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Village in Lancashire, England

Appley Bridge is a village in West Lancashire, England. It straddles the borders of Greater Manchester and Lancashire, England. It is located off Junction 27 of the M6 motorway and is nestled in the Douglas Valley alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Appley comes from Apple lea (on the River Douglas), from (boscus de "Woodland") Appelae, Appeleie, or Appeleye, found in 13th century Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey; also "Appley Moor"; within the township of Wrightington in the ancient parish of Eccleston.

Appleby Bridge was a thriving industrial village with a paint and linoleum works, several quarries, and clay pits for the Wigan brick company, today the village still has several factories including a weighbridge manufacturer and a caravan factory. Appley Bridge has two churches, (Methodist and Church of England), and is in the Deanery of Chorley, Diocese of Blackburn. Most of the children residing in Appley Bridge attend All Saints primary school, Shevington Vale primary school and Shevington high school. Appley Bridge railway station, opened in 1855 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, is situated on the Southport to Manchester line. The village contains a few convenience shops, a football field, multiple children's playing areas, several country pubs and a post office. Appley Bridge converges into the village of Shevington Vale which is within the Greater Manchester border.

There are many open spaces in Appley Bridge where the local population play football, cricket and rugby etc. The organised football team is called Appley Bridge F. C. And plays matches on the football pitch on Appley Lane South facing the old local pub, The Bridge Inn, near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Appley Bridge F. C. which is a Football Association Charter club has many junior teams from the under age 8 up to the under age 16. This is complemented by senior teams and a successful over 35s team. The Senior team enjoys good support and the junior teams have at various age groups been very successful over the past seasons. 19th Wigan Boys' Brigade and 1st Appley Bridge Girls' Brigade meet regularly at Vale Methodist Church Hall. Appley Bridge Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1907. The club had disappeared by the early 1950s. The local golf club is now Gathurst Golf Club, which is approximately 2 miles from Appley Bridge.

In between Appley Lane North and Miles Lane is a road called Skull House Lane. The lane takes its name from a cottage known as Skull House, which is located about halfway down Appley Lane North, and the cottage in turn takes its name from a discoloured human skull on the living room mantelpiece of the house. Some inhabitants of Appley Bridge claim that throughout the history of the house, many residents have tried to get rid of the skull, and all have experienced disastrous results after doing so. Recent tests indicate that the skull is female.

At around 8.45pm on Tuesday evening of 13 October 1914, the inhabitants of Appley Bridge (indeed Lancashire and Cheshire too) were treated to a sudden and spectacular illumination of the night sky, caused by a meteorite that was found in a farmer's field in the village the following day. Found just 18 inches below the surface of the field, with the appearance of burnt iron, the small rock weighed almost 33 lb (15 kg). An article in the "Scientific News" (No. 2588, 30 October 1914) stated, "a small fragment which had been detached from the larger mass was put on view in a shop window at Appley Bridge." In September 2014 a book about the meteorite, by local author Russell Parry, was published ( ).