Directory & Links

Postal addresses and directions for the opposition clubs we travel to for away matches are below, covering every club in our leagues plus other local clubs nearby. Links to the ECF, our leagues and the wider chess community are still to come.

The Ukrainian Club is run by the AUGB Bolton branch.

Clubs in our leagues

Atherton Chess Club

The Atherton Arms, 6 Tyldesley Road, Atherton, M46 9DD

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

MCF's directory gives a slightly different address (Atherton Arms, Tyldesley Rd, Atherton, M46 9AD) — no house number, different postcode.

Bolton Chess Club

Victoria Hall (back entrance), Ridgeway Gates, Bolton, BL1 2AF

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

MCF's directory gives the postcode as BL1 2AB rather than BL1 2AF.

Bury Chess Club

Bury Sports Club, Radcliffe Road, Bury, BL9 9JX

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Crusaders Blackburn Chess Club

St. Paul's Working Men's Institute, 104 Montague St, Blackburn, BB2 1EE

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Eccles Community Chess Club

6 Albert Road, Eccles, M30 9QJ

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

For Bolton & District League – 2nd Division: 21 Church Street, Eccles, M30 0DF

Heywood Chess Club

Hopwood Constitutional Sports and Social Club, Manchester Road, Heywood, OL10 2AP

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Horwich Chess Club

The Crown, 1 Chorley New Rd, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7QJ

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

No address is published on this club's own ECF LMS organisation page. Venue found via the club's Facebook group ("a small club who meet at The Crown pub Horwich") rather than any of the four browsed sources — worth double-checking.

Lancashire Juniors Chess Club

Not a conventional club — fields teams in Central Lancashire League's Friendly Development League for juniors. No fixed venue is published.

Leyland Chess Club

Broadfield Arms, Leyland Lane, Leyland, PR25 1XH

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Preston Chess Club

New Meadow Street Labour Club, 193-195 North Rd, Preston, PR1 1YQ

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Moved to this venue from 5 February 2025, per its own LMS organisation page. No dedicated club website found (per lancashirechess.uk/clubs/preston/); website field is its Facebook page.

Radcliffe Chess Club

Little Lever Working Mens Club, Victory Road, Little Lever, BL3 1HZ

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Rochdale Chess Club

The Blue Club, 19 Victoria Street, Chadderton, OL9 0HH

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Confirmed shared venue with Blue Club (Oldham) Chess Club (MCF) — both genuinely play from the same room.

Swinton & Worsley Community Chess Club

White Swan, 186 Worsley Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5SN

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

MCF's own directory gives a different venue (Fletcher Hall, Vicarage Road, Swinton, M27 0WA, Thursday nights) — address here follows the club's own ECF LMS organisation page (Tuesday nights) per instruction.

Wigan Chess Club

St. Jude's Social Club, Poolstock Lane, Wigan, WN3 5JE

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

No address is published on this club's own ECF LMS organisation page — venue and website found independently, worth double-checking.

Other clubs in the area

3Cs Chess Club

St. Edwards RC Parish Hall, Spring Lane, Lees, Oldham, OL4 5AJ

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

MCF's directory calls this club "Three Cs Chess Club".

Altrincham & Hale Chess Club

Timperley Village Club, 268 Stockport Road, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 7UT

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Ashton Community Chess Club

Broadoak & Smallshaw Community Centre, Broadoak Rd, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 8RS

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Registered on ECF LMS as "Ashton Chess Club".

Blue Club (Oldham) Chess Club

The Blue Club, 19 Victoria Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0HH

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

MCF's directory lists this club simply as "Blue Club". Shares this exact venue with Rochdale Chess Club (Central Lancashire League) — confirmed as a genuine shared venue, not a stale duplicate.

Burnley Chess Club

Burnley Rugby Club, Holden Road, Burnley, BB10 2LS

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Postcode wasn't given on this club's own ECF LMS organisation page (only a nearby hotel's, for directions) — confirmed as BB10 2LS via lancashirechess.uk/clubs/burnley/.

Chorlton Chess Club

Spread Eagle, 526-528 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 9LD

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Registered on ECF LMS as "Chorlton-cum-Hardy Chess Club".

Clitheroe Chess Club

The Royal British Legion, 43-45 Whalley Road, Clitheroe, BB7 1EE

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

CONFLICT: lancashirechess.uk/clubs/clitheroe/ names a different venue — Buck Inn, 11 Lowergate, Clitheroe, BB7 1AD — and a different match night (Tuesday, vs Wednesday on the LMS page). Address above follows the club's own ECF LMS organisation page; verify which is current.

Glossop Chess Club

Bradbury Community House, Market Street, Glossop, SK13 8AR

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Great Harwood Chess Club

The Victoria Hotel, St John's Street, Great Harwood, BB6 7EP

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Manchester Social Chess Club

Manchester University Chess Club

Room 2.1, Manchester University Students Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR

Directions: Google Maps · Apple Maps

Marple & District Chess Club

Navigation Pub, Stockport Rd, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6BD