Go Ape Rivington

Address: Great House Barn, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, BoltonBL6 7SB, United Kingdom

By car:

Please ensure that you don't access any private driveways or follow directions to Spring Cottage as this will take you to the wrong location.

From Manchester, the South, Preston and Lancaster, use the M61. At JCT 6 (Macron Stadium, home ground of Bolton Wanderers Football Club) follow signs for Horwich.

Stay on the main road through Horwich. When you reach the roundabout with the Crown pub on the right, go straight ahead then take the right turning immediately after onto Lever Park Avenue signed Rivington.

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 Go Ape straight ahead.

Approaching from Chorley direction, Rivington is well signed. Pass Chorley Train station on your left and take the next left signed Rivington. At the top of the road, take the second exit (right) at the roundabout, and the first exit at the following roundabout. Continue on this road for 3 miles. Shortly after crossing the motorway on a bridge, take the left down Horrobin Lane and continue on this road through the village of Rivington until you reach Great house barn. Go Ape's on the right at the bottom of the car park.

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

Go Ape has its own car park in front of the Go Ape cabin, which is free, but it gets very busy, so arrive on time and share cars where you can.

By train: 

Why not see if you can make your journey using public transport by using Traveline’s journey planner.

You could get a train to Blackrod station and Go Ape is around a three mile walk.

By bike:

For all those budding Bradley Wiggins (yeah he lives around here don’t you know...) get on your bike and use the ‘Lancashire Cycleway Route 91’ to get to site, it pretty much goes past Go Ape's front door. You can connect to it easily from Adlington Railway station and once at site you can secure your bike to Go Ape's new cycle stands just outside the cabin*. For a comprehensive view of all cycle paths across the country and information on getting your own wheels in motion take a look at the Sustrans Website, you could have yourself a right big adventure!

*All cycles are left on the cycle stands at their own risk, unfortunately Go Ape cannot take any responsibility for any damage or losses. For more info please contact Go Ape's Rivington team.