The southern end of the chain of reservoirs at Rivington, the Lower Rivington Reservoir features a castle on the Eastern shore and an outdoor centre with boating facilities on it’s Western shore.
Interestingly the filtration plant at the southern end of the reservoir was the biggest in the world when first constructed. There is now a modern water treatment plant in place of the old sand filter beds.
The Lower Rivington Reservoir was constructed by 1857 at which time the first water was supplied by underground pipe to Prescot.
Fossil bearing limestone transported to the West Pennine Moors by glacier
Find out what really lies beneath the waters of the Rivington Reservoirs, probably not what you heard. Reconstructed in 3D.
All about the Rivington Reservoirs, the Three Lakes, Yarrow Reservoir and Anglezarke with maps and information.
Anglezarke Reservoir is the north-most of The Three Lakes and is the largest by area.
Said to be the deepest, Yarrow Reservoir is often overlooked as one of the Rivington Reservoirs and to be fair it hasn’t easy access to the water but it does have interesting carvings.
