Bamber Bridge
Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, 3 miles south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge".- Type: Village with 12,100 residents
- Description: settlement in South Ribble, Lancashire, England
- Also known as: “Bamber Bridge, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bamber Bridge railway station and Brownedge St Mary’s Catholic High School.
Bamber Bridge railway station
Railway station
Bamber Bridge railway station serves the village of Bamber Bridge in Lancashire, England.
St Saviour’s Church, Cuerden
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayton Brook and Preston.
Whittle-le-Woods
Village
Whittle-le-Woods is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. Whittle-le-Woods is situated 3 miles south of Bamber Bridge.
Bamber Bridge
- Category: locality
- Location: South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.72911° or 53° 43′ 45″ north
Longitude
-2.6607° or 2° 39′ 39″ west
Population
12,100
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9C5VP8HQ+JP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bamber Bridge” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bamber Bridge”
- Dutch: “Bamber Bridge”
- French: “Bamber Bridge”
- German: “Bamber Bridge”
- Irish: “Bamber Bridge”
- Japanese: “バンバー・ブリッジ”
- Polish: “Bamber Bridge”
- Spanish: “Bamber Bridge”
- Urdu: “بیمبر برج”
- Welsh: “Bamber Bridge”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Brownedge and Walton Summit.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness and Bamber Bridge Post Office.
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