Rivington Pike
   
Date 22/9/2003
Starting Point Lower House Car Park, Rivington (SD638148)
Distance 3 miles

A nice evening walk which climbed to the Dovecote then on to Rivington Pike, the return being a nice walk through the Chinese Gardens.

 


Rushy Brow and Moses Cocker Farm - the view shortly after leaving the car park

Yarrow and Anglezarke reservoirs, with Chorley in the distance

 

The steps up to the Pike

 

Originally buit as a beacon for warning of the Spanish Armada, it was rebuilt as an observation post and hunting shelter by John Andrews in the 1730s

 

Winter Hill from The Pike

 

The Pigeon Tower

 

One of the many stepped paths in the Chinese Gardens

 

Even after almost a hundred years of neglect the ornamental pond still has its ornate lillies

 

Another set of steps

 

The old boating lake

 

The view from the driveway leading to the car park near Moses Cocker Farm