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:''For the fictional town of Rivington, NC, see The Guns of the South.''
'Rivington' 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 144.
The countryside around the village is home to many sculptures and buildings built by Lord Leverhulme. The village is home to two halls, a mill and a replica () of Liverpool Castle. Rivington was used heavily in the World War II as a storage and training post. There was also a prisoner of war camp where Italian POWs were kept.
The site was home to several sites built by Leverhulme including Roynton Cottage () (usually called The Bungalow though it had two floors), Japanese garden, Roman bridges and Pigeon Tower. The bungalow was destroyed in an arson attack by suffragette Edith Rigby on 8 July 1913. Traces of his former bungalow can be found near the bottom of Winter Hill. There were proposals to rebuild The Bungalow but these were blocked by Liverpool Corporation.
The area is also home to Rivington Pike and Winter Hill, and was a location for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Notable peaks [1].
'Winter Hill
★ ' 456m / 1496' SD659149
'Counting Hill' 433m / 1421' SD671141
'Two Lads Hill
★ ' 389m / 1276' SD655133
'Noon Hill
★ ' 380m / 1247' SD647150
'Crooked Edge Hill' 375m / 1230' SD654134
'Rivington Pike' 362m / 1188' SD643138
'Adam Hill' 360m / 1181' SD660126
'White Brow' 358m / 1175' SD661124
'Whimberry Hill' 340m / 1115' SD686139
'Egg Hillock' 328m / 1076' SD684142
'Brown Hill' 325m / 1066' SD644135
'Brown Lowe' 325m / 1066' SD669130
'Burnt Edge' 325m / 1066' SD667125
''
★ denotes walker's cairn or similar.''
1. 'Book :' Kenneth Fields. ''Lancashire Country Walks (2) : Five Short Circular Walks From Anglezarke And White Coppice'', Unmarked, available from Rivington Lower Barn 'p17'
★ Smith, Malcolm David, ''Leverhulme's Rivington'', Wyre Publishing, Lancashire, ISBN 0-9526187-3-7, The Story of the Rivington 'Bungalow'.
★ Rivington chorley.gov.uk.
This tower is one of the many structures that Lord Leverhulme built in this area.
Looking across Lower Rivington Reservoir.
The Street on the banks of Upper Rivington Reservoir.
A view across Yarrow Reservoir, Anglezarke
'Rivington' 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 144.
The countryside around the village is home to many sculptures and buildings built by Lord Leverhulme. The village is home to two halls, a mill and a replica () of Liverpool Castle. Rivington was used heavily in the World War II as a storage and training post. There was also a prisoner of war camp where Italian POWs were kept.
The site was home to several sites built by Leverhulme including Roynton Cottage () (usually called The Bungalow though it had two floors), Japanese garden, Roman bridges and Pigeon Tower. The bungalow was destroyed in an arson attack by suffragette Edith Rigby on 8 July 1913. Traces of his former bungalow can be found near the bottom of Winter Hill. There were proposals to rebuild The Bungalow but these were blocked by Liverpool Corporation.
The area is also home to Rivington Pike and Winter Hill, and was a location for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
| Contents |
| Hill Summits |
| Notes and References |
| Further reading |
| External links |
Hill Summits
Notable peaks [1].
'Winter Hill
★ ' 456m / 1496' SD659149
'Counting Hill' 433m / 1421' SD671141
'Two Lads Hill
★ ' 389m / 1276' SD655133
'Noon Hill
★ ' 380m / 1247' SD647150
'Crooked Edge Hill' 375m / 1230' SD654134
'Rivington Pike' 362m / 1188' SD643138
'Adam Hill' 360m / 1181' SD660126
'White Brow' 358m / 1175' SD661124
'Whimberry Hill' 340m / 1115' SD686139
'Egg Hillock' 328m / 1076' SD684142
'Brown Hill' 325m / 1066' SD644135
'Brown Lowe' 325m / 1066' SD669130
'Burnt Edge' 325m / 1066' SD667125
''
★ denotes walker's cairn or similar.''
Notes and References
1. 'Book :' Kenneth Fields. ''Lancashire Country Walks (2) : Five Short Circular Walks From Anglezarke And White Coppice'', Unmarked, available from Rivington Lower Barn 'p17'
Further reading
★ Smith, Malcolm David, ''Leverhulme's Rivington'', Wyre Publishing, Lancashire, ISBN 0-9526187-3-7, The Story of the Rivington 'Bungalow'.
External links
★ Rivington chorley.gov.uk.
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