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The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
 and Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, in the North of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The river's watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
 also includes parts of Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Metropolitan Borough of...
 around Wigan
Wigan

Wigan is a large town in Greater Manchester in England. It stands on the River Douglas, south of Preston, west-northwest of Manchester, and east-northeast of Liverpool....
.

Ribble begins at the confluence of the Gayle Beck and Cam Beck near the famous viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct

Ribblehead Viaduct is a railway viaduct across the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, northern England.It is the longest and most famous viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, a railway line passing through some spectacular United Kingdom scenery....
 at Ribblehead
Ribblehead

Ribblehead is the area of moorland at the River source of the River Ribble in the area known as Ribblesdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England....
, in the shadow of the Yorkshire three peaks
Yorkshire three peaks

The mountains of Whernside , Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent are collectively known as the Three Peaks. The peaks, which form part of thePennines, encircle the head of the valley of the River Ribble, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the North of England....
.

It flows through Settle
Settle

Settle is a small market town within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is served by the Settle railway station, which is located near the town centre, and Giggleswick railway station which is a mile away....
, Clitheroe
Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists in the area....
 and Preston
Preston

Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district of Lancashire, in North West England. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's reign....
, before emptying into the Irish Sea
Irish Sea

The Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Republic of Ireland and Wales, and to the north by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland which forms part of...
 between Lytham St. Annes and Southport
Southport

Southport is a seaside resort within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The town is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the north of Liverpool and west-southwest of Preston....
, a length of .

The main tributaries of the Ribble are the Hodder
River Hodder

The River Hodder is a river in Lancashire, England. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site.It rises on White Hill and flows for 30 miles to the River Ribble, of which it is the largest tributary....
 and Calder
River Calder, Lancashire

The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble starting above Burnley in Lancashire and is around 24 km / 15 miles in length. It flows through Towneley Park and Burnley town centre where it is joined by the River Brun....
 which join the river near Great Mitton, the River Darwen
River Darwen

The River Darwen is a river running through Darwen and Blackburn in Lancashire.The River was seriously polluted with human and industrial effluent during the Industrial Revolution, up to the early 1970s....
 which joins at Walton-le-Dale
Walton-le-Dale

Walton-le-Dale is an area of the South Ribble, in Lancashire, England. It lies on south bank of the River Ribble, and the south-side of the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge....
 and the River Douglas
River Douglas

The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland, is a river that flows through Lancashire and Greater Manchester in the North West England of England....
 which joins near Hesketh Bank
Hesketh Bank

Hesketh Bank is a small agricultural village in Lancashire. It lies to the north-east of the town of Southport on the Irish Sea estuary of the River Ribble....
.

The Ribble Way
Ribble Way

The Ribble way is a long distance walk between the Lancashire coast and the Yorkshire Dales National Park largely following the course of the River Ribble....
 is a long-distance footpath which follows the river for much of its course.






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The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
 and Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, in the North of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The river's watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
 also includes parts of Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Metropolitan Borough of...
 around Wigan
Wigan

Wigan is a large town in Greater Manchester in England. It stands on the River Douglas, south of Preston, west-northwest of Manchester, and east-northeast of Liverpool....
.

Geography

The Ribble begins at the confluence of the Gayle Beck and Cam Beck near the famous viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct

Ribblehead Viaduct is a railway viaduct across the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, northern England.It is the longest and most famous viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, a railway line passing through some spectacular United Kingdom scenery....
 at Ribblehead
Ribblehead

Ribblehead is the area of moorland at the River source of the River Ribble in the area known as Ribblesdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England....
, in the shadow of the Yorkshire three peaks
Yorkshire three peaks

The mountains of Whernside , Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent are collectively known as the Three Peaks. The peaks, which form part of thePennines, encircle the head of the valley of the River Ribble, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the North of England....
.

It flows through Settle
Settle

Settle is a small market town within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is served by the Settle railway station, which is located near the town centre, and Giggleswick railway station which is a mile away....
, Clitheroe
Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists in the area....
 and Preston
Preston

Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district of Lancashire, in North West England. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's reign....
, before emptying into the Irish Sea
Irish Sea

The Irish Sea also known as the Mann Sea or Manx Sea, separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Republic of Ireland and Wales, and to the north by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland which forms part of...
 between Lytham St. Annes and Southport
Southport

Southport is a seaside resort within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The town is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the north of Liverpool and west-southwest of Preston....
, a length of .

The main tributaries of the Ribble are the Hodder
River Hodder

The River Hodder is a river in Lancashire, England. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site.It rises on White Hill and flows for 30 miles to the River Ribble, of which it is the largest tributary....
 and Calder
River Calder, Lancashire

The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble starting above Burnley in Lancashire and is around 24 km / 15 miles in length. It flows through Towneley Park and Burnley town centre where it is joined by the River Brun....
 which join the river near Great Mitton, the River Darwen
River Darwen

The River Darwen is a river running through Darwen and Blackburn in Lancashire.The River was seriously polluted with human and industrial effluent during the Industrial Revolution, up to the early 1970s....
 which joins at Walton-le-Dale
Walton-le-Dale

Walton-le-Dale is an area of the South Ribble, in Lancashire, England. It lies on south bank of the River Ribble, and the south-side of the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge....
 and the River Douglas
River Douglas

The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland, is a river that flows through Lancashire and Greater Manchester in the North West England of England....
 which joins near Hesketh Bank
Hesketh Bank

Hesketh Bank is a small agricultural village in Lancashire. It lies to the north-east of the town of Southport on the Irish Sea estuary of the River Ribble....
.

The Ribble Way
Ribble Way

The Ribble way is a long distance walk between the Lancashire coast and the Yorkshire Dales National Park largely following the course of the River Ribble....
 is a long-distance footpath which follows the river for much of its course. The Ribble marked the northernmost extent of the ancient kingdom of Mercia
Mercia

Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands....
. At the time of the Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
, the river formed the northern boundary of an area of land (known as Inter Ripam et Mersham) that was included in the Domesday information for Cheshire
Cheshire

Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....
, though it was probably not formally part of the county of Cheshire.

The river is connected to both the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of , it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line....
 and the Lancaster Canal
Lancaster Canal

| |}The Lancaster Canal is a canal in the north of England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria ....
 (via the Ribble Link
Ribble Link

| |}The Ribble Link is Great Britain's newest inland canal, opened in 2002. The four-mile link connects the once-isolated Lancaster Canal with the main navigable system via a canalisation of the Savick Brook which is tidal in its lower reaches....
). The river downstream of Preston was actively dredged when Preston was an active port; this is no longer done and silt from the river is now spreading more widely over the (sand) beaches around Fairhaven and St. Annes.

Its estuary forms part of the Ribble and Alt Estuaries
Ribble and Alt Estuaries

The Ribble and Alt Estuaries lie on the Irish Sea coast of the counties of Lancashire and Merseyside in north-west England.A large number of different species of waders and wildfowl use the estuaries as feeding and over-wintering areas, including the following:...
 Special Protection Area
Special Protection Area

A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Union directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitat of Bird migration and certain particularly threatened birds. ...
 for wildlife.

The Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the river is at Fishwick Bottoms, between Preston and Walton-le-Dale
Walton-le-Dale

Walton-le-Dale is an area of the South Ribble, in Lancashire, England. It lies on south bank of the River Ribble, and the south-side of the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge....
.

Public works

The River Ribble catchment is covered by the Mersey Basin Campaign
Mersey Basin Campaign

The Mersey Basin Campaign works within the catchments of the River Mersey and the River Ribble, in the counties of Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire and in the High Peak area of Derbyshire in the United Kingdom....
, a partnership which was established in 1985 to improve water quality and encourage waterside regeneration.

Preston City Council have published controversial plans to build a barrage across the River Ribble, in their 'Riverworks' proposals. The aim of these proposals is to build a water sports park on a section of the Ribble, coupled with over 4000 units of high quality housing and businesses in the river's flood plain. Some local residents are opposing these plans, arguing that they endanger wildlife, increase flood risk to local housing and damage greenbelt areas. These residents have set up the 'Save The Ribble' campaign. Parts of the river are a County Biological Heritage Site.

The Ribble would appear to have been known in Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 times as the Belisama
Belisama

In Celtic mythology, Belisama was a goddess worshipped in Gaul and Ancient Britain. She was connected with lakes and rivers, fire, crafts and light....
, possibly giving its name to Samlesbury
Samlesbury

Samlesbury is a small village and civil parish in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. Samlesbury Hall, a historic house, is located in the village as well as Samlesbury Aerodrome....
. Ptolemy
Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
's "Belisama aest." seems to represent the estuary of the Ribble.

History

The banks of the Ribble have been posited as a possible location for King Arthur
King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary Britons leader who, according to medieval histories and Romance , led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century....
's tenth battle, on the banks of a river "Tribruit", as alluded to in his Historia Brittonum by Nennius
Nennius

Nennius, or Nemnivus, is either of two shadowy personages traditionally associated with the history of Wales. The better known of the two is Nennius, the student of Elvodugus....
.

Settlements

  • Horton in Ribblesdale
    Horton in Ribblesdale

    Horton in Ribblesdale is a small village in Ribblesdale in the county of North Yorkshire, on the Settle-Carlisle Railway to the west of Pen-y-ghent....
  • Stainforth
    Stainforth, North Yorkshire

    Stainforth is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near Settle; only about 1 mile north there is a waterfall, , where the river falls over limestone ledges into a deep, broad pool which can be accessed by walking a short way from the village....
  • Stackhouse
  • Langcliffe
    Langcliffe

    Langcliffe is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England it is situated to the immediate north of Settle....
  • Giggleswick
    Giggleswick

    File:Alkelda Giggleswick SD8164 034.jpgGiggleswick is a village in the England county of North Yorkshire near the town of Settle. It is the site of Giggleswick School....
  • Nappa
    Nappa, North Yorkshire

    Nappa is a hamlet and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the A682 road and 5 miles north west of Barnoldswick....
  • Settle
    Settle

    Settle is a small market town within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is served by the Settle railway station, which is located near the town centre, and Giggleswick railway station which is a mile away....
  • Halton West
    Halton West

    Halton West is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. it is situated on the River Ribble and about 7 miles north of Barnoldswick....
  • Paythorne
    Paythorne

    File:Paythorne Methodist Chapel.jpgFile:Paythorne Moor.jpgPaythorne is a small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England....
  • Sawley
    Sawley, North Yorkshire

    Sawley is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate of North Yorkshire, England. It is about west of Ripon....
  • West Bradford
    West Bradford, Lancashire

    West Bradford is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, 27 miles west of the larger city of Bradford, West Yorkshire and 2.5 miles north of Clitheroe....
  • Horrocksford
  • Clitheroe
    Clitheroe

    Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists in the area....
  • Great Mitton
  • Little Town
  • Ribchester
    Ribchester

    Ribchester is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, northwest of Blackburn and east of Preston....
  • Samlesbury
    Samlesbury

    Samlesbury is a small village and civil parish in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. Samlesbury Hall, a historic house, is located in the village as well as Samlesbury Aerodrome....
  • Walton-le-Dale
    Walton-le-Dale

    Walton-le-Dale is an area of the South Ribble, in Lancashire, England. It lies on south bank of the River Ribble, and the south-side of the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge....
  • Preston
    Preston

    Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district of Lancashire, in North West England. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's reign....
  • Penwortham
    Penwortham

    Penwortham is a town and civil parish on the south bank of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston, Lancashire. The town is at the most westerly crossing point of the River Ribble, with major road and rail links crossing here....
  • Lytham


Tributaries


Estuary to Preston


Estuary to Douglas
  • Crossens Pool
    • The Sluice
      • Middle Drain
      • Back Drain
      • Ring Ditch
      • Boundary Drain
      • Tarleton Runner
        • Mere Brow
          • School Drain
        • Pale Ditch
      • Mere Brow Watercourse
      • Midge Hall Drain
      • Boat House Sluice
        • Langley's Brook
      • Rufford Boundary Sluice
    • Three Pools Waterway
      • Fine Jane's Brook
        • Holly Brook
        • Sandy Brook
        • Old Canal
      • Boundary Brook
        • New Cut Brook
      • Sandy Brook
        • The Old Pool
        • Black Brook
        • Drummersdale Drain
          • Brook Cut and Mill Stream
        • Bullen's Brook
        • Eas Brook
          • Hurlston Brook
  • Main Drain
    • Liggard Brook
    • Wrea Brook
  • Hundred End Gutter
  • Pool Stream


River Douglas watershed
  • River Douglas
    River Douglas

    The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland, is a river that flows through Lancashire and Greater Manchester in the North West England of England....
     or River Asland
    • Longton Brook
    • Centre Drain
    • Carr Heys Watercourse
    • Tarra Carr Gutter
      • Hall Pool
    • Dunkirk Dib
    • Rakes Brook
    • Carr Brook
    • Strine Brook
    • River Yarrow
      River Yarrow (Lancashire)

      The River Yarrow is in Lancashire, with its source at an area called Will Narr at Hordern Stoops, along Spitlers Edge - the Chorley/Blackburn boundary - on the West Pennine Moors....
      • River Lostock
        River Lostock

        The River Lostock is a river in Lancashire, England.The source of the Lostock is at the confluence of Slack Brook and Whave's Brook at the entrance to Miller Wood near Withnell Fold....
        • Wymott Brook
        • Clayton Brook
        • Slack Brook
        • Whave's Brook
      • Spent Brook
      • Syd Brook
        • Howe Brook
        • Pye Brook
      • Culbeck Brook
        • Chapel Brook
          • Ransnap Brook
          • German Brook
      • Hodge Brook
      • River Chor
        River Chor

        The River Chor is a largely culverted stream in the Lancashire town of Chorley. Its name was back-formation from "Chorley".The source of the river is in the hills near Heapey....
      • Clancutt Brook
        • Tanyard Brook
        • Whittle Brook
      • Eller Brook
        • Moss Ditch
      • Black Brook
        • Tan House Brook
        • Warth Brook
          • Brinscall Brook
          • Fill Brook
      • Roaring Lum
      • Dean Brook
        • Hall Brook
        • Cote Slack
      • Limestone Brook
      • Green Withins Brook
    • The Sluice
      • Mill
      • Old Reed Brook
    • Main Ditch
    • Eller Brook
      • Wham Ditch
      • Black Brook
      • Abbey Brook
        • New Park Brook
        • Castle Brook
        • Sefton Brook
          • Dungeon Brook
          • Dicket's Brook
            • Goose Brook
    • Mill Ditch
      • New Reed Brook
      • Bentley Brook
    • River Tawd
      River Tawd

      The River Tawd flows through Skelmersdale and Lathom in West Lancashire.The Tawd Bridge carried Ormskirk Road, the main arterial road from Wigan to Ormskirk and Southport....
      • Slate Brook
      • Grimshaw Brook
    • Middlehurst Brook
    • Dock Brook
    • Alder Lane Brook
    • Sprodley Brook
    • Calico Brook
    • Lees Brook
    • Dean Brook
      • Sand Brook
    • Ackhurst Brook
    • Mill Brook
    • Bradshaw Brook
    • Close Brook
    • Barley Brook
    • Smithy Brook
      • Poolstock Brook
        • Ince Brook
          • Hawkley Brook
          • Reed Brook
            • Park Brook
    • Clarington Brook
    • Bradley Brook
    • Bucklow Brook
      • Moss Ditch
      • Buckow Brook
        • Hic-bibi Brook
          • Stars Brook
            • Almond Brook
            • Tunley Brook
    • Pearl Brook
    • Arley Brook


Douglas to Preston
  • Freckleton Pool
    Freckleton Pool

    Freckleton Pool or Dow Brook is a tributary of the River Ribble running through the Fylde peninsula in Lancashire, passing the towns of Kirkham, Lancashire and Freckleton west of Preston....
    • Dow Brook
      • Spen Brook
      • Carr Brook
        • Wrongway Brook
    • Middle Pool
  • Savick Brook
    Ribble Link

    | |}The Ribble Link is Great Britain's newest inland canal, opened in 2002. The four-mile link connects the once-isolated Lancaster Canal with the main navigable system via a canalisation of the Savick Brook which is tidal in its lower reaches....
    • Deepdale Brook
    • Lady Head Runnel
    • Sharoe Brook
      • Moss Leach Brook
    • Eaves Brook
  • Mill Brook
  • The Mains Brook


River Darwen watershed

  • River Darwen
    River Darwen

    The River Darwen is a river running through Darwen and Blackburn in Lancashire.The River was seriously polluted with human and industrial effluent during the Industrial Revolution, up to the early 1970s....
    • Hennel Brook
      • Cockshott Brook
    • Many Brooks
      • Black Brook
        • Hatchwood Brook
      • Fowler Brook
        • Drum Head Brook
          • Gorton Brook
          • Mill Brook
        • Bank Head Brook
    • Old Darwen
    • Beeston Brook
      • Quaker Brook
    • Hole Brook
      • Huntley Brook (North)
      • Huntley Brook (South)
    • Alum House Brook
      • Arley Brook
    • Trout Brook
    • River Roddlesworth
      River Roddlesworth

      The River Roddlesworth is a river of Lancashire....
      • Finnington Brook
      • Stockclough Brook
        • Whitehalgh Brook
          • Shaw Brook
          • Chapels Brook
          • Sheep Bridge Brook
      • Rake Brook
      • Calf Hey Brook
      • Ferny Bed Springs
    • River Blakewater
      • Snig Brook
      • Audley Brook
      • Little Harwood Brook
        • Royshaw Clough
        • Seven Acre Brook
      • Knuzden Brook
    • Scotshaw Brook
      • Moss Brook
      • Badger Brook
    • Higher Croft Brook
      • Newfield Brook
    • Davy Field Brook
      • Flash Brook
      • Grimshaw Brook
        • Waterside Brook
          • Mean Brook
            • Sapling Clough
          • Hoddlesden Moss Brook
            • Far Scotland Brook
          • Pickup Bank Brook
            • Moss Brook
            • Twitchells Brook
    • Sunnyhurst Brook
      • Stepback Brook
    • Bold Venture Brook
      • High Lumb Brook
        • Livesey Brook
    • Kebbs Brook
      • Green Lowe Brook
    • Bury Fold Brook
      • Old Briggs Brook
        • Duckshaw Brook
    • Grain Brook
      • Bent Hall Brook
      • Deadman's Clough


Preston to Whalley

  • Swill Brook
  • Bezza Brook
    • Wilcock Brook
      • Mellor Brook
  • Tun Brook
  • Stydd Brook
    Stydd Brook

    Stydd Brook is a watercourse in Lancashire, England.Rising on Gannow Fell south west of Bowland, the river flows southward, meeting the River Ribble at Ribchester....
    • Boyce's Brook
      • Cowley Brook
      • Page Brook
    • Duddel Brook
  • Starling Brook
  • Dean Brook
    • Bailey Brook
    • Brownslow Brook
  • Dinckley Brook
    Dinckley Brook

    Dinckley Brook is a minor river of Lancashire, England. The stream rises at the confluence of several minor watercourses at Wheatley Farm close to Copster Green and flows northwards, through Cunliffe House Wood and under Dinckley Bridge ....
    • Park Brook
      • Blockers Brook
      • Showley Brook
        • Knotts Brook
      • Tottering Brook
      • Zechariah Brook


River Calder watershed

  • River Calder
    River Calder, Lancashire

    The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble starting above Burnley in Lancashire and is around 24 km / 15 miles in length. It flows through Towneley Park and Burnley town centre where it is joined by the River Brun....
    • Bushburn Brook
    • Dean Brook
    • Egg Syke Brook
    • Rodger Hey Brook
    • Sabden Brook
      Sabden Brook

      Sabden Brook is a small river running through Lancashire in England.Rising just to the west of Newchurch-in-Pendle, Sabden Brook moves westward through its well-defined valley, past Sabden Hall to the village of Sabden, east of the town of Whalley....
      • Badger Well Water
      • Wood House Brook
      • Cock Clough
    • Clough Syke Brook
    • Hyndburn Brook
      Hyndburn Brook

      Hyndburn Brook is a minor river of Lancashire in England.Hyndburn Brook eventually joins the River Calder, Lancashire near Great Harwood....
      • Harwood Brook
        • Causeway Brook
      • Norden Brook
      • Spaw Brook
      • Shaw Brook
      • Bottom Syke
      • River Hyndburn
        River Hyndburn

        The River Hyndburn is a river in Lancashire, England. It passes through the towns of Haslingden, Baxenden, Accrington, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, before meeting Hyndburn Brook, before ultimately joining the River Calder, Lancashire....
        • Church Brook
          • Accrington Brook
            • Woodnook Water
              • Warmden Brook
              • Tom Dale Clough
      • White Ash Brook
        • Wolfenden Syke
        • Lottice Brook
      • Tinker Brook
        • Whams Brook
        • Jackhouse Brook
          • Cocker Brook
            • White Syke
          • Cocker Lumb
    • Syke Side Brook
      • Clough Brook
    • Simonstone Brook
    • Shorten Brook
    • Dean Brook
      • Huntroyde Brook
    • Castle Clough Brook
      • Castle Clough
    • Green Brook
      • Shaw Brook
      • Sweet Clough
      • Hapton Clough
        • Thorny Bank Clough
        • Tower Brook
      • Habergham Clough
        • New Barn Clough
          • Helm Clough
        • Micklehurst Clough
          • Long Syke
    • Whitaker Clough
      • Fir Trees Brook
        • West Close Clough
        • Acres Brook
    • Moor Isles Clough
    • Spurn Clough
    • Pendle Water
      Pendle Water

      Pendle Water is a minor river in Lancashire.Rising on Pendle Hill, Pendle Water cuts a deep valley between Barley Moor and Spence Hill, where it feeds the two Ogden Reservoirs, before making its way eastward through Roughlee, Lancashire, collecting Blacko Water, draining the valley near Wheathead, at Water Meetings - 1 mile west of Blacko,...
      • Old Laund Clough
      • Edge End Brook
      • Walverden Water
        • Bradley Syke
        • Head Beck
          • Dobson Syke
        • Catlow Brook
          • Pighole Clough
          • Pathole Beck
          • New Laithe Clough
          • Float Bridge Beck
          • Swains Plat Clough
      • Colne Water
        Colne Water

        Colne Water is a watercourse running through the Lancashire town of Colne.Colne Water is formed at Covey Bridge near Laneshaw Bridge by the confluence of the River Laneshaw and Wycoller Beck....
        • Swinden Clough
        • Wanless Water
          • Slipper Hill Clough
          • Houses Beck Moss
            • Moss Houses Beck
        • Guy Syke
        • Church Clough Brook
        • Trawden Brook
          • Beardshaw Beck
          • Round Hole Beck
          • Will Moor Clough
        • River Laneshaw
          River Laneshaw

          The River Laneshaw is a river in Northern England.Rising as Laneshaw Brook on the border between the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire from the collection of several streams draining both sides of the boundary, including Round Beck, the brook runs northwards, feeding the Laneshaw Reservoir, emerging running towards the rest as the...
          • High Laith Beck
            • Sykes Beck
            • Shawhead Beck
          • Monkroyd Beck
          • Hullown Beck
          • Swamp Syke
          • Laneshaw Brook
            • Round Holes Beck
            • Cat Stone Clough
        • Wycoller Beck
          Wycoller Beck

          Wycoller Beck is a beck in Lancashire, running through Wycoller Country Park and the village of Wycoller in Pendle.The river joins the River Laneshaw at Covey Bridge near Laneshaw Bridge to form Colne Water....
          • Ratten Clough
          • Smithy Clough
            • Deep Clough Beck
            • Nan Hole Clough
          • Turnhole Clough
            • Butter Leach Clough
            • Saucer Hill Clough
      • Blacko Water
        • Castor Gill
        • Claude's Clough
        • Admergill Water
          • Wicken Clough
          • Greystone Clough
          • Sandyford Clough
      • White Hough Water
        • Dimpenley Clough
        • Bird Holme Clough
        • Barley Water
          • Deep Clough
          • Black Moss Water
            • Water Gate
            • Warth Beck
        • Ogden Clough
          • Boar Clough
          • White Slacks
          • Dry Clough
    • Barden Clough
    • River Brun
      River Brun

      The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire.Rising at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook and Rock Water at Foxstones Bridge near the village of Hurstwood, the river runs north west towards the town of Burnley....
      • River Don
        • Walshaw Clough
        • Thursden Brook
          • Ell Clough
          • Black Clough
            • Hey Stacks Clough
            • Tom Groove
      • Swinden Water
        • Hell Clough
      • Hurstwood Brook
        • Smallshaw Clough
      • Rock Water
        • Cant Clough Beck
    • Everage Clough
      • Hole House Clough
        • Buck Clough
    • Dick Clough
    • Easden Clough
    • Black Clough
    • Green Clough
      • Copy Clough
        • Sheddon Clough


River Hodder watershed

  • River Hodder
    River Hodder

    The River Hodder is a river in Lancashire, England. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site.It rises on White Hill and flows for 30 miles to the River Ribble, of which it is the largest tributary....
    • Cow Ark Brook
      • Mill Brook
      • Hagg Clough
    • River Loud
      River Loud

      The River Loud is a river of Lancashire, England.Starting out on Parlick, the Loud meanders mainly through the civil parish of Chipping , tracing its course first southwest, then southeast and, at Gill Bridge by Withinreap Farm, east before veering northeast, on a similar alignment to Longridge Road, passing Hesketh Lane and collecting Chip...
      • Leagram Brook
        • Hill Clough
        • Burnslack Brook
      • Chipping Brook
    • Greystoneley Brook
      • Hell Clough
      • Dinkling Green Brook
    • Withins Clough
    • Red Syke
    • Fielding Clough
    • Langden Brook
      • Hareden Brook
        • Lane Foot Brook
          • Fog Hill Clough
          • Cherry Gutter
        • Crackling Syke
        • Dimples Clough
      • Losterdale Brook
        • Trough Brook
      • Mere Clough Wham
      • Bleadale Water
      • Stransdale Brook
        • Stransdale Gutter
    • Robin Clough
    • River Dunsop
      River Dunsop

      The River Dunsop is a river in the Forest of Bowland in northern England. It flows into the River Hodder at Dunsop Bridge.It begins at the confluence of the Brennand River and Whitendale River, both of which rise high up in the surrounding moorland....
      • Brennand River
        • Round Hill Water
          • Brown Syke
      • Whitendale River
        • Sandy Gutter
    • Black Brook
    • Rough Syke
    • Grey Gill
    • Heaning Brook
    • Birkett Brook
      • Crimpton Brook
    • Foulscales Brook
      • Bonstone Brook
      • Crag Beck
    • Easington Brook
      • Sough Clough
      • Rye Clough
      • Skelshaw Brook
      • Langcliff Cross Brook
        • Tinklers Brook
          • Anna Land Brook
      • Harrop Brook
      • Dean Slack Brook
    • King Syke
    • Dunnow Syke
    • Croasdale Brook
      • Eller Beck
      • Lanshaw Brook
        • Davison's Syke
        • Clough Beck
        • Dunsop Brook
      • Hill Wood Syke
      • Moor Syke
        • Round Hill Syke
      • Black Brook
        • Hind Slack
    • Barn Gill
      • Park Beck
      • Dugdale Syke
    • Phynis Beck
      • Wain Hill Syke
    • Bottoms Beck
      • Hesbert Hall Syke
      • Hindley Head Clough
      • Thorp Syke
      • Dob Dale Beck
        • Nursery Beck
          • Brock Clough Beck
        • Brown Hills Beck
          • Ash Clough Swamp
    • Hasgill Beck
      • Cowgill Syke
      • Rigg Gill Syke
    • Copter Syke
    • Hare Clough Beck
    • White Syke
    • Kearsden Holes
    • Red Syke


Whalley to Paythorne

Barrow Brook Pig Hill Brook Barrow Clough Pendleton Brook
Pendleton Brook

Pendleton Brook is a brook in Lancashire.The brook rises on Pendleton Moor and flows through the village of Pendleton, Lancashire, travelling north west to Higher Standen, then west past Standen Hall....
 *Mearley Brook **Shaw Brook **Worston Brook ***Rad Brook *Howcroft Brook Bashall Brook
Bashall Brook

Bashall Brook is a minor river in the England counties of England of Lancashire.The stream rises at the confluence of several rills descending from around Braddup Clough and flows south and east through the Waddington, Lancashire area before joining the River Ribble....
 *Hollins Clough *Cow Hey Brook **Sandy Ford Brook *Braddup Clough *Elm Clough Waddington Brook *Coplow Brook Greg Sike West Bradford Brook *Brocklehurst Brook *Drakehouse Brook **Porters Brook ***Bradford Brook Moor Roads Sike West Clough Brook Grindleton Brook Chatburn Brook Smithies Brook *Swanside Beck **Stankhill Beck ***Gazegill or Rimington Beck ****Thistleber Beck *****Eel Beck ******Widow Hill Beck ****Skell Banks Syke ****Howgill Beck *****Whytha Beck *****Collaver Syke ****Crag Clough **Dudland Syke ***Cow Gill Beck *Ings Beck **Twiston Beck ***Pendle Hill Brook **Clough Beck **Gill Beck Rathmill Sike Hollins Syke Skinners Sike Sliping Brook *Hell Syke *Hill Brook Skirden Beck
Skirden Beck

Skirden Beck is a minor river in Lancashire. Formerly, the Beck was in the county of Yorkshire.The Beck is formed at the confluence of New Gill Beck and Grunsagill Beck and flows southward, being joined by Monubent Beck , Bier Beck, Kirk Beck and finally Holden Beck....
 *Holden Beck **Mear Gill ***Fell Brook ****Bay Gate Brook ****Far Fields Brook ****Black Brook ***Holden Beck ****Threap Green Brook *Kirk Beck **Fox Gill Beck ***Gill Bottom Beck *Bier Beck **Hungrill Beck ***Higher Syke ****Bleara Syke ****Varleys Syke **Cuddy Syke *Monubent Beck **Hen Gill Beck ***Agden Beck ****Mere Syke *Grunsagill Beck **Tosside Beck ***Holden Beck or Moor End Beck *New Gill Beck **Bond Beck ***Little Beck ***Sandy Syke **Walkers Clough Fooden Gill Park House Beck Wheatley Beck Ellenthorpe Gill

Paythorne to source

Stock Beck
Stock Beck

Stock Beck is a minor river in the West Craven area of Pendle, Lancashire .Stock Beck drains the area around the town of Barnoldswick....
 *Spittle Syke *Horton Beck *Bottom Beck **Lodge Hill Syke ***Old Park Syke ****Wedacre Syke ****Hesketh Rough Syke *Flush Beck *Hell Forest Dike **Turpit Gate Syke **Hayfield Dike ***Tosber Syke *Fools Syke **Ray Gill Water ***Ray Gill **Horrox Gill *Crownest Syke *Gillians Beck **Moor Side Beck East Beck *Carholme Beck Ray Gill Ged Beck Swinden Gill Beck *Mallardale Beck Mansell Beck Pan Beck *Hellifield Beck *Gallaber Syke **Bend Gate Syke *Kell Well Beck Candle Rush Beck Deep Dale Syke Long Preston Beck *Bookil Gill Beck *Scaleber Beck Old Field Syke *Crow Hill Syke Wigglesworth Beck *Tofts Syke *Rough Syke Rathmell Beck *Hollow Gill Beck *Rathmell Goit Skir Beck Mear Beck Swaw Beck *Carr Beck Tems Beck *Huntworth Beck Lodge Gill Stainforth Beck *Catrigg Beck **Cowside Beck *Tongue Gill **Fornah Gill How Beck Blind Beck Turn Dub Selside Beck *Gillgarth Beck Coppy Gill Cosh Knott Well

Pre-Ribble


Cam Beck
Cam Beck (aka Ling Gill Beck) *Brow Gill Beck *Ling Gill Beck *Labour Gill *Poverty Gill *Hard Turf Gill *Dry Gill *Little Bank Gill **Foul Gutter *Rush Gill *Lamb Fold Gill *Little Intake Gill *Middle Gill *Tur Gill *Grainings Gill *Red Sike *Pot Close Gill

Gayle Beck
Gayle Beck *Axletree Gill *Gate Cote Gill *White Earth Gill *High Springs *Lat Gill *Long Gill **Mares Gill **Far Mares Gill **Shivery Gill **Jam Sike *Ouster Gill

Name

The River Ribble gives its name to the local government borough of Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley is a Non-metropolitan district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe....
 and the Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency
Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Ribble Valley is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, as well as the Borough of South Ribble
South Ribble

South Ribble is a non-metropolitan district and borough of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland, Lancashire. In May 2007 it was officially declared "Excellent" by the Audit Commission, gaining its place among the best 5 district councils in the country....
. The Ribble Bus Company
Ribble Motor Services

Ribble Motor Services were a large regional bus operator in the North West England of England, based in Preston. The company was started in 1919, and grew to be the largest operator in the region, with a territory stretching from Carlisle to south Lancashire....
 once operated throughout North West England
North West England

North West England is one of the nine official regions of England. It has a population of 6,853,200 and comprises five counties of England ? Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire....
. The Ribble also lends its name to the Ribble Steam Railway
Ribble Steam Railway

The Ribble Steam Railway, located on Preston Docks, Lancashire, United Kingdom is a recently formed project, which opened to the public on September 17, 2005....
, Ribble Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer based in Preston
Preston

Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district of Lancashire, in North West England. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's reign....
, and Ribble Valley Inns.

Bibliography

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Ronald Hutton

Ronald Hutton is a professor of History at the University of Bristol, author, and occasional commentator on United Kingdom television and radio....
 (1991) The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles, Oxford : Blackwell, ISBN 0631172882 Morgan, P. (1978). Domesday Book Cheshire: Including Lancashire, Cumbria, and North Wales. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0850331404. Phillips A. D. M., and Phillips, C. B. (2002), A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire. Chester, UK: Cheshire County Council and Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust. ISBN 0904532461.

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