Abbey Village is a village in the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 county of Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

 and the constituency of Chorley. It is located on the A675 road, six miles (10 km) from Blackburn, eight miles from Chorley

Chorley

Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...

, nine miles (14 km) from Preston and ten miles from Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

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Etymolohy

The name is believed to have arisen from a connection with Whalley Abbey

Whalley Abbey

Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified and it is now the Retreat and Conference House of the...

, as the village is located close to a track between the abbey and Brinscall

Brinscall

Brinscall is a village in the borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. Located approximately five miles north-east of Chorley, Brinscall borders the similar-sized villages of Withnell and Abbey Village. Brinscall is part of the civil parish of Withnell but does not have its own boundaries...

 Hall .

Community

The village has a number of amenities including a sandwich shop, pub, post office

Post office

A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

, restaurant and a primary school

Geography

The village is near the Upper

Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir

Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir is a reservoir on the River Roddlesworth near Abbey Village in Lancashire.The reservoir is close to Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir and Rake Brook Reservoir and sits within dense woodland....

 and Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir

Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir

Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir is a reservoir on the River Roddlesworth close to Abbey Village in Lancashire.The reservoir is close to Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir and Rake Brook Reservoir, situated within thick forest....

s.

Public Transport

The village was formerly served by Withnell railway station

Withnell railway station

Withnell railway station was a railway station that served Abbey Village and Withnell, in Lancashire, England.-History:The station was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was on the Blackburn to Chorley Line. In January 1960, the station was closed following the withdrawal of the...

 but that closed in 1960.

Public Transport consists of the 124 bus service between Blackburn and Chorley. Operating hourly in either direction it is run by Transdev Lancashire United from Monday to Saturday daytimes, and Stagecoach North West

Stagecoach North West

Stagecoach North West is a major operator of bus services in North West England. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, and has its origins in the purchase of Cumberland in 1987 and Ribble in 1988 from the National Bus Company. The head office of Stagecoach North West is in Carlisle...

during the Evenings & Sundays.