Rivacre Valley
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Rivacre (known locally as Rivacre Valley) is an area of Ellesmere Port in the North West of England. The area is named after the Rivacre brook which runs through a valley in this area. It is the site of a nature reserve.
History
Rivacre was most well known for having an outdoor swimming pool until the 1980s, with large ornamental gardens, cafe, children's playground and fountains, situated along the Rivacre brook itself. Opened in 1934 and hit great popularity between the 1950s and 1970s, but declined by the 1980s as heated indoor swimming pools were built in nearby Chester's Northgate Arena and leisure facilities were improved at Ellesmere Port's EPIC leisure centre.[citation needed]
The outdoor swimming pool was finally closed, in a bad state of repair, in the early 1981 and demolised in 1985. The location of the outdoor swimming pool is now part of a nature reserve. The 400-acre (1.6 km2) park is situated in a valley and is now an established wildlife habitat.