DCS Social Trip to Chorley Market and Astley Hall

Tuesday 20th May 2025

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The Didsbury Civic Society May Coach Trip starts with a Morning Visit to Chorley Market. This is an open-air Street Market based in several traffic free streets and joining up with the Indoor Market. There are cafes around with one in the indoor market and there are also other competitively priced ones at The Sir Henry Tate. For lunch we are going to the Bowling Green Inn at Charnock Richard for a carvery lunch, including coffee within the price. In the Afternoon we visit Astley Hall where we will split into groups for guided tours.

Adjacent to the site is the Coach House with the Ambio Cafe and Barrica Wines. You can visit the art gallery, explore the wider park and walled garden.

Astley Hall was started in 1570, in the Elizabethan and Jacobean in style and is a Grade 1 listed building. The site was acquired in the 15th century by the Charnock Family. The original house was a timber framed house built around a small court yard. In 1665 Margaret Charnock married the son of Sir Peter Brook and they built the present grand but asymmetrical Country House with impressive tall stone mullioned bay windows.

Schedule for the Day:
08-30am Pick up at Didsbury Library.
08-45am Pick up at East Didsbury United Methodist Church.
09-45am Arrive Chorley.
11-30am Leave for carvery lunch.
11-45am The Bowling Green Inn for carvery lunch including coffee.
13-30pm Leave Carvery for Astley Hall.
13-45pm Arrive Astley Hall.
16-15pm Leave for home.

The cost of the trip was £42 including Coach travel, lunch with coffee, admission to Astley