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Dog walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park

Yarrow Valley Country Park is a park in Chorley, 1.8 km from the middle of Chorley. 123 walks in the app lie mostly in it. 39% are under 3 km and 33% are loops.

See every dog walk near Chorley, or across Lancashire.

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Yarrow Valley Country Park on Lancashire. Ordnance Survey boundary data.

Three walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park

From the 123 walks that lie mostly in Yarrow Valley Country Park, those that start nearest its middle: an 8.0 km loop, a 4.0 km there and back and a 2.0 km one-way walk.

Where these go is in the app

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  • Near Yarrow Valley Country Park (longest)8.0 km · 137 min · A loop
  • Near Yarrow Valley Country Park (in between)4.0 km · 68 min · There and back
  • Near Yarrow Valley Country Park (shortest)2.0 km · 34 min · One way

The rules for dogs in Yarrow Valley Country Park

  • Site of Special Scientific InterestCharnock Richard Pasture SSSINatural England designations
  • Open by permission, not by right99 hectares of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
  • Open by right7 hectares of the woodland

Chorley council has a dog control order we cannot yet place on the map, so it may apply here. Park byelaws and signs on the ground may say more.

What the walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park are like

Every share is of the 123 walks that lie mostly in Yarrow Valley Country Park, with Chorley as a whole marked on each bar.

How far they go

Over 12 km: under 1% of the walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park, against 12% near Chorley.

Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredChorley
Under 3 km
39%
34%
3 to 5 km
24%
21%
5 to 8 km
23%
18%
8 to 12 km
12%
12%
Over 12 km
<1%
12%

What shape they are

One way, ending somewhere else: 29% of the walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park, against 25% near Chorley.

A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredChorley
A loop
33%
35%
There and back the same way
37%
39%
One way, ending somewhere else
29%
25%

What is beside the path

Through a park or green space for a third or more: 99% of the walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park, against 43% near Chorley.

Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredChorley
Under trees for a third or more of the way
98%
62%
Beside water for a tenth or more
97%
85%
On open access land for a third or more
<1%
10%
Through a park or green space for a third or more
99%
43%
Off road for four fifths or more
9%
14%
On roads or lanes for half or more
67%
66%
Through built-up streets for half or more
<1%
2%

What might stop you

Never beside a fast road: 100% of the walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park, against 84% near Chorley.

Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredChorley
Never beside a fast road
100%
84%
Never beside a busy road
26%
40%
No busy road to cross
33%
41%
No stile, gate or cattle grid
78%
70%
No steps
54%
70%

What is on the way

Pass a pub: 31% of the walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park, against 48% near Chorley.

Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredChorley
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road
91%
86%
Pass a pub
31%
48%
Pass a dog-waste bin
45%
40%
Pass a public toilet
34%
18%
Pass a drinking-water tap
<1%
<1%
Pass a busy beauty spot
40%
32%

Measured on 20 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made

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Walks in Yarrow Valley Country Park, for your dog

If you live in Lancashire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.

Walks beyond your home county come with Further, the Trekosa subscription. What Further adds

Questions people ask

Can I take my dog to Yarrow Valley Country Park?
Chorley has a dog order we cannot yet place, so it may apply here, read on 1 October 2026.
How many dog walks are there in Yarrow Valley Country Park?
123 walks in the Trekosa app lie mostly in Yarrow Valley Country Park.

What is in Yarrow Valley Country Park

13 car parks, 3 public toilets, 12 dog bins and 1 pub within Yarrow Valley Country Park or at its edge, from OpenStreetMap.