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

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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

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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

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

-2.56327° or 2° 33′ 48″ west

Inception

1912

Open location code

9C5VJC7P+2M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 324108508

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q26458457

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lever Park and Cumberland School.

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