character called Arlo – and the result is a hilarious tour-de force utterly unlike anything else you will ever see anyw here else! To book www.ticketsource.co.uk/ booking/venueplan/mrbvlrkvepqb 19th January Brew Monday Today is supposed to be the day we are mainly feeling blue. So the aim of Brew Monday is to encourage people to get together for a cuppa and a chat and talk away those blues! We think it’s a great idea 25th January Burns Night Burns Night is celebrated mainly in Scotland and commemorates the life of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Traditionally everyone sits down to a meal of Haggis, neeps and tatties! 23rd - 25th January RSPB Big GardenBird Watch Big Garden Birdwatch 2026 is back. Sit back, relax and watch your garden birds for an hour. Whether you’re a newcomer or a regular it all matters! www.rspb.org.uk/ whats-happening/big-garden-birdwatch January Art in Adlington The group is managed by a committee of volunteers. They organise the sessions at Fairview, coordinate exhibitions, book visiting artists, manage membership details, order supplies and refreshments, Sessions are held in Fairview Youth & Community Centre/Highfield Rd North, Adlington, Chorley PR6 9RN. If you are interested in joining the group please see http://artinadlington.org.uk/ A FEW EXCELLENT PARKS FOR ALL THE FAMILY IN OUR AREA Worden Park Leyland As well as offering more than 60 hectares of meadows, woodlands and playing fields, Worden Park also includes a range of attractions in its historic grounds. Situated on the outskirts of Leyland, the park is less than a quarter of a mile from the town centre.The park has held the Green Flag Award since the scheme began in 1997, the only site north of London to have done so. A great place to visit for all the Family! Astley Park and Coach House A beautiful attraction located next to Chorley town centre offering a great day out for all. Within the grounds you will find Astley Hall, a breath-taking 16th century Grade I historic house, the modernised Coach House which includes the Coach House Gallery and Café Ambio, the Farmhouse, including Barrica in the Park, the scenic Walled Garden, acres of stunning parkland and an array of sports pitches and fantastic play areas. 12
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CLUBS& CLAS ES Stagecoach Performing Arts schools are operated under franchise and are independently owned by their Principals. Stagecoach and Creative Courage For Life are registered trademarks of Stagecoach Performing Arts Limited. Singing, dancing and acting classes for 4 - 18 year-olds Giving children and young people the Creative Courage to stand up on stage for over 35 years. enrolling for the neW term stagecoach chorley www.stagecoach.co.uk/chorley 01204 301320/ 07780676266 chorley@stagecoach.co.uk 15
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Continued What’s On Guide February 2026 8th February Justin Live – Justin Time to Rock Opera House, Winter Gardens Blackpool FY1 1H Justin Time To Rock is a fabulous show suitable for all the family. Justin and his friends are putting together a rock band. But with so many songs to choose from, they are going to need your help to choose the best songs to sing and dance to. Come and see CBeebies’ megastar Justin Fletcher live on stage, in an all-singing, alldancing extravaganza packed full of well-known songs, lots of dancing, hilarious comedy and plenty of rocktastic fun! To Book www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/ events/justin-live-justin-time-to-rock/ 15th February Chorley Little Theatre WiFi Wars: Family Show WiFi Wars comes to Chorley with an entirely new show to celebrate their 10th Anniversary!It’s the live comedy game show where you all play along: Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes!Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show “Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit“) and aided by Guinness World-RecordBreaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer To Book www.ticketsource.co.uk/chorleytheatre/t-aaqyprx A FEW FAB IDEAS FOR FEBRUARY HALF TERM FUN 1 Lancashire has a wide range of attractions, perfect for everyone! For a family friendly day out let the kids enjoy our selection of animal attractions, from petting farms to Blackpool Zoo .With so much open countryside it’ll be no surprise to learn Lancashire is a haven for wildlife, both in the wild and at animal attractions or at the zoo. Take the family to visit a farm animal attraction such as Thornton Hall Country Park or Windmill Animal Farm, and you’ll meet animals like sheep, cows, chickens and pigs, or maybe take a trip to Brockholes Nature Reserve where they have lots of events going on throughout the year. Checkout https://www.lancswt.org.uk/visit 2 Blackpool is the entertainment capital of Lancashire and it’s jam-packed with theme parks, activities and rides. Enjoy tropical warmth combined with indoor waterslides galore at Sandcastle Waterpark. 3 The most famous Blackpool theme park is undoubtedly the Pleasure Beach Resort. It’s Britain’s number one visitor attraction with more than 125 rides to choose from. 4 Take a trip through Lancashire with a range of railway attractions. The steam railways offer a great day out for all the family and hosts a wide variety of events and attractions to suit all ages and interests from railway enthusiasts to a fun family day out! Enjoy 20
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