Wilcocks Farmhouse

Wilcocks Farmhouse is a farmhouse in Rivington, Chorley District, England which is located on Dean Head Lane. Wilcocks Farmhouse is situated nearby to the forest Dean Wood, as well as near Yarrow Reservoir.

Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Farmhouse
Description: farmhouse in Rivington, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as: “Wilcocks Farm”
Address: Dean Head Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7SJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yarrow Reservoir and Rivington Hall Barn.

Yarrow Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: PopUpPirate, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Yarrow Reservoir – named after the River Yarrow – is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir.

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 3,500 feet south of Wilcocks Farmhouse.

Fisher House

Heritage site

Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fisher House is a heritage site, which is situated 3,900 feet southwest of Wilcocks Farmhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adlington and Heath Charnock.

Adlington

Village

Photo: Rob500, CC BY 3.0.

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 2 miles southwest of Wilcocks Farmhouse.

Heath Charnock

Village

Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heath Charnock is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 2,065, reducing to 2,026 at the 2011 Census. Heath Charnock is situated 2 miles west of Wilcocks Farmhouse.

Healey Nab

Locality

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Healey Nab or "The Nab" is an area of countryside owned partly by Lancashire County Council containing rolling hills, moorland, woodland, ponds and streams to the east of Chorley, Lancashire, between the M61 and the West Pennine Moors. Healey Nab is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wilcocks Farmhouse.

Wilcocks Farmhouse

Categories: building and agriculture
Location: Rivington, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6353° or 53° 38′ 7″ north

Longitude

-2.55777° or 2° 33′ 28″ west

Inception

1670

Levels

Height

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

9C5VJCPR+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 680327691

OpenStreetMap feature

building=farm

Wikidata ID

Q26328180

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In Other Languages

“Wilcocks Farmhouse” goes by many names.

Japanese: “ウィルコックス・ファームハウス”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wilcocks Farm Caravan Park and Dean Wood.

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