Lower Rivington Reservoir

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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Rivington Pike and Rivington Hall Barn.

Rivington Pike

Scenic viewpoint

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Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich.

Rivington Hall Barn

Heritage site

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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.

Blackrod railway station

Railway station

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Blackrod railway station serves the towns of Blackrod and Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station. It is just 1+1⁄4 miles from the town centre of Horwich - closer than Horwich Parkway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chorley and Horwich.

Chorley

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Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.

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.

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.

Lower Rivington Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK
Category: body of water
Location: Anderton, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6153° or 53° 36′ 55″ north

Longitude

-2.5658° or 2° 33′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C5VJC8M+4M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4599844

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

Wikidata ID

Q6693758

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French: “Lower Rivington Reservoir”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rivington Castle and Go Ape Rivington.

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