Village in Lancashire, England
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, six miles (10 km) northwest of Blackburn and twelve miles (19 km) east of Preston.
How locals move
Getting around Ribchester the local way
- Get inFerries ply to Liverpool from: Dublin twice a day (P & O, 8 hours), though there are faster sailings from Dublin to Holyhead in North Wales.
- Get inBelfast twice a day (Stena Line, 8 hours) Douglas Isle of Man three per day (Isle of Man Steam Packet, 2 hour 45 min); Douglas also has ferries to Heysham near Morecambe.
- Get aroundLancashire is increasingly a cycle friendly place for on- and off-road cyclists.
- Go nextOr hop on a ferry to Ireland or the Isle of Man.
From Wikivoyage: Lancashire, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: --Immanuel Giel 08:05, 21 August 2007 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.