Pigeon Tower
Pigeon Tower is an archaeological site in Rivington, Chorley District, England. Pigeon Tower is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Belmont Lodge, as well as near Great Lawn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rivington Pike and Rivington Hall Barn.
Rivington Pike
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Baresi franco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington, Chorley in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich. Rivington Pike is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Pigeon Tower.
Rivington Hall Barn
Heritage site
Photo: Ruth Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Rivington Hall Barn is situated 2,200 feet west of Pigeon Tower.
Great House Barn
Heritage site
Photo: Peter Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great House Barn is a 16th-century barn and Listed building in Rivington, Lancashire, England. Built as a tithe barn it is believed to be one of the oldest of its type in the county and is a Grade II listed building. Great House Barn is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Pigeon Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horwich and Adlington.
Horwich
Town
Photo: Nicholasjf21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Pigeon Tower.
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 2½ miles west of Pigeon Tower.
Belmont
Village
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belmont is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of North Turton, in the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It is close to Darwen and has around 500 inhabitants. Belmont is situated 2½ miles northeast of Pigeon Tower.
Pigeon Tower
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rivington, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.62435° or 53° 37′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.54638° or 2° 32′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5VJFF3+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 305065989OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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