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.
There are a several good towns in the Ribchester area like Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.
The area around Ribchester features a number of interesting villages including Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park are great places to visit near Ribchester if you like parks.
Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall are great places to visit near Ribchester if you like waterfalls.
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.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Ribchester include Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.
The area around Ribchester features a number of interesting old mines including 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.
The area around Ribchester boasts some of the best ruins including Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).
There are a number of historic buildings near Ribchester including Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, Hoghton Tower, and Stonyhurst College.
Ribchester has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like 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.
Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge are great places to visit near Ribchester if you like historic monuments.
There are a number of hiking areas near Ribchester including Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
The area around Ribchester boasts some of the best hills including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.
Round Cairns to visit near Ribchester include Jepsons Gate Cairn.
The area around Ribchester features a number of interesting lakes including 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 some of Ribchester best bluebell woods to visit near Ribchester.
Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, and Sykes Mine are great places to visit near Ribchester if you like geological features.
There are a number of gardens near Ribchester including 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.
Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood are some of Ribchester best nature reserves to visit near Ribchester.
Historic Sites to visit near Ribchester include Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.
Don't miss 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's canals if visiting the area around Ribchester.
The area around Ribchester boasts some of the best roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
Museums to visit near Ribchester include Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.
The area around Ribchester boasts some of the best caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
Ribchester is near some unmissable limestone pavements like Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement,
There are a several good sssis in the Ribchester area like Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.
There are a several good beaches in the Ribchester area like Blackpool, and Half Moon Bay.
The area close to Ribchester boasts some of the best shopping centres including The Concourse Shopping Centre.
The area around Ribchester boasts some of the best cities including Preston, and Lancaster.
Castles to visit near Ribchester include Clitheroe Castle.
Ribchester History
There are some historic monuments around Ribchester:
