"Lever Park, Rivington is named after William Lever, Lord Leverhulme who bought the estate in 1899 and donated to Bolton people as a public park. The Park opened in 1904. It a boating lake, a zoo, tree-lined avenues and a network of footpaths. A folly, Rivington Castle, was built as a scale replica of Liverpool Castle near the Lower Rivington Reservoir. .. In 1974 the park and gardens passed to the North West Water Authority from Liverpool Corporation, and eventually to United Utilities." Wikipedia and other sources.
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