River Ribble
The River Ribble runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It starts close to the Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire, and is one of the few that start in the Yorkshire Dales and flow westwards towards the Irish Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Ribble Steam Railway and Preston Riverside railway station.
Ribble Steam Railway
Museum
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The Ribble Steam Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. It was opened to the public on 17 September 2005, running along Preston Docks. Ribble Steam Railway is situated 1½ miles east of River Ribble.
Preston Riverside railway station
Railway station
Preston Riverside railway station is the only station on the heritage Ribble Steam Railway, in Riversway, Preston, Lancashire, England. It was built and opened in 2005, adjacent to the museum and workshops, while providing a heritage service to Strand Road Crossing. Preston Riverside railway station is situated 1½ miles east of River Ribble.
St. Christopher’s Church
Church
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St. Christopher’s Church is situated 1½ miles northeast of River Ribble.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitestake and Hesketh Bank.
Whitestake
Village
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Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 3 miles southeast of River Ribble.
Hesketh Bank
Village
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Hesketh Bank is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, 7 miles north-east of Southport and 7 miles south-west of Preston. The village is within the civil parish of Hesketh-with-Becconsall, which includes the village of Becconsall immediately to the south and which borders the Ribble Estuary to the north. Hesketh Bank is situated 3½ miles southwest of River Ribble.
Kirkham
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Kirkham is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. Kirkham has 20 heritage listed buildings. Many of the buildings in the town centre date from the Georgian and Victorian eras.
River Ribble
- Type: Stream
- Description: river that runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“River Ribble” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ribble”
- Asturian: “Ríu Ribble”
- Belarusian: “Рыбл”
- Breton: “Ribble”
- Cebuano: “River Ribble”
- Czech: “Ribble”
- Dutch: “Ribble”
- Dutch: “River Ribble”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ريبل”
- French: “Ribble”
- German: “Ribble”
- German: “River Ribble”
- Hebrew: “נהר ריבל”
- Italian: “Ribble”
- Japanese: “リブル川”
- Latvian: “Ribla”
- Lithuanian: “Riblis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ribble”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ribble”
- Norwegian: “Ribble”
- Polish: “Ribble”
- Russian: “Райбл”
- Russian: “Риббл”
- Serbian: “Рибл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ribble”
- Slovenian: “reka Ribble”
- Slovenian: “Ribble”
- Slovenian: “River Ribble”
- Spanish: “Rio Ribble”
- Spanish: “Río Ribble”
- Swedish: “Ribble”
- Swedish: “River Ribble”
- Venetian: “Fiume Ribble”
- Welsh: “Afon Ribble”
- Western Frisian: “Ribble”
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