Rivington
Welcome to Rivington - The home of great water.....
Rivington is home to some of the most beautiful countryside in the
North West. It's also the home of some of the best water, and we hope
you'll help us to keep it that way. These moors and valleys collect the
rainwater that ends up in taps from Wigan to Liverpool.
It might look like one big lake full of water, but Rivington is
actually made up of a chain of eight different reservoirs built between
1850 and 1857. They all flow down the valleys, by gravity, into the
lowest and biggest reservoir Lower Rivington.
Upper Roddlesworth, Lower Roddlesworth, and Rake Brook reservoirs are
near Brinscall, Chorley. These three feed into a channel called The
Goit, which was originally an open stream but was covered over in the
early 1900s to protect it from local industry and keep it clean. The
Goit carries this water into Anglezarke reservoir which, along with
Yarrow and High Bullough reservoirs, feeds through into Upper and Lower
Rivington.
Together all 8 reservoirs can hold a whopping 18,000 million litres
of water - that's enough to give every home in the world a bucketful!
Walking and riding trails in and around the area reveal many
interesting features including two cruck barns, the ruined replica of
Liverpool Castle, Leverhulme's Terraced Gardens and Rivington Pike. (Map
will be availble soon)
There are lots of other outdoor activities to do at Rivington besides
walking and cycling. The Anderton Centre, on the shores of Lower
Rivington reservoir, welcomes groups of young people for canoeing,
wind-surfing, orienteering, climbing and lots more.
And for those with a head for heights there's Go Ape, near the Great House Barn car park.
For more information visit www.andertoncentre.co.uk and www.goape.co.uk
Great House Information Centre in Lever Park, adjacent to the shores
of Lower Rivington Reservoir, is open throughout the year offering
visitors a variety of exhibitions on the local and natural history of
the area, ideas for other places to visit in the West Pennine Moors and
an insight into the water business.
Site Facilities at Rivington include:
- toilets
- picnic area
- dogs allowed
- telephone
- shop
- restaurant/ takeaway food
- car parking
- disabled toilet and baby change facilities available (RADAR key)
- wheelchair friendly - some paths suitable for assisted wheelchair users.
Opening times
Great House Information Centre is open Wednesday to Sunday from
10:30am until 4:30pm, and is also open on Bank holidays from 10:30 until
4:30pm. It is closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Lever Park is open dawn to dusk throughout the year. For more information contact our team at Rivington on 01204 691 549.
How to get there
Rivington is between Bolton and Chorley off the A673. Take a look on google maps.
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