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View of Rivington Reservoir – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Adlington

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View of Rivington Reservoir – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Adlington

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View of Rivington Reservoir – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Adlington

01:32

19.8km

310m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 5.39 km for 124 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.36 km

Horrobin Embankment

Highlight • Lake

The Horrobin embankment separates the upper and lower Rivington Reservoirs. It carries Horrobin Lane across the reservoir, providing a useful link for a walk. The reservoirs were built to supply water to Liverpool.

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3.46 km

View of Rivington Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

North of this dam is the upper Rivington Reservoir, the lower reservoir is to the south. There are also two more reservoirs to the north which form this chain of four reservoirs. Built between 1852 and 1857 the reservoirs provide water for the surrounding Wigan area although they were originally built to supply Liverpool.

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3.55 km

Lower Rivington Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

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.

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3.66 km

Upper Rivington Reservoir

Highlight • Natural

Upper Rivington Reservoir lies at the heart of the Rivington chain on the West Pennine Moors. The reservoir features an island, a bridleway, and a residence known as The Street along its side.

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5.51 km

Liverpool Castle Replica Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

William Lever built a folly which is a scale replica of Liverpool Castle. Building started in 1912 and the replica, which was not completed, was based on a conjectural reconstruction of the castle prepared by E. W. Cox in 1892.

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11.2 km

Stone-arched entrance to Rivington Pike

Highlight • Historical Site

nice area, lovely views

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12.0 km

Rivington Pike Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Built in 1733 from the remains of a beacon platform and pit and from local stone from the River Douglas and wood from the surrounding hills, Grade 2 listed Rivington Pike Tower was formerly used as a hunting lodge by Squire John Andrews, sheltering shooting parties out on a jolly from Rivington Hall. After decades of disrepair and vandalism the castellated top has been renovated, the roof and chimney replaced, and the door and windows bricked up. Inside, and now unable to be seen, are a fireplace and a small stone-flagged cellar. Due to erosion the doorway now stands a good forty inches above the soil rendering the Tower’s foundations clearly visible

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15.4 km

View of Chorley and Anglezarke Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

Good spot but watch for dogs

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19.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.89 km

6.25 km

5.07 km

628 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.38 km

6.18 km

4.07 km

882 m

286 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 6 August

19°C

8°C

29 %

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View of Rivington Reservoir – Rivington Pike Tower loop from Adlington

Horrobin Embankment

View of Rivington Reservoir

Lower Rivington Reservoir

Upper Rivington Reservoir

Liverpool Castle Replica Ruins

Stone-arched entrance to Rivington Pike

Rivington Pike Tower

View of Chorley and Anglezarke Reservoir

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