Rivington
Rivington is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying 2,538 acres. It is about 6 miles southeast of Chorley and about 8+1⁄2 miles northwest of Bolton.- Type: Village with 98 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Lancashire, UK
- Also known as: “Rivington, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fisher House and Rivington Unitarian Chapel.
Rivington Unitarian Chapel
Church
Rivington Unitarian Chapel is an active place of Unitarian worship in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1703, although its congregation dates to 1667.
Rivington Hall Barn
Heritage site
Rivington Hall Barn adjoins Rivington Hall in Rivington, Lancashire, near Chorley and Bolton. The Tithe barn foundation stones support a Medieval cruck construction and possibly date to the between the 9th and 15th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adlington and Heath Charnock.
Adlington
Village
Adlington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, near the West Pennine Moors. It is 3 miles south of Chorley. It became a separate parish in 1842 then grew into a township around the textile and coal mining industries until these closed in the 1960s. Adlington is situated 1½ miles southwest of Rivington.
Heath Charnock
Village
Heath Charnock 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 2,065, reducing to 2,026 at the 2011 Census. Heath Charnock is situated 2 miles west of Rivington.
Horwich
Town
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre, with an industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton and railways. Horwich is situated 2 miles south of Rivington.
Rivington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Rivington, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.62557° or 53° 37′ 32″ north
Longitude
-2.56509° or 2° 33′ 54″ west
Population
98
Elevation
505 feet (154 metres)
Open location code
9C5VJCGM+6X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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