Whittle-le-woods meaning "white hill" Whittle le woods was a pretty settlement of stone cottages it is made up from two distinct areas. The older part of the village, which is found on the old coach road running through Waterhouse Green to Brindle. The more modern part of this village is found on the A6 near to where St.Johns is found.

Whittle-le-woods meaning "white hill" Whittle le woods was a pretty settlement of stone cottages it is made up from two distinct areas. The older part of the village, which is found on the old coach road running through Waterhouse Green to Brindle. The more modern part of this village is found on the A6 near to where St.Johns is found.

A major feature of this village are the canals, which have been partly filled in, in order to create more open space, and to create some beautiful foot paths for the locals. There are many clubs and activities for the locals, scouts, guides, fishing in the canal and a Golf club.

There are many facilities for the locals in the village, everything you could require, and Chorley is only a short drive away.

As you can see from the map, Whittle le woods is quite a large area with several open spaces. There is easy access to the motorway system and good regular public transport.

The village's main trade was quarrying, it was well known for the production of mill stones, the problem was that it was very difficult to transport them. In the 1800s almost every village had a watermill, so demand for millstones was quite high, and whittle-le-woods stone was said to be one of the best. According to some, the quarry dates back to Roman times, evidence to suggest this is that Roman coins have been found in the quarry.

The Lancaster canal was constructed through Whittle-le-woods in 1803 to transport coal from Wigan to Preston. The canal was then linked to the Leeds and Liverpool canal in 1816, due to the difficult lie of the land a series of 7 locks in just 1/2 mile of water had to be used to lift barges upto 60 feet.