Ribchester is a Town in the county of Lancashire.
Beneath the streets of Ribchester lie the remains of a fifty acre Roman fort built around 80CE to garrison some 500 cavalrymen. Beside the river at Ribchester are small but decent remains of the Roman bath house which served the fort, open to wander around.
Nearby an 18th century schoolboy found a magnificent Roman ceremonial helmet which is now in the British Museum - there is a replica of it in the small museum just outside St Wilfrid’s churchyard.
The churchyard itself is situated directly over a corner of the fort’s treasury building and has a sun-dial with the inscription:
I am a Shadow. So art Thou. I mark Time. Dost Thou?
The village is encircled by green hills and is sheltered by a curve of the River Ribble, a pleasant jumble of coloured stone cottages in long, twisting terraces. The White Bull, dated 1707 has a porch canopy supported by four columns said to be from the Roman ruins. Many stones from the fort also went into building of the 13th-century church.
Inside the church at Ribchester is a Jacobean pulpit and a faded mural to St Christopher, the patron saint of travellers. People wishing to cross the swift-flowing River Ribble - a dangerous undertaking in the in the 13th century, resulted in the drowning of Ribchester’s first recorded rector, Drogo. The river Ribble now has a bridge at Ribchester which was built in 1774.
There are great places to visit near Ribchester including some great towns, villages, parks, waterfalls, woodlands, rivers and streams, old mines, ruins, historic buildings, ancient sites, historic monuments, hiking areas, hills, round cairns, lakes, bluebell woods, geological features, gardens, country parks, nature reserves, historic sites, canals, roman sites, museums, caves, limestone pavements, sssis, beaches, shopping centres, cities and castles.
Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool are great places to visit near Ribchester if you like towns.
Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester are great places to visit near Ribchester if you like villages.
There are a number of parks near Ribchester including Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.
Ribchester has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.
The area around Ribchester features a number of interesting woodlands including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.
Don't miss Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Ribchester.
Old Mines to visit near Ribchester include Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Lead Mines Clough Lead Mines, Coppice Stile Lead Mine Trial, White Coppice Lead Mine, Duxbury Park Colliery (ruin), Ellerbeck Collieries (ruin), and Sykes Mine.
There are a several good ruins in the Ribchester area like Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).
The area around Ribchester features a number of interesting historic buildings including Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, and Hoghton Tower.
There are a number of ancient sites near Ribchester including Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, The Quernmore Burial, Standing Stones Hill, Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn, Jepsons Gate Cairn, Black Coppice Chambered Cairn, and Dog Holes Cave.
Historic Monuments to visit near Ribchester include Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.
Hiking Areas to visit near Ribchester include Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
There are a number of hills near Ribchester including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.
Places near Ribchester feature a number of interesting round cairns including Jepsons Gate Cairn.
Ribchester has some unmissable lakes nearby like High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.
High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods are great places to visit near Ribchester if you like bluebell woods.
The area around Ribchester features a number of interesting geological features including Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, and Sykes Mine.
Gardens to visit near Ribchester include The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.
There are a number of country parks near Ribchester including Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.
Ribchester's best nearby nature reserves can be found at Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.
The area around Ribchester's best historic sites can be found at Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.
The area around Ribchester boasts some of the best canals including Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Heath Charnock, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Higher Wheelton, Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Summit to Wigan Section, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Adlington, Lancaster Canal at Bolton-le-Sands, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Rufford Branch.
There are a several good roman sites in the Ribchester area like Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
There are a number of museums near Ribchester including Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.
The area around Ribchester features a number of interesting caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
The area close to Ribchester boasts some of the best limestone pavements including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.
Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors are some of Ribchester best sssis to visit near Ribchester.
Don't miss Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf's beaches if visiting the area around Ribchester.
There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Ribchester like The Concourse Shopping Centre.
Ribchester's best nearby cities can be found at Preston, and Lancaster.
Ribchester is near some unmissable castles like Clitheroe Castle,
Ribchester History
There are some historic monuments around Ribchester:
