Play and Recreation in Euxton
This page last updated 28-Apr-2011

Play and Recreation available in the Village of Euxton

Below are the play and recreation spaces available to the public within Euxton. There are three new projects the Parish Council is currently working on to provide additional recreation facilities for all age groups, and these each have a project page of their own here:

Bowling Green and Boules Pitches | Pear Tree Lane Playing Fields | Skatepark

PLAY AND RECREATION AREAS IN EUXTON

Euxton has a number of areas for play and recreation, these are pin pointed on the map below. Euxton Parish Council's owned or maintained sites are:

Geoff Witts Memorial, Millennium Green
Primrose Hill Play Area
Princessway Kickabout area
Lucy Branston Play Area and Garden, Greenside
Southport Road shelter/basketball
James Moorcroft Lane Play Area, Balshaw Lane
Greenside Recreation Fields, Greenside

The others below are within Euxton, but are not the Parish Council's:

Milestone Meadow Play Area
The Cherries Play Area
Highways Avenue Play Area
Badger's Walk Play Area

Geoff Witts memorial, Millennium Green, Euxton Hall Gardens

The Millennium Green was created from 1999 in time for the the Millennium.

Euxton Parish Council dedicated the Millennium Green to the memory of Councillor Geoff Witts who inaugurated the Green in 2000, served as a Councillor for 32 years and who sadly died July 2007.

There are reports on the recent projects which have taken place on the Green, with photos on the Millennium Green project page.

Link to see area on Google maps

 

Picnic benches on the Millennium Green, Spring 2009

Primrose Hill Play Area, Primrose Hill Road

This play area is managed by Euxton Parish Council, there is kickabout area behind it.

See most recent project work for this play area.

Link to see a Google street view of the Primrose Hill play area

Link to see area on Google maps

Princessway Kickabout Area

This recreation space is managed by Euxton Parish Council. It is public open space with an area for sports with a set of goal posts.

Link to see area on Google maps

 

Lucy Branston Play Area and Garden, Greenside

This play area is managed by Euxton Parish Council. It has a range of equipment and is set behind a garden area with seats and planters.

Link to see a Google street view from Greenside

Link to see area on Google maps

Southport Road shelter and basket ball, Southport Road

This open space is managed by Euxton Parish Council, it has a shelter with a basket ball net on it and a village map board with the footpaths on.

See these Council projects: shelter project, solar light project, map board project.

Link to see a Google street view from Southport Road

Link to see area on Google maps

James Moorcroft Play Area, Balshaw Lane

This play area is managed by Euxton Parish Council. It has a toddler side, and an older childrens side and a section which is a mini-skatepark.

See the mini-skatepark project.

Link to see a Google street view from Balshaw Lane

Link to see area on Google maps

Greenside Recreation Fields, Greenside

These recreation fields are managed by Euxton Parish Council. The area is public open space with three pitches marked out for organised sports, it has a hard standing area for sports and games and a changing facilities building.

Link to see a Google street view of the Greenside Recreation Fields

Link to see area on Google maps

Milestone Meadow estate play area and recreation space

This area is relatively new. It was paid for by the developers of the estate as part of planning their conditions. It was designed through consultation with the residents by Chorley Council sport development officer and is now adopted by Chorley Council.

Link to see a Google street view of the Milestone Meadow play area

Link to see area on Google maps

The Cherries play area, off School Lane

This area is was created when The Cherries was built, by the developer who still runs and maintains the play area

Link to see area on Google maps

 

Highways Avenue play area, at the end of Highways Avenue

This area is a Chorley Council play area.

Link to see area on Google maps

 

Badgers Walk play area, Badgers Walk estate, off Euxton Lane

This area is was created when Badgers Walk was built, by the developer who still runs and maintains the play area

Link to see area on Google maps