Rivacre
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Rivacre is an area of Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and port in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on the south border of the Wirral Peninsula on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, which in turn gives access to the River...

 in the North West of England. The Rivacre is so named because of the Rivacre brook
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 which runs through the area and it is known locally as Rivacre Valley because of the beautiful valley through which the stream runs.

History

Rivacre was most well known for having an outdoor swimming pool until the 1980's, with large ornamental gardens, cafe, children's playground and fountains, situated along the Rivacre brook itself. This was a popular and inexpensive entertainment in the 1950-1970's, but interest declined by the 1980's as heated indoor swimming pools were built in nearby Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

's Northgate Arena
Northgate Arena
Northgate Arena is an arena and leisure centre complex in Chester, England. Built in the 1970s on the site of the Chester Northgate railway station, Northgate Arena includes swimming pools, a gymnasium, several sports halls and a sauna. The main sports hall is also used for toy and train, antique,...

 and leisure facilities were improved at Ellesmere Port's EPIC
EPIC
-Technology:* Explicitly parallel instruction computing, a design philosophy based on VLIW used in Itanium CPUs* EPIC , Executive-Process/Interactive Control, for artificial intelligence studies* Electromagnetic Personal Interdiction Control...

 leisure centre
Leisure centre
A leisure centre in the UK and Canada is a purpose built building or site, usually owned and operated by the city, borough council or municipal district council, where people go to keep fit or relax through using the facilities.- Typical Facilities :...

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The outdoor swimming pool was finally closed, in a bad state of repair, in the early 1980's.

Attractions

The location of the outdoor swimming pool is now part of a nature reserve
Nature reserve
A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...

. The 400 acres (1.6 km²) park is situated in the picturesque valley and is now an established wildlife habitat.

Further Information

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