Ribchester
Ribchester is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, six miles northwest of Blackburn and twelve miles east of Preston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 888 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Lancashire, UK
- Also known as: “Ribchester, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bremetennacum and Ribchester Roman Museum.
Bremetennacum
Archaeological site
Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.
Bremetennacum, or Bremetennacum Veteranorum, was a Roman fort on the site of the present day village of Ribchester in Lancashire, England. The site is a Scheduled Monument.
Ribchester Roman Museum
Museum
Ribchester Roman Museum is located in the village of Ribchester, Lancashire, England. It sits at the southern end of Church Street, near the northern banks of the River Ribble, adjacent to St Wilfrid's Church.
St Wilfrid’s Church, Ribchester
Church
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Ribchester in Lancashire, England, which is situated close to the site of a Roman fort. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stydd and Hurst Green.
Stydd
Hamlet
The manor of Stydd is in the county of Lancashire. It is situated on the north eastern edge of the village of Ribchester. It has three notable buildings: St Saviour's Church, a set of almshouses and the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Hurst Green
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hurst Green is a small village in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, connected in its history to the Jesuit school, Stonyhurst College. Hurst Green is situated 3 miles northeast of Ribchester.
Brockhall
Village
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brockhall Village is a gated community in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Billington and Langho and is 7 miles north of Blackburn. Brockhall is situated 3½ miles east of Ribchester.
Ribchester
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Ribchester, Ribble Valley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.8121° or 53° 48′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.53635° or 2° 32′ 11″ westPopulation
888Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB IBCOpen location code
9C5VRF67+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 29050966OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Ribchester” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Ribchester”
- Cebuano: “Ribchester”
- Chinese: “里布切斯特”
- Dutch: “Ribchester”
- French: “Ribchester”
- Irish: “Ribchester”
- Italian: “Ribchester”
- Ladin: “Ribchester”
- Lithuanian: “Ribčesteris”
- Persian: “ریبچستر”
- Polish: “Ribchester”
- Portuguese: “Ribchester”
- Spanish: “Ribchester”
- Swedish: “Ribchester”
- Turkish: “Ribchester”
- Welsh: “Ribchester”
- “Ribchester”
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