Rivington Castle
Rivington Castle is a ruins in Anderton, Chorley District, England. Rivington Castle is situated nearby to Lower Rivington Reservoir, as well as near Lever Park.Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: folly in Rivington, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Liverpool Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lower Rivington Reservoir and Great House Barn.
Lower Rivington Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: PopUpPirate, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lower Rivington Reservoir is at the end of the Rivington chain of reservoirs in Lancashire, England, with Upper Rivington Reservoir to the north, and Rivington Water Treatment Works to the south.
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 2,800 feet north of Rivington Castle.
Great House Farmhouse And Cottage
Heritage site
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great House Farmhouse And Cottage is a heritage site, which is situated 2,700 feet north of Rivington Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horwich and Blackrod.
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.
Blackrod
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Nestled in the historic county of Lancashire, Blackrod is approximately four miles northeast of Wigan and 6+1⁄2 miles west of Bolton.
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 west of Rivington Castle.
Rivington Castle
- Categories: folly, heritage site, building, and historic site
- Location: Anderton, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.61255° or 53° 36′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.56327° or 2° 33′ 48″ westInception
1912Open location code
9C5VJC7P+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 324108508OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q26458457
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