Ribble Head

Ribble Head is a spring in Ingleton, Craven District, England. Ribble Head is situated nearby to the meadow Holme, as well as near the peak High Flat Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ribblehead railway station and Ribblehead Viaduct.

Ribblehead railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ulleskelf, Public domain.

Ribblehead is a railway station which serves the area of Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. Ribblehead railway station is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Ribble Head.

Ribblehead Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Michael Bryan, CC BY 2.0.

The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across Batty Moss in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. Ribblehead Viaduct is situated 1 mile west of Ribble Head.

Great Douk Cave

Cave

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Douk Cave is a shallow cave system lying beneath the limestone bench of Ingleborough in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England. It is popular with beginners and escorted groups, as it offers straightforward caving, and it is possible to follow the cave from where a stream emerges at a small waterfall to a second entrance close to where it sinks 600 yards further up the hill. Great Douk Cave is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ribble Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selside and Chapel-le-Dale.

Selside

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selside is a small village in Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles north west of Horton in Ribblesdale. Selside was mentioned, in the form Selesat, in the Domesday Book, when it was held by Roger of Poitou. Selside is situated 2½ miles south of Ribble Head.

Chapel-le-Dale

Hamlet

Chapel-le-Dale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a valley of the same name, and was previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Chapel-le-Dale is situated 3 miles southwest of Ribble Head.

Stone House

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone House is a locality at Dent Head on the River Dee, in the county of Cumbria, England, to the south-east of Cowgill and to the north-west of Newby Head. Stone House is situated 4 miles north of Ribble Head.

Ribble Head

Type: Spring
Category: body of water
Location: Ingleton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.21154° or 54° 12′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.34519° or 2° 20′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C6V6M63+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2151709752

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

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