Full-day nursery in Little Knowley, Lancashire
Nature Trail Nursery
Initial Site Unit 1, Harpers Lane, Chorley, PR6 0FD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Initial Site Unit 1, Harpers Lane, Chorley, PR6 0FD · More nurseries in PR6
Stations
- Chorley18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Morris Road, St Peters and St Josephs Parish Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Harpers Lane Recreation Ground3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Lancashire there are about 2.7 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Nature Trail Nursery is a full-day nursery at Initial Site Unit 1, Harpers Lane, Chorley, PR6 0FD, in Little Knowley, Lancashire. It is registered for 69 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Nature Trail Nursery Ltd.
Run by Nature Trail Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Peter's CofE Primary School Chorley Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 under 0.1 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.1 miles
- Highfield Nursery School Nurseryages 0–5has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- Highfield Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2019 0.5 miles
- Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Chorley Astley Park School ages 4–16Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Nature Trail Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Nature Trail Nursery Good at its inspection on 7 March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Nature Trail Nursery take?
Nature Trail Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 69 children at any one time.
Who runs Nature Trail Nursery?
Nature Trail Nursery is run by Nature Trail Nursery Ltd, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Nature Trail Nursery?
Chorley is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY497039 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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