31 nurseries in Chorley

Every day nursery in Chorley on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in North West after the free hours.

31 day nurseries

2 rated Outstanding

2,009 places in total

£124 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Chorley

The top of our Chorley ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Chorley
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Nature Trail Nursery PR6 8QP	Outstanding	7 March 2024	67
2	Buckshaw Village Nursery PR7 7HZ	Outstanding	26 January 2022	111
3	Little Acorns Childcare Ltd PR6 7JH	Good	5 September 2025	72
4	Busy Bodies Nursery PR7 6JW	Good	22 August 2025	55
5	Future Champions Day Nursery Chorley PR6 7HE	Good	23 April 2025	100

Day nurseries in Chorley, best rated first

All 31 day nurseries in Chorley
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Nature Trail Nursery PR6 8QP	Outstanding	7 March 2024	67
2	Buckshaw Village Nursery PR7 7HZ	Outstanding	26 January 2022	111
3	Little Acorns Childcare Ltd PR6 7JH	Good	5 September 2025	72
4	Busy Bodies Nursery PR7 6JW	Good	22 August 2025	55
5	Future Champions Day Nursery Chorley PR6 7HE	Good	23 April 2025	100
6	Playdor Nursery School PR7 1RJ	Good	18 March 2025	42
7	Laurels Playschool PR7 6AY	Good	17 July 2024	20
8	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Chorley Brooke Street PR7 3BS	Good	8 July 2024	209
9	Strawberry Fields Nursery and Preschool Limited PR7 1PS	Good	4 April 2024	101
10	Nature Trail Nursery Heskin PR7 5LU	Good	21 March 2024	40
11	Nature Trail Nursery PR6 0FD	Good	7 March 2024	69
12	Yarrow Valley Nursery And Out Of School Club PR7 6NS	Good	30 November 2023	60
13	Gelston Manor Day Nursery PR6 7DT	Good	13 July 2023	88
14	Coppull St. John's Pre-school PR7 5DU	Good	9 March 2023	25
15	Little Explorers Nursery & Pre-School PR7 6TE	Good	7 December 2022	86
16	Pipers Day Nursery PR7 1LB	Good	15 November 2022	77
17	Nature Trail Nursery Park Road PR7 1HE	Good	25 October 2022	61
18	Little Manor Day Nursery PR6 9RB	Good	18 October 2022	45
19	Doodles Day Nursery PR7 1HX	Good	28 June 2022	51
20	Hollybrook Childrens Nursery Limited PR7 4HF	Good	19 May 2022	80
21	Woodlands Day Nursery PR7 3JU	Good	27 April 2022	63
22	Lilliput Nursery School PR6 7DJ	Good	14 April 2022	39
23	Partou Old School House Day Nursery & Pre-School PR7 1ES	Good	19 January 2022	91
24	Partou Euxton Day Nursery & Pre-School PR7 6LA	Good	1 December 2021	63
25	Little G's Pre-school PR7 1NL	Good	10 November 2021	50
26	Partou Hilltops Day Nursery & Pre-School PR6 9BJ	Good	11 October 2021	69
27	P K Kids PR7 5PB	Good	13 September 2021	53
28	Hearts and Minds PR7 6DL	Good	19 August 2021	65
29	Kids Planet Coppull PR7 5BY	Not yet graded	Not yet	35
30	Kip McGrath Education Centre Chorley PR7 2LB	Not yet graded	Not yet
31	Sunny Brow Playschool PR7 4PG	Not yet graded	Not yet	22

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Chorley

Chorley is in Lancashire.

Nursery fees in Chorley

What day nurseries in North West charge on average. Fees in Chorley itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, North West, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£178no funded hours	£136after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£158no funded hours	£124after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£62after the free 15 hours	£120after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Chorley

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Chorley as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.