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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. |
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Rushy Brow and Moses Cocker Farm - the view shortly after leaving the car park |
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Yarrow and Anglezarke reservoirs, with Chorley in the distance
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The steps up to the Pike
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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
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Winter Hill from The Pike
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The Pigeon Tower
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One of the many stepped paths in the Chinese Gardens
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Even after almost a hundred years of neglect the ornamental pond still has its ornate lillies
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Another set of steps
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The old boating lake
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The view from the driveway leading to the car park near Moses Cocker Farm
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