Rivington Water Treatment Works
Rivington Water Treatment Works is a water treatment plant in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It is located below the Lower Rivington Reservoir, the last in the Rivington chain of reservoirs.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rivington Castle and Rivington and Blackrod High School.
Rivington Castle
Ruins
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rivington Castle is a ruins, which is situated 2,700 feet north of Rivington Water Treatment Works.
Rivington and Blackrod High School
School
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rivington and Blackrod High School in the North West region of England is a Leverhulme Trust multi-academy comprehensive school. Alongside Harper Green School, it operates as a Church of England teaching environment with a sixth form school. Rivington and Blackrod High School is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Rivington Water Treatment Works.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horwich and Middlebrook.
Horwich
Town
Photo: Nicholasjf21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways.
Middlebrook
Suburb
Middlebrook is a suburb that spans the boundaries of Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name Middlebrook is derived from the watercourse the Middle Brook which starts at Red Moss, the mossland south of Horwich. Middlebrook is situated 2 miles southeast of Rivington Water Treatment Works.
Wingates
Suburb
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name is believed to mean 'a gate for the wind', and it seems likely as this is in an exposed position above Westhoughton. Wingates is situated 3½ miles southeast of Rivington Water Treatment Works.
Rivington Water Treatment Works
- Type: Waterworks
- Description: water treatment plant in Rivington, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Category: industry
- Location: Horwich, Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.60557° or 53° 36′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.55957° or 2° 33′ 34″ westOperator
United UtilitiesOpen location code
9C5VJC4R+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 32949254OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_worksWikidata ID
Q7338897
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