| Coordinates: | 53.685°N -2.601°W |
| Static Image Name: | The Red Lion, Wheelton - geograph.org.uk - 412954.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The Red Lion public house |
| Official Name: | Wheelton |
| Map Type: | Lancashire |
| Population: | 956 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
| Os Grid Reference: | SD603211 |
| Civil Parish: | Wheelton |
| Region: | North West England |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | CHORLEY |
| Postcode Area: | PR |
| Postcode District: | PR6 |
| Dial Code: | 01254 |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Borough of Chorley |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Chorley Borough |
Wheelton is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 1,001, reducing to 956 at the 2011 Census. The village is located on the A674 Chorley–Blackburn road.
There are two communities: Wheelton, which is close to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and borders Whittle-le-Woods; and Higher Wheelton which is located on the road from Chorley to Blackburn. It is one of the more affluent parts of Lancashire owing to easy motorway access and a semi rural setting.
Wheelton Clock Tower is set in a garden at the centre of the village commemorating the men of Heapey and Wheelton who fell in the Great War in 1914-1918. The Grade II Listed memorial is made from local stone and was unveiled in 1922.[1]