Rivington Gardens

Rivington Gardens is a park in Rivington, Chorley District, England. Rivington Gardens is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint The Ravine, as well as near the ruins Terraced Gardens.

Places of Interest Nearby

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 Pike is situated 1,700 feet east of Rivington Gardens.

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. Rivington Hall Barn is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Rivington Gardens.

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 3,100 feet west of Rivington Gardens.

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 1½ miles south of Rivington Gardens.

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 2 miles west of Rivington Gardens.

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. Blackrod is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rivington Gardens.

Rivington Gardens

Type: Park
Categories: heritage site, tourism, recreation area, tourist attraction, and historic site
Location: Rivington, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.62097° or 53° 37′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.5484° or 2° 32′ 54″ west

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OpenStreetMap ID

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