Coordinates: 53°40′48″N 2°39′40″W / 53.680°N 2.661°W / 53.680; -2.661 ROF Chorley was a UK government-owned, munitions filling, Royal Ordnance Factory (Filling Factory No. 1). It was planned as a Permanent Royal Ordnance Factory with the intention that it, unlike some other similar facilities, would remain open for production after the end of World War II; and, together with ROF Bridgend (Filling Factory No. 2), would replace the Royal Filling Factory located at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. It was built adjacent to the village of Euxton, but was known as ROF Chorley.
After the privatisation of the Royal Ordnance Factories in the 1980s it became part of the Ammunition Division of Royal Ordnance Plc and later a production unit of BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions. Chorley factory closed in 2005-07 and the majority of the site is now home to the new Buckshaw Village on the outskirts of Chorley, although many remnants remain.
The factory had a storage depot built deep into the Pennine hills, over Chorley, in the village of Heapey; the facility was used until closure in 2009 although its exact usage was not revealed.
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