Rivington
Sign in to saveRivington is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying . It is about southeast of Chorley and about northwest of Bolton. Rivington is a rural area consisting primarily of agricultural grazing land, moorland, with hill summits including Rivington Pike and Winter Hill within the West Pennine Moors. The area has a thriving tourist industry centred around reservoirs created to serve Liverpool in the Victorian era and Lever Park created as a public park by William Lever at the turn of the 20th century, with two converted barns, a replica of Liverpool Castl
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Place details
- Locality
- Chorley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Rivington
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Rivington Pike, from Georges Lane.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Rivington Pike, from Georges Lane
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 3.97
- UK place.population
- 144
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD626144
- UK place.post_town
- BOLTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- BL
- UK place.postcode_district
- BL6
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Chorley
- Population
- +109
- Area
- +3.97
- Shares border with
- Anglezarke
- Image
- Rivington Village Green and stocks.JPG
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- Danaus plexippus
- P12749
- Yvonne Murray
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Article
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- Manor
- Landmarks
- Social history
- Water power
- Water catchment
- Reservoirs
- Leverhulme era
- Little Lake District
- Lever Park
- Rivington Castle
- Leverhulme's former gardens
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Population change
- Economy
- Transport
- Education
- Religion
- Notable campaigns
- 1896 mass trespass
- 1989 water privatisation
- 1997 Lever Park Bill
- Rights of way
- COVID-19
- Sport
- Culture
- References
- External links
Rivington is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying . It is about southeast of Chorley and about northwest of Bolton. Rivington is a rural area consisting primarily of agricultural grazing land, moorland, with hill summits including Rivington Pike and Winter Hill within the West Pennine Moors. The area has a thriving tourist industry centred around reservoirs created to serve Liverpool in the Victorian era and Lever Park created as a public park by William Lever at the turn of the 20th century, with two converted barns, a replica of Liverpool Castle and open countryside. Rivington and Blackrod High School is located here. Rivington and its village had a population of 144 at the 2021 Census.
==History==