Upper Rivington Reservoir

Upper Rivington Reservoir
Upper Rivington Reservoir
Location	Lancashire, England
Coordinates	53°37′44″N 2°34′24″W / 53.62889°N 2.57333°W / 53.62889; -2.57333Coordinates: 53°37′44″N 2°34′24″W / 53.62889°N 2.57333°W / 53.62889; -2.57333
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United Kingdom

Upper Rivington Reservoir is situated centrally in the Rivington chain of reservoirs, on the West Pennine Moors in Lancashire, England between Rivington and Anglezarke. The engineer for the Rivington reservoirs was Thomas Hawksley and construction took place between 1852 and 1857. The two dams of the Upper Rivington reservoir are the 267 metre Horrobin Embankment that separates it from the lower reservoir and carries a road into the village from the west, and the 332 metre long, 12.2 metre high Yarrow Embankment.

There is an island. A bridleway and residence, The Street are on the side of the reservoir. It is a popular walking destination, between Anglezarke Reservoir to the north, Lower Rivington Reservoir to the south, and Yarrow reservoir to the east.^[1]

Street Bottoms and Street Wood were lost with the formation of the reservoir.

References

↑ Rivington Reservoirs (main scheme), Engineering Timelines, retrieved 2010-06-04

The Rivington reservoir chain

Upper Roddlesworth Lower Roddlesworth Abbey Village Rake Brook The Goit Anglezarke High Bullough Upper Rivington Yarrow Lower Rivington Rivington Water Treatment Works

Geography of the Borough of Chorley

Towns

Villages

Parishes

Topography

Waterways	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Black Brook Green Withins Brook The Goit R Chor R Lostock R Roddlesworth R Yarrow

Reservoirs	Abbey Village Anglezarke High Bullough Lower Rivington Lower Roddlesworth Rake Brook Upper Rivington Upper Roddlesworth Yarrow

Hills	Grain Pole Hill Great Hill Healey Nab Hurst Hill Noon Hill Rivington Pike Spitlers Edge Winter Hill

Parks	Duxbury Woods Yarrow Valley Park

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