Top 3 Castles around Darwen
A visit to a castle — whether you stumble over one during a hike outdoors or walk your way around the grounds with a guide — is always something special, and you’ve got 3
beautiful castles to choose from around Darwen. Just browse our list to find your top castle , and add some history to your next adventure!
Last updated: October 31, 2026
Liverpool Castle Replica Ruins
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Hoghton Tower War Memorial
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Turton Tower
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Lower Rivington Reservoir and Liverpool Castle Ruins
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Hoghton Tower
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(DoBIH Hill ID: 16772) [JNSA 19609]
County of Lancashire Definitive List summit.
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Hoghton Tower 179m P69 (587ft) (DoBIH Hill ID: 16772) [JNSA 19609] County of Lancashire Definitive List summit.
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Ruined replica of Liverpool Castle in Rivington, Chorley
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Beautiful photo motif
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The path around the reservoir is very beautiful. Many runners and dog owners with their four-legged friends are out and about here.
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The original medieval Liverpool Castle stood in Liverpool near the waterfront, which is about 22 miles southwest of Rivington, but it had been demolished in the 1720s. The currently-existing structure named Liverpool Castle is a scaled replica that was commissioned by Lord Leverhulme. Work started in 1912 and continued until Lord Leverhulme’s death in 1925. Relatively few people had been assigned to the construction of the building, so the structure was not quite finished, although the folly was supposed to look like the ruins of a castle anyway. In the years since Lord Leverhulme’s death, the area Castle, fell into disrepair. Weeds started growing on the castle’s masonry, people vandalized the walls, and a spiral staircase within the castle collapsed in the early 1980s. Liverpool Castle is still slowly crumbling, transforming from a folly meant to imitate the ruins of a castle into actual ruins.
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You can prop your bike up and walk around the outside of the medieval house for free and enjoy coffee and cake on one of the outdoor tables. Pretty place and worth a stop.
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