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in 1733. The Pike hill was the site of an ancient beacon; the tower's foundation is made from stone found there and was built as a hunting lodge. Square in plan with sides 16 feet (4.9 m) in length and 20 feet (6.1 m) high, it was built with a wooden roof, three windows and a door all of
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and uprisings across the UK, they sought assistance from the French. Those who attended the gathering were arrested but bailed, they became known as the 'Rivington Hill rioters'. The Pike, being located on Winter Hill was one of the destinations in the UK's largest mass trespass, which occurred in
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at the creation of Lever Park. The Pike, although a distance from the reservoirs and now owned by
Chorley Council is part of Lever park and is mentioned as such in the Lever park Act 1969 and has legally protected rights to free and uninterrupted public enjoyment in the 1902 Liverpool Corporation
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with pointed corners and intermediate steps, originally built with a small cellar measuring 5 by 3 by 5 feet (1.52 m × 0.91 m × 1.52 m), a corner stone fireplace and chimney and stone floor slabs. The materials were brought in by horse and cart from
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also supported the rights of ordinary people to access the countryside, and used his own funds to secure the rights for the inhabitants. A water bill in 1989 threatened the rights to roam in
Rivington, leading to a rally held here to protect rights of access, led by the
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number 108 leads to the Pike Tower at the summit, passing Brown Hill accessible via bridleway 107 and 81 from
Belmont Road. Bridleway 80 circles the base of the hill at the moorland side. There are other paths and bridleways in the area that are
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Council in 1971 who rebuilt the main external stonework of building in 1974 and completed further work in the 1990s. The Pike Hill and tower are owned and managed by
Chorley Council under title number LAN21334.
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which rise high above the Lancashire Plain to the west and
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Five half day walks around the West Pennine Moors (2)
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1834:"12 things you didn't know about Rivington Pike"
1327:"12 things you didn't know about Rivington Pike"
1517:. General secretary of the Open Spaces Society
1259:"Rivington Pike Tower at SD 642 137 (1072505)"
1151:"Winter Hill: Britain's biggest mass trespass"
554:The Rivington Pike Fell Race has been held on
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1807:"Public Access Land to the North of Bolton"
1744:, Lancashire County Council, archived from
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1300:"LAN21334, Land at Rivington Pike, Chorley"
1044:"Rivington Pike Tower, Winter Hill, Bolton"
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1971:. Nelson Brothers Printers Limited.
1465:"Races to the top of Rivington Pike"
1585:"Bolton Council Map of Access land"
499:The roof was slate and hidden by a
1916:Irvine, William Fergusson (1904).
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1264:National Heritage List for England
592:Public Bridleway to the Pike Tower
173:Show map of the Borough of Chorley
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2561:Mountains and hills of Lancashire
1832:O'Flynn, Elaine (20 March 2014).
1486:Anson, John (13 September 2020).
1325:O'Flynn, Elaine (20 March 2014).
556:the Saturday before Easter Sunday
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1836:. Associated Press. Bolton News
1922:. Edinburgh: Ballantyne Press.
1813:. Bolton Council Highways Dept
1565:. Bolton News. 30 January 1997
1537:"Richard Harland, 1920 – 2013"
487:The Pike Tower is a Grade II*
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537:Manchester and Bolton Railway
1950:The Placenames of Lancashire
1860:Definitive Map at Mario Maps
1563:"MP vows to Lever Park Bill"
170:Shown within Chorley Borough
2526:Terraced Gardens, Rivington
1943:. Wigan: "Observer" Office.
1931:. Lancashire Country Walks.
1862:. Lancashire County Council
1715:"National Street Gazetteer"
1695:. Lancashire County Council
1637:"National Street Gazetteer"
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1235:. Queens Jubilee Beacons
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1669:. Ramblers Association
1511:"The Rivington Pledge"
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140:Show map of Lancashire
1969:Rivington, Lancashire
1967:Smith, M. D. (1989).
1948:Mills, David (1976).
1899:Paranormal Lancashire
1897:Codd, Daniel (2011).
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1794:Irvine 1904
1647:9 September
1157:. Big Issue
1048:Drone Scene
1033:, p. 8
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688:Winter Hill
549:Good Friday
351:Old English
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316:conurbation
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2485:Hurst Hill
2480:Healey Nab
2475:Great Hill
2439:Rake Brook
2419:Anglezarke
2407:Reservoirs
2349:Topography
2250:Bretherton
2240:Anglezarke
2084:Bretherton
1840:19 October
1724:11 October
1284:Smith 1989
1161:31 October
1134:31 October
1108:31 October
1078:31 October
1073:Oxford DNB
1016:Mills 1976
972:References
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919:Brown Lowe
899:Brown Hill
837:White Brow
573:Leverhulme
506:Warrington
301:sandstones
261:Lancashire
232:Landranger
188:Lancashire
77:53°37′11″N
54:Prominence
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2490:Noon Hill
2388:R Lostock
2356:Waterways
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2315:Mawdesley
2285:Eccleston
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2134:Eccleston
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2043:Adlington
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1521:6 October
1333:29 August
1155:Big Issue
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903:Rivington
817:Adam Hill
801:Rivington
761:Rivington
757:Noon Hill
714:Smithills
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675:Elevation
671:Locality
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190:, England
105:Geography
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523:Events
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