Lancashire
Chorley District
Rivington

Rivington

Rivington is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, , England, occupying 2,538 acres. It is about 6 miles southeast of and about 8+1⁄2 miles northwest of .
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  • 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.

Heritage site
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is a heritage site.

Church
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is an active place of Unitarian worship in Rivington, , England. It was founded in 1703, although its congregation dates to 1667.

Heritage site
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adjoins in Rivington, , near and . 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 Horwich and Healey Nab.

Town
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Bolton is a large town in in the , 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways. is situated 2 miles south of Rivington.

Locality
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or "The Nab" is an area of countryside owned partly by Lancashire County Council containing rolling hills, moorland, woodland, ponds and streams to the east of , , between the M61 and the . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rivington.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the unitary authority area of , in the ceremonial county of , England. It is close to and has around 500 inhabitants. is situated 3 miles east of Rivington.

Rivington

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
node 29083786
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639298
Wiki­data ID
Q7338886
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Rivington” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Rivington”
  • Dutch: “Rivington”
  • French: “Rivington”
  • German: “Rivington”
  • Irish: “Rivington”
  • Italian: “Rivington”
  • Japanese: “リヴィングトン”
  • Japanese: “リヴィントン”
  • Ladin: “Rivington”
  • Polish: “Rivington”
  • Swedish: “Rivington”
  • Turkish: “Rivington”
  • Welsh: “Rivington”
  • “Rivington”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rivington Parish Church Hall and Rivington Foundation Primary School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rivington”. Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.