YOUNG people in Adlington can look forward to evenings of fun on the move thanks to a mobile youth centre.

The renovated bus will be parking at various points in the village to provide somewhere for youngsters to go in the winter months while they wait for a permanent youth centre to be built.

The bus, which belongs to Lancashire County Council, has proved a big hit with Adlington's youth when it has been driven around in the past, but after a £14,000 revamp, even more people will be clamouring to get aboard.

Between 12 and 15 youngsters can fit in the bus, which will visit Adlington twice a week, stopping off in Harding Street as well as next to the Jubilee playing field.

A total of £11,000 has been spent on furniture and fittings for the bus, including a television and video recorder, while the paintwork has received a £3,000 facelift and a canopy has been attached to the vehicle to create even more space for the summer months. The bus, which should be making regular trips to Adlington by the end of the year, will also be used as a multi-purpose mobile council information point in villages around the Chorley area.

District youth worker John Lewis said: "The kids seem impressed with the bus even though a bit more work needs to be done on it.

"It's somewhere warm and dry for them to meet and we're pleased that they've been behaving themselves."

Young people can also look forward to getting together in youth shelters which are due to be built on the Jubilee playing fields following years of demands.

Regular discos for young people could also make a return to the village following the success of a recent event at the youth centre in Railway Road. Previous discos over the past few years have attracted troublemakers, but more than 100 youngsters behaved themselves at the latest event, which could pave the way for future get-togethers.

Cllr Jeanette Lowe said: "This was their last chance really.

"Inside the disco everything went very well and we are pleased that there had been no trouble. Some neighbours did complain as a few of the youngsters were seen drinking alcohol outside, which is a real shame as the majority made the effort.

"If we hold more discos, we won't allow pass-outs, so that if the kids want to come back in, they will have to pay again.

"We searched every youngster that came through the door.

"Hopefully, with the return of the bus and the new shelters, the kids should be kept busy until the permanent youth centre is built."

The disco raised a couple of hundred pounds towards the youth centre fund, which was set up some years ago by Cllr Lowe to raise money towards the £350,000 cost of building a new centre in Highfield Road.