Rivington
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Mr. W. H. Lever from nearby Bolton,
soap maker extraordinary who became the 1st. Lord Leverhulme,
created the Terraced Gardens, known as the Bungalow Gardens,
on the slopes of Rivington Pike and erected a pre-fabricated
home called the Bungalow, with Italian, Japanese, and Mountain
Gardens. These gardens have been renovated and paths cleared
in recent years and are freely open to the public.
The Terraced Gardens are considered a National treasure having
been designed by W. Mawson and are now being investigated with
a view to a more complete restoration.
The two Tithe Barns were restored during the second World War
as Ministry of Food stores for sugar and flour, and are now
refreshment buildings.
The Great House farm house contains the Information Centre operated
by United Utilities, with public toilets downstairs.
The major buidings still remaining are the Pigeon Tower and
the 7 Arches bridge which connects the lower gardens to the
upper Gardens which contained his Bungalow.
An area of Rivington he donated as a park, now called Lever
Park, to the people of Bolton. This is now a hugely popular
recreational area.
During the 1939 - 1945 War Army units occupied the vacant bungalow
constucted by Lord Leverhulme and later in the war American
troops started arriving preparatory to the D-Day Landings. The
quarries in Anglezarke being used for target practice.
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Japanese Lake
The Pigeon Tower |
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