RIVINGTON’S historic terraced gardens were featured on a national television show.

BBC flagship magazine programme Countryfile broadcasted three separate segments on the famous gardens on Sunday night, with presenter John Craven exploring the history, landscape and social impact of the gardens.

The former newsround host spent a day at the site, which lies on the border of Horwich and Chorley, speaking to different people involved with the much-loved gardens.

The terraced gardens were the brainchild of Bolton-born soap magnate Lord Leverhulme, who owned the land, and designed by internationally renowned landscape architect Thomas Mawson.

The gardens require preserving and protecting and after previously securing £64,000 of initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, a bid is currently being put together to apply for a £3.3 million grant, which is due to be submitted in February.

Rivington Heritage Trust Chairman Bryan Homan said:”The fact that BBC Countryfile has come to the Terraced Gardens, and that the Gardens speaks volumes for their importance as a national historic and landscape treasure.”