Open 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM · No VAT added to any job
Locked Out covers Chorley from Wigan, eight miles south, and cuts and programmes car and van keys at the vehicle. A spare key or a lockout starts from £80 and a lost key starts from £135, with no VAT added.
Van work is a large part of what this town calls about, which is why the day starts at six in the morning rather than at the start of office hours.
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Chorley spreads from Coppull in the south up to Clayton le Woods and Buckshaw in the north, with a very different mix of vehicles at each end. The districts below are where the calls come from.
| District or area | Postcode | What comes up most there |
|---|---|---|
| Chorley town centre | PR7 | Lockouts at the market and the station car parks, keys usually inside the vehicle |
| Buckshaw Village | PR7 | Keyless smart keys on newer vehicles, the dearest keys to replace and the best case for a spare |
| Euxton and Balshaw | PR7 | Spare keys and programming, mostly booked rather than urgent |
| Coppull and Charnock Richard | PR7 | Van keys and lost keys, with yards and smaller trade units nearby |
| Adlington and Anderton | PR6 | Lost keys and ignition faults on higher mileage vehicles |
| Clayton le Woods and Whittle | PR6 | Spares and keyless keys on the newer estates |
| Eccleston and Heskin | PR7 | Longer rural driveways, spare keys and van work |
| Croston and Mawdesley | PR26 | Van and farm vehicle keys, where a vehicle off the road costs a day |
Every district is the same price, because the eight miles from Wigan carry no call out fee. The starting price for each job is on the auto locksmith services and prices page and it does not change by postcode.
Every Chorley job runs through the same four stages, and the first one happens on the phone before anybody drives anywhere.
The registration gives the key system and the blade, which matters on van work because the commercial models change part numbers part way through a generation.
The price is given on the phone. A lockout or a spare starts from £80, a lost key from £135 and a new ignition barrel from £120, with no VAT added to any of them.
The work is done where the vehicle stands, on a driveway at Buckshaw, in a yard at Coppull or at the roadside on the A6.
Both the new key and the keys you already carry are tested on the doors, the load area and the ignition, so a van does not leave with a working cab and a locked back.
All six jobs below are carried out in Chorley at the same starting prices charged in Wigan, because no call out fee is added anywhere in the radius.
From £135
A new key created from the vehicle when no working key is left, and the lost key deleted so it cannot start the vehicle again.
From £80
A second key cut and programmed from the working key while you wait. The cheapest key anyone buys.
From £80
Entry with opening tools rather than force, whether the keys are on the seat, in the boot or still in the ignition.
From £120
A replacement barrel coded to the keys you already carry, so no new set of keys is needed.
By key type
Transponder, remote and keyless keys coded to the vehicle, and blades cut from a key, a code or the lock.
From £135
Van keys including the separate load area key, with early starts for vehicles that have to be working.
This town is the one that sends van queries rather than car queries, and that is reflected on the page. A van with no key is a lost working day, so Chorley jobs are quoted for speed and booked early rather than squeezed into the middle of the afternoon.
Chorley sits between the M6 and the M61 with trade units at Coppull, Buckshaw and Botany, and the mix of vehicles that produces is different to a town centre.
None of that changes the price list. It changes what gets asked on the phone, which is whether the vehicle is a van and whether the load area uses its own key, because both decide what comes out of the van.
Four details turn a call into a firm price in one conversation rather than three.
A photograph of the key settles anything the registration leaves open, and it costs nothing to send one before the visit.
Every service below is carried out in Chorley and has its own page with the process, the price factors and the questions drivers ask.
Chorley sits 8.3 miles from the Wigan base in a straight line. These are the towns either side of it.
All 25 towns and the districts inside them are listed on the areas we cover page.
Two guides cover the detail behind the price you are quoted.
Yes. Locked Out covers Chorley for van keys as well as car keys, working at the vehicle wherever it is parked. Van keys start from £135 when no working key is left and from £80 for a spare, with no VAT added, and the load area key is cut in the same visit where the van uses a separate one.
A spare key or a lockout starts from £80, a lost key from £135 and a new ignition barrel from £120, with no VAT. The figure moves with the make, the model year and the key type rather than with the town.
No. The eight miles from Wigan are absorbed and there is no call out fee, so Chorley costs what Wigan costs.
From six in the morning. That start exists for work vehicles, so a van at Coppull or Buckshaw can be dealt with before the first drop rather than during the round.
Yes, along with Adlington, Clayton le Woods, Whittle le Woods, Eccleston, Heskin, Croston and Mawdesley. Everything inside the PR6, PR7 and PR26 postcodes is covered at the same price.
Opening a locked vehicle starts from £80. The entry is non destructive, so the door and the lock are not damaged, and the figure depends on the lock type and where the vehicle is standing.
No. The hours are 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM, seven days a week. Several listings for this town advertise an overnight service, and this one does not, because the work is done by one locksmith rather than a rota.
Yes. Keyless smart keys are supplied and programmed, and on some makes the module is read on the bench. They are the most expensive key type to replace, which is why a spare ordered while a working key exists saves the most on these vehicles.
Van Off the Road in Chorley?
Call with the registration. Early starts from six in the morning so the day is not lost.