Rising almost 1200 ft. above the long expanse of Rivington Reservoir, Rivington Pike, an ancient beacon, last manned in 1588 during the Spanish Armadas' attempt to invade the country, dominates one of the loveliest stretches of countryside in South Lancashire.
On Winter Hill, the highest point of the area to the west of the Pennines, a line of hills, known as the backbone of England, running roughly north - south between Lancashire and Yorkshire, stands the I.B.A. television transmitter with it's mast towering 1498 feet above sea level.
Rivington Hall Barn and Great House Barn are listed buildings with a genuine Anglo Saxon design. The interior features original wooden beams. The earliest records of the manor were written in 1202. Today the Hall Barn is used for dances, weddings and other entertainment and catering functions. On every Sunday and most Bank Holidays it is open as a licensed cafe.During the 1939 - 1945 War the Great Barn was made available as a reception centre for mothers and small children evacuated from Salford prior to billeting them with the people of Rivington.

The Pioneer corps moved in and a barbed wire perimeter fence was erected all around the Rivington Hall Lands, and an encampment was made at Great House Barn, where a Search light battery was stationed.

Scotsman's Stump is a memorial to George Henderson, a traveler who was murdered on the moors in 1838. This metal stump replaces a wooden stump which was whittled away by visitors.

It reads: In memory of George Henderson traveller native of Annan Dumfrieshire who was barbarously murdered on Rivington Moor at noonday November 9th 1838 in the 20th year of his age.