Rivington Water Treatment Works, Adlington

Name: Rivington Water Treatment Works
Address: Adlington, United Kingdom

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Rivington Water Treatment Works is a water treatment plant in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It is located below the Lower Rivington Reservoir, the last in the Rivington chain of reservoirs. The first treatment works on the site opened in 1860, supplying water to Liverpool. The present works was built in 1994, and in 2007 was the largest automated three-stage plant operated by United Utilities. Most of its output supplies customers in the Wigan area. ()

Coordinates: 53°36'20"N, 2°35'57"W

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Adlington United Kingdom

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Rivington Water Treatment Works – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Macron Stadium, Duxbury Woods, Rivington Pike, Worthington Lakes.

3.1 miSE
Sport complex, Football, Arenas and stadiums
Macron Stadium, Horwich
80 min walk • The University of Bolton Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers F.C. in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. Opening in 1997, it was named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok.
2 miNW
Golf
Duxbury Woods, Chorley
50 min walk • Duxbury Woods is an area of woodland and parkland situated in Chorley, Lancashire, at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. The area originally existed as a township with the council meeting at the Yarrow Bridge pub; this was absorbed into Chorley Rural District in the early 20th century.
2.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, View point
Rivington Pike, Horwich
66 min walk • Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington, Chorley in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich. The land and building are owned and managed by Chorley Council.
1.8 miSW
Lake
Worthington Lakes, Wigan
46 min walk • Worthington Lakes is a series of three reservoirs in Lancashire close to nearby Standish, off the A5106 Wigan to Chorley road in the north-west of England.
2 miNE
Church
Rivington Unitarian Chapel, Chorley
50 min walk • Rivington Unitarian Chapel is an active place of Unitarian worship in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1703, although its congregation dates to 1667. It is designated as a Grade II* listed building with some restoration in 1990.
2.4 miS
Manor house, Park
Haigh Hall, Wigan
61 min walk • Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 for James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres, it replaced an ancient manor house and was a Lindsay family home until 1947, when it was sold to Wigan Corporation.
2.9 miSW
Church
Church of St Wilfrid
73 min walk • The Church of St Wilfrid is in Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
2.5 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Horwich
64 min walk • Holy Trinity Church, commonly known as Horwich Parish Church, is a Grade II listed building in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England parish church and part of the Deane deanery in the archdeaconry of Bolton, diocese of Manchester.
2.1 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St David's Church, Wigan
53 min walk • St David's Church is in Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
0.8 miN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Paul's Church, Chorley
20 min walk • St Paul's Church is in Railway Road, Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.2 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Middlebrook
81 min walk • Middlebrook is a locality that spans the boundaries of Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.