Brere’s Meadow

Brere’s Meadow is in Rivington, Chorley District, England. Brere’s Meadow is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Great Lawn, as well as near the park Rivington Gardens.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rivington Hall Barn and Rivington Pike.

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 1,300 feet northwest of Brere’s Meadow.

Rivington Pike

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Baresi franco, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Pike is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Brere’s Meadow.

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 2,600 feet southwest of Brere’s Meadow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horwich and Adlington.

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. Horwich is situated 2 miles south of Brere’s Meadow.

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 west of Brere’s Meadow.

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 2½ miles west of Brere’s Meadow.

Brere’s Meadow

Type: Agricultural land
Category: agriculture
Location: Rivington, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.62328° or 53° 37′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.5518° or 2° 33′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C5VJCFX+87

OpenStreetMap ID

way 680613428

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmland

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Highlights include Great Lawn and Rivington Gardens.

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