00:00Recently, I took a visit to Astley Park, which is really close to the centre of Chorley.
00:05Now, this is the car park. It's free. It's Hallgate car park, and I got to it from Chancery Road.
00:12The spaces are quite narrow, just to warn you, but when you get in, this is a walled garden area that you go through,
00:18and then it opens up, and let's chat about what's in here.
00:23So, on this side is the walled garden, which is so beautiful.
00:29I didn't spend too much time there, but look, there's orchards, there's conservatories.
00:34Look how beautiful the landscaping is. A really nice chance to have a stroll around and some reflection.
00:39That building there is magnificent. It is a grade 1 16th century Astley Hall.
00:45You can go in there, tours around. The park itself is absolutely beautiful.
00:51It's massive, actually. There's a big central area there. You can walk, ride, jog.
00:58And then there's children's play areas. This children's play area, age 6 and over, you can see that it's decked out in a medieval theme.
01:08There's slides. There's a zip wire. You can see in the background there, there's some football pitches.
01:13Then there's a space for younger children. A pet's corner there. That wasn't open when we went, but if you look around, there's so much space to let off some steam.
01:25Oh, there's a sandpit, by the way. Balance boards that you could walk on for children.
01:30This beautiful fountain area. Great for pictures in the autumn leaves if you want to go in autumn.
01:37This was like a tennis area. I think there's some bowling greens there you can have a go on.
01:44I didn't have a chance when I went to take in the woodland area, but I believe there's some spectacular woodland walks.
01:52And then in the walled garden that you saw when I walked in, up towards where the hall is, there's a shop there.
02:01There's Cafe Ambio, which seemed really, really popular. They're cooing out of the door.
02:05All in all, this was an absolutely fantastic place to visit with families on your own, dog walking.
02:12It was beautiful. I can understand the hype about this place.
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