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Hear about Rivington

4:28pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

The next meeting of the Chorley Branch of the Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society is at 7.30pm on Tuesday, April 16 at the central library.

VIDEO: Action movie shot in Rivington gardens

A scene from the film

8:00am Saturday 6th October 2012

A film inspired by Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones has been shot in Rivington. Sophie’s Fortune: The Treasure of Quetzalcoatl is directed by aspiring movie makers Phil Meachem and Chris Cronin.

Climber injured in fall at Anglezarke quarry

Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue team at the scene

4:44pm Wednesday 22nd August 2012

A climber is recovering in hospital after a 40-foot fall at a popular mountaineering haunt in Lancashire.

Rescue after Rivington Pike walker falls ill

3:35pm Friday 5th August 2011

A MAN had to be rescued from Rivington Pike after suffering a seizure while out walking.

n Roads to be closed as 1,500 compete in triathlon

Latest from Bolton's Ironman event

4:01pm Wednesday 27th July 2011

DISRUPTION to roads around Lancashire is expected this Sunday when more than 1,500 athletes take part in the Ironman UK triathlon bike race.

£12.3m rebuild of Lancashire service station complete

2:29pm Tuesday 26th July 2011

A service station in Lancashire once voted Britain's worst by motorists has reopened after a £12.3 million rebuild.

Disposable barbecue 'may have caused massive Lancashire moorland blaze'

smoke screen Firefighters dampen down the flames at Belmont

5:07pm Wednesday 4th May 2011

A DISPOSABLE barbecue may have been to blame for a massive moorland fire which destroyed 70,000 trees, it has been revealed.

Moor blazes across Lancashire leave firefighters stretched

WORKING HARD Firefighters on moors in Bacup

9:20am Tuesday 3rd May 2011

FIREFIGHTERS from across Lancashire have had “one of their busiest ever weekends” fighting moorland blazes.

Missing woman 'could be Rivington'

MISSING: Joanne Owen

4:19pm Friday 11th March 2011

A WOMAN missing from home could be in Rivington, police said.

4x4 rampage damages Rivington beauty spot

RUTS: Some of the damage to footpaths

2:55pm Friday 4th March 2011

A trail of destruction has been left at a popular beauty spot following a rampage by thoughtless 4x4 drivers.

Mountain rescue worker in Rivington sledging accident

6:00pm Monday 27th December 2010

RESCUE workers had to help 'one of their own' when he plunged down a steep hill during a sledging accident.

Rivington hunt on Boxing Day snowed off

3:50pm Thursday 23rd December 2010

THE Holcombe Hunt’s Boxing Day meet at Rivington has been snowed off for the second year in a row.

Illegal Rivington 'rave' organisers fined and equipment seized

11:37am Friday 8th October 2010

TWO men who organised an illegal rave which attracted revellers from throughout Lancashire have been fined and had their music equipment seized.

Drought order for Rivington reservoirs withdrawn

SO LOW: Rivington reservoir was way below its normal summer level before the rain fell in July

2:44pm Wednesday 4th August 2010

United Utilities has withdrawn its drought permit application for its Rivington reservoir chain as recent rainfall has allowed water levels to recover sufficiently.

Water firm applies for Rivington drought permit

DRY SPELL: Rivington Reservoir’s water level is significantly lower than usual

4:13pm Monday 12th July 2010

UNITED Utilities is stepping up its drought action plan in the wake of the North West’s first hosepipe ban for 14 years.

Rivington walker’s beauty spot blaze alert

11:30am Monday 28th June 2010

A WALKER visiting the viewing point at Anglezarke Reservoir alerted firefighters to a blaze in a nearby quarry yesterday.

Rivington adventure park faces opposition to expansion

4:05pm Thursday 24th June 2010

BOSSES of a treetop adventure course face opposition to plans to expand their operation.

Injured cyclist's agonising wait after Rivington crash

TREATMENT: Paramedics and Bolton Mountain rescuers attend to the injured cyclist

4:42pm Friday 28th May 2010

A CYCLIST endured an agonising two-hour wait on Rivington Pike after breaking his arm when he came off his mountain bike.

Fifty firefighters tackle Rivington moorland blaze

Fifty firefighters tackle moorland blaze

3:29pm Monday 24th May 2010

SMOKE was seen billowing into the skies across Bolton when a huge blaze swept through the moors.

'Illegal rave' broken up by Chorley police

1:53pm Tuesday 18th May 2010

Police undertook a three-hour operation to disperse an illegal ‘rave’ which took place in Rivington at the weekend.

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