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Rivington

(Lancashire)

Near Bolton

Enjoy a 200 metre long zip wire over the edge of the Rivington reservoir.

Our tree top adventure at Rivington is officially an Enjoy England Quality Assured Visitor Attraction and is sure to be a hit for any outdoor adventure lover. It’s tree-top crossings and lengthy zip-wires take in some Lancashire’s most breathtaking views.

You are guaranteed a warm welcome at Rivington. And it’s home to one of the most exciting zip wires: You’ll cross a bay in the reservoir and you’ll get a birds eye view over the water!

With its rugged hills, picturesque reservoirs and woodland bustling with wildlife, Rivington is hailed as Chorley’s mini Lake District and makes a great day out.

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Get out and about this season

For full availability simply 'check availability' for exact details of Rivington's opening hours.

Times will vary on daylight hours…some adventures even open at 08:00 in the summer for those early birds!

Below is a snapshot of when our forest doors open…

We're open from February to November, but we close our forest doors during December and January (...it gets a little chilly and we like to maintain our adventures so they're all ready to go in 2012).

Weekends in February and March

Plus we're open throughout February half term - that's the 13th - 17th February.

23rd March – 30th October daily.

Closed Tuesday (during term time).

Weekends only throughout November.

Course stats

Check out these crazy stats for Rivington!

  • Number of sections 5
  • Longest Zip Wire 198 metres
  • Longest Crossing 17.5 metres
  • Total Length 924 metres
  • Number of Crossings 31
  • Highest Point 10 metres

The Team at Rivington

The Address

Go Ape Rivington
Great House Barn
Rivington Lane
Horwich
Bolton

Get directions

By car

For Rivington, leave the M61 at JCT 6 and follow signs for Horwich.

Stay on the main road through the town until you get to the roundabout with the Crown pub on the right. Go straight ahead at the roundabout and take the right turning immediately after onto Lever Park Avenue.

Follow signs to Great House Barn and Visitors Centre passing Rivington and Blackrod High School on the right and continue for about a mile. Turn left at Great House Barn into the car park and you'll find us straight ahead. We have our own car park in front of the Go Ape cabin.

Due to the rural nature of our locations, postcodes are not always accurate when using satellite navigation. Please always check the route it has given you before setting off, and cross reference with a map.

Staying Over

Need a place to crash?
Our friends below (excuse the pun) come highly recommended from the tree-tops...

Neppy Meadow Cottage

Wendover Guest House

Local Area

Some nearby places which may be of interest:

There's plenty of things to do in the Rivington area.

Why not go boating on the reservoir with The Anderton Centre? Or horse riding at Matchmoor riding centre, Horwich.

Treat yourself to a bit of shopping at The Trafford Centre, Manchester. Enjoy a bite to eat at the Bay Horse Inn.

Or continue your adventure with some Mountain Biking with Cycle Adventure, Preston.
Rated 4 Bananas Julie 21 May 2012
I booked go ape as a surprise for my husband and two adult children, I never told them what we were doing until we arrived.Overall we had a great time! Very friendly and helpful staff. We are already thinking ahead to go on another course down south maybe next year?!! There are a few points that I would like to mention: On our way round we found ourselves waiting about alot for people ahead of us,thus then being a knock on effect for people behind us who had young children. Over taking places could help solve this problem, maybe giving more than one direction to go in. Many people found that the solid wooden peg ladders were slightly too far apart, yet very close to platforms at the top. More hand grips would also be a help. One comment from a mother was that there are no escape routes for people who felt they couldn't go on .(like ladders in each area) She also thought there could of been safety nets in some areas. Another comment made by a few people was that the only toilets were some distance away another problem when you have young children, especially when it's abit nippy. Lastly and I know this is no fault to staff, but does need mentioning; there was dog mess on some of the ladders which people needed to use their hands on to climb, not nice for anybody. Maybe a clean up process could be put in place.
Rated 4 Bananas Michael 21 May 2012
Really enjoyed it. Friendly staff, good safety brief. Queuing was a pain but still a great day out
Rated 3 Bananas Mark 21 May 2012
All the party enjoyed it, old and young.
Rated 4 Bananas Sarah 21 May 2012
The staff were extremely helpful and friendly. Enjoyed the long zip along the edge of the water and the tarzan leap. Liked that we were able to spend a long time on the course.
Rated 4 Bananas Jacqueline 21 May 2012
Went for my sons birthday, had a brill time. The children found the whole experienced fantastic. They had no idea it was going to be as much fun as it was. Completely blew their expectations
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18 years +
 £30
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10 - 17 years
Over 1.4m £20
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