Eccleston is a popular village to live in, there is almost everything you could require, shops, banks, some well known and respected restaurants, estate agents, post offices. There is also a small shopping mall - the 'Carington Centre'. 'Bygonne Times' (housed in the old grove mill buildings) is also found here

Open farmland surrounds the village, if you to take a simple wrong turning off the main road, you will find yourself under the cover of trees heading out into the open countryside.

There are many open areas in the village, and there is also a new cricket field which is found on the outskirts of the village.

Eccleston is of ancient origin, its name was given by early British tribes and it means "Church Town" The original settlement location is most likely due to the position of the River Yarrow running east to west across eccleston separating itself from Heskin. When Eccleston was first founded it was densely populated by woodland and the first settlers made farming and agriculture their livelihood. The farmers prospered and by the middle ages there were many manor houses built suggesting that they did quite well for themselves

One of the oldest buildings still standing in Eccleston is St. Mary's church which is a lovely well looked after sandstone church dating back to 1094 which is found on the south bank of the River Yarrow in open meadow. It was likely to have existed much earlier in history, but only appears on records in 1094.

Eccleston St.Mary's

As time moved on, like most other villages in the Chorley area mills were built, and housing built for the workers. Through time the mills in Eccleston progressed from Wool to fustian and then to cotton.

Eccleston Green early 1900

By the 1970's textiles grew to its height when 100's of locals were employed from both Eccleston and the surrounding villages. But due to foreign competition and money problems the factories had to close.