Willwife Wood

Willwife Wood is a forest in Balderstone, Ribble Valley District, England. Willwife Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Jackson’s Banks, as well as near the village Balderstone.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Leonard’s Church and Bremetennacum.

St Leonard’s Church

Church

Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Leonard's Church is in the village of Balderstone, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

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

Photo: DIaNyf8q, CC0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longridge and Ribchester.

Longridge

Town

Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longridge is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is situated 8 miles north-east of the city of Preston, at the western end of Longridge Fell, a long ridge above the River Ribble.

Ribchester

Village

Photo: Watcher328, Public domain.

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.

Brownhill

Suburb

Brownhill is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, in the Roe Lee ward which has an estimated population of 5,948.

Willwife Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Balderstone, Ribble Valley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.793° or 53° 47′ 35″ north

Longitude

-2.5691° or 2° 34′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C5VQCVJ+59

OpenStreetMap ID

way 56139654

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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