Ribble Valley
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Borough of Ribble Valley | |
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Shown within Lancashire | |
Geography | |
Status: | Borough |
Region: | North West England |
Admin. County: | Lancashire |
Area: - Total | Ranked 81st 584.47 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Clitheroe |
ONS code: | 30UL |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 333rd 55,862 96 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
Politics | |
Missing image Ribblevalleyarms.PNG Ribble Valley Borough Council http://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk | |
Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
Control: | Conservative |
MP: | Nigel Evans |
Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is so called due to the River Ribble which flows in its final stages towards its estuary near Preston. The area is popular with tourists who enjoy the areas natural unspoilt beauty as well as areas such as the Forest of Bowland.
Districts of England - North West England | |
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |