Rivington

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Rivington
Rivington (Lancashire)
Rivington

Rivington shown within Lancashire
Population 144 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SD626144
Parish Rivington
District Chorley
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BOLTON
Postcode district BL6
Dialling code 01204
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Chorley
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°37′32″N 2°33′59″W / 53.625529, -2.566459

Rivington is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 144.

In the countryside around the village may be seen many sculptures and buildings built by Lord Leverhulme who converted a large area into a public park (Lever Park) from 1904 onwards. Notable buildings in the village include the parish church, a Unitarian chapel, two halls, a mill and a replica (grid reference SD6286513025) of Liverpool Castle. Rivington was used heavily in World War II as a storage and training post. There was also a prisoner of war camp where Italian POWs were kept.

The parish was the site of a number of buildings built for Leverhulme including Roynton Cottage (grid reference SD6391514010) (usually called The Bungalow though it had two floors), Japanese garden, Roman bridges and Pigeon Tower. The bungalow was destroyed in an arson attack by suffragette Edith Rigby on 8 July 1913. Traces of this bungalow and gardens can be found on the slopes of Rivington Pike. There were proposals to rebuild The Bungalow but these were blocked by Liverpool Corporation.

The village lies below Rivington Pike and further east is Winter Hill, and was a location for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Work has been undertaken recently to restore the gardens to their former glory, clearing many of the rhododendron bushes that had overgrown the site.

The village extended a little further to the west until 1847 when Liverpool Corporation. began the construction of the Rivington Reservoirs. The two reservoirs were completed in 1857, five years later than Anglezarke Reservoir to the north.

This tower is one of the many structures that Lord Leverhulme built in this area.
This tower is one of the many structures that Lord Leverhulme built in this area.
Looking across Lower Rivington Reservoir.
Looking across Lower Rivington Reservoir.
The Street on the banks of Upper Rivington Reservoir.
The Street on the banks of Upper Rivington Reservoir.
A view across Yarrow Reservoir, Anglezarke
A view across Yarrow Reservoir, Anglezarke

Contents

[edit] Hill Summits

Notable peaks [1].

Winter Hill * 456m / 1496' SD659149

Counting Hill 433m / 1421' SD671141

Two Lads Hill * 389m / 1276' SD655133

Noon Hill * 380m / 1247' SD647150

Crooked Edge Hill 375m / 1230' SD654134

Rivington Pike 362m / 1188' SD643138

Adam Hill 360m / 1181' SD660126

White Brow 358m / 1175' SD661124

Whimberry Hill 340m / 1115' SD686139

Egg Hillock 328m / 1076' SD684142

Brown Hill 325m / 1066' SD644135

Brown Lowe 325m / 1066' SD669130

Burnt Edge 325m / 1066' SD667125

*denotes walker's cairn or similar.

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ Book : Kenneth Fields. Lancashire Country Walks (2) : Five Short Circular Walks From Anglezarke And White Coppice, Unmarked, available from Rivington Lower Barn p17

[edit] Further reading

  • Smith, Malcolm David, Leverhulme's Rivington, Wyre Publishing, Lancashire, ISBN 0-9526187-3-7, The Story of the Rivington 'Bungalow'.

[edit] External links

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