​200-person illegal rave at Liverpool Castle shut down by police

An illegal rave attracting around 200 people was shut down by police over the weekend at a castle in Rivington, Liverpool.

The unlicensed event took place on the evening of Saturday, October 26, and was subsequently shut down in the early hours of Sunday morning following complaints.

Lancashire Police said that the rave featured “loud music, lights, lasers and drones”, and had “around 200 people present” when they attended the site at roughly 1:18AM.

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Speaking to The Bolton News, a local member of the Horwich Clean Up Brigade, Ian Rotherham, said: “I went to bed at about 10.30pm and I could hear it then, I’d have thought it would be too cold and wet for them!”

He added that those in attendance “did a good job in clearing up”, leaving only a few bags worth of rubbish on the site after the local clean up team attended later that morning.

A local told The Manchester Evening News: "When we went up to bed we could hear the drum beat. At first we thought it was more near to us, but we found out this morning it was at the folly Liverpool Castle."

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Police arrested two men, a 21-year-old from Burnley and a 34-year-old from Stockport, on suspicion of drug driving, according to Manchester Evening News.

"Although the majority of people dispersed when our officers arrived, we dispersed those who remained from the area,” police said. “Two people were arrested on suspicion of drug driving and remain in custody at this time.”

Liverpool Castle is a historic landmark close to Bolton, a popular Netflix filming location and visitor attraction.

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