Rivington & Blackrod Grammar School Rivington

Map of Rivington. Showing places and points of interest.

Rivington is a small sparsely populated township covering an area of 2768 acres, about half of which is moorland. Anglezarke, to the north of Rivington, roughly equal in area to Rivington and almost entirely moorland, along with Rivington form the Parish of Rivington served by the ancient church that was rebuilt in 1541 on the site of a much older building. (see above)

Rising almost 1200 ft. above the long expanse of Rivington Reservoir, Rivington Pike, an ancient beacon, last manned in 1588 during the Spanish Armads's attempt to invade the country, dominates one of the loveliest stretches of countryside in South Lancashire. On nearby Winter Hill stands the I.B.A. television transmitter with it's mast towering almost 1100 ft. above the ground.

The parkland, the gift of Mr. W. H. Lever from nearby Bolton, soap maker extraordinary who became the 1st. Lord Leverhulme, created the Rivington Gardens, known as the Bungalow Gardens, on the thickly wooded slopes - follies, grottoes and waterfalls guarding his now-vanished mansion. These gardens have ben renovated and paths cleared in recent years and are freely open to the public.

The map below shows some of the main features, the letters A to I (see key below), representing special buidings etc. whilst the dotted line, with numerals 1 to 11, denotes a popular 3 or 41/2 mile walk.