The area of Worden, which is now Worden Park, was one of nine oxgangs of land granted to the Knights Hospitaller, by Roger de Lacy, in Lancashire, but the land was not assigned to any individual and a local man, who was a very close friend of de Lacy, Hugh Bussel, was assigned holder of the land in 1212. Notable features that remain include the St Andrew's Parish Church, built around 1200 AD, and the large stone Leyland Cross, thought to date back to Saxon times.

[3] Leyland is also home to one of the leading maintenance and utility companies in the United Kingdom, Enterprise plc on Centurion Way.

No successor parish was created for the former urban district and so Leyland is directly administered by South Ribble Borough Council.

[12] Shortly before its abolition, the urban district council had built itself a new headquarters on West Paddock, which subsequently became the South Ribble Civic Centre.

There is a marker adjacent to the old Leyland Motors Spurrier works at the halfway point on the railway journey between Glasgow and London, some 198 miles in either direction.

[13] Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada.

[20] Leyland is made up by six different areas, the town centre itself counts as the main retail side, with the railway station, library and shops nearby.

The other areas include Broadfield, Moss Side, Worden Park, Turpin Green and the Wade Hall estate.