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Recommended Towns & Villages near Ribchester

Autumn through Mill Wood

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (2.5 miles, 4.1 km, direction NE)

This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century...

Chipping, Lancashire.

Chipping (75 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction N)

Winner of Britain in Bloom in 2009, and RHS Tourism and Gold achievement awards, Chipping is a charming village located above a fast flowing stream at the edge of the Bowland forest. Its character can be seen in its ancient cobbled streets and lovely 17th century properties...

Hoghton Tower, Lancashire

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction S)

It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!..

Church and Coronation Gardens, Waddington, Lancashire

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction NE)

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Oswaldtwistle Leeds/Liverpool Canal

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction SE)

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington...

Accrington, Lancashire. From the top of the Coppice

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction SE)

Some of the town's loveliest architecture comes from the Victorian era, this can be seen in the elegant Victorian Market Hall with its clock and rich display of sculpture...

Sunset over Preston Dock-9 June 2004

Preston (68 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction SW)

This is the town that was at the centre of the cotton spinning industry for well over a hundred and fifty years. ..

Padiham. Burnley Road.

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction E)

Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the.....

River Dunsop

Dunsop Bridge (70 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction N)

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St. Andrews Church

Slaidburn (55 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction N)

An eye catching place with a pretty village green and a scattering of stone cottages set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Hodder...

Drybones Weir, Yarrow Valley Country Park

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction S)

The town's historic roots go back beyond the Bronze-Age, as evidenced by findings in the 20th century...

Scorton Priory gateway, Scorton Village, Nr. Garstang, Lancashire.

Scorton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction NW)

The picturesque village of Scorton lies to the west of the Bowland Forest beneath the shadow of Calder Fell, in an area much famed for its sparkling streams, fells and forest glades inhabited by wildlife...

Wayoh Reservoir, Edgworth, Lancashire

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.8 miles, 20.7 km, direction SE)

This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower...

Overlooking East Lancs railway from St.Catherines Close, Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction SE)

The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet...

Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire

Rufford (6 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction SW)

Noted for its picturesque late-medieval manor house Rufford Old Hall, the village of Rufford occupies a fine setting on the fertile Lancashire Plains...

Bolton Church

Bolton (39 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction S)

The clogs and black smoke image of Bolton has long since gone, in its place is a fine city with beautiful buildings and a diverse range of attractions sufficient to satisfy the most demanding tourist...

A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (19.0 miles, 30.6 km, direction E)

Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines...

Wigan Parish Church

Wigan (52 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction S)

Wigan is a sociable town with a long history, it received it's Royal charter in the middle of the 13th-century, but prior to that the Roman's had built a settlement here...

Lancaster City Centre

Lancaster (142 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (19.4 miles, 31.3 km, direction NW)

This is a city which long ago lost it's grim clogs and mill image to give way to a fast growing city with a fine reputation as a centre of commerce and culture where bright, modern University buildings sit comfortably with Lancaster's historic areas...

Settle Station

Settle (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (20.4 miles, 32.9 km, direction NE)

A wonderful market town in the Yorkshire Dales. Settle is the starting point for the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway; one of Britain's most spectacular and scenic railways which.....

Recommended attractions near Ribchester

Samlesbury Hall

Samlesbury Hall (2 Pictures)

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction SW)

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Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction S)

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Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction S)

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Lazy afternoon

Clitheroe Castle (41 Pictures)

(6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction NE)

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Preston Guild Hall

Preston Guildhall (1 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SW)

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The Harris Museum, Preston

Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston (1 Pictures)

(8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction SW)

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Bold venture Park, Darwen, Lancashire.

Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction S)

The name of this spacious green park situated at Darwen in Lancashire epitomises the endeavour of the local borough engineer who.....

Darwen Tower at sunset, Darwen, Lancashire.

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction S)

An observation tower circa 1897Standing at 86ft high, apparently you can sometimes see the Welsh Hills from it on a very clear.....

Secret Garden Cuerden Hall

Cuerden Valley Country Park (1 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction SW)

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Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham

Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction E)

Gawthorpe Hall, home of the Shuttleworth family for several centuries lies close to the traditional Lancastrian market town of.....

Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(10.0 miles, 16.2 km, direction E)

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Sawley Abbey

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction NE)

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Astley Hall, Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire

Astley Hall (9 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction SW)

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Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Forest of Bowland (43 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction N)

This high region of grouse moor and high fells crossed with deep narrow valley's was once a hunting ground of Saxon King's. It.....

Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction E)

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Knights in action at Camelot Theme Park, Charnock Richard

Camelot Theme Park (4 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SW)

Join Merlin, King Arthur and his brave knights of the Round Table at the Kingdom of Camelot and explore five magical lands filled.....

A section of the waterfall, taken in the grounds of Smithill's Hall, Bolton, Greater Manchester.

Smithill's Hall (7 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction S)

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Rufford Old Hall

Rufford Old Hall (20 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction SW)

Rufford Old Hall was presented to the National Trust in 1936 by Lord Hesketh. The Old Hall is a medieval manor house of splendid.....

A picture of East Lancashire Railway, Bury - Lancashire.

East Lancashire Railway (18 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 29.0 km, direction SE)

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Pink flamingo, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere, Burscough, Lancashire

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere (52 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction SW)

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