Rivington, despite warnings for walkers to stay away this weekend. Emergency services warned that people should avoid the beauty spot due to "treacherous conditions" and following a spate of people getting injured by slipping on ice.
However, it appears that the pleas fell on death ears as 'thousands' of cars apparently piled into the area from as far afield as Liverpool and Southport.
Sgt Harrison from Chorley Police said: "We are appalled and hugely disappointed with the blatant breaches of the Covid Rules and Regulations in the Rivington area today. "The area is massively busy with thousands of vehicles visiting the area. "We have conducted a sample of 25 PNC checks on cars in the area and our findings are that over 90pc of cars are from.
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