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Lower Rivington Reservoir

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Lower Rivington Reservoir

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Location: Anderton, Chorley, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. View of Rivington Reservoir – Lower Rivington Reservoir loop from Blackrod

42.6km

02:43

470m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Rivington Pike – Lower Rivington Reservoir loop from Blackrod

42.4km

02:49

600m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Rivington Pike – Lower Rivington Reservoir loop from Blackrod

81.8km

05:29

1,150m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Lol Pro And Her Dog 🇬🇧 🐕🌻

March 10, 2024

Lower Rivington Reservoir is at the end of the Rivington chain of reservoirs in Lancashire, England, with Upper Rivington Reservoir to the north, and Rivington Water Treatment Works to the south. The Rivington chain primarily supplies 70,000 households in the Wigan area. The chain was built to supply Liverpool.

Lol Pro And Her Dog 🇬🇧 🐕🌻

June 8, 2024

The engineer for the Rivington reservoirs was Thomas Hawksley and construction for the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks took place between 1852 and 1857. The Lower Rivington reservoir has two dams - the Millstone Embankment, which is 2,120 feet (646 m) long and 40-foot (12.2 m) high, and the Horwich Embankment, which is 1,660 feet (506 m) long and 61-foot (18.6 m) high. Filter beds were constructed at the foot of the Horwich Embankment, The original sand filters were replaced by a new treatment plant from where a pipeline runs to the service reservoirs at Eccleston, St Helens. The River Douglas was diverted through a paved channel in a deep cutting into Lower Rivington.

Adam Burgess

March 21, 2025

this place really does have it all! be it hiking around the reservoirs up to the pike, gravel riding on the trails and the roads around the area are great. There are plenty of café there too. Also go wild or ape tree top and ariel slides if that's what your in too.

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Elevation 130 m

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Location: Anderton, Chorley, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom

Lower Rivington Reservoir

1. View of Rivington Reservoir – Lower Rivington Reservoir loop from Blackrod

2. Rivington Pike – Lower Rivington Reservoir loop from Blackrod

3. Rivington Pike – Lower Rivington Reservoir loop from Blackrod

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