Information about Ribble Valley

Borough of Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 81st 584.47 kmÂ²
Admin. HQ:	Clitheroe
ONS code:	30UL
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / kmÂ²
Ethnicity:	98.4% White
Politics
Ribble Valley Borough Council [1]
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:
MP:	Nigel Evans

Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of 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 area's natural unspoilt beauty, much of which lies within the Forest of Bowland.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Clitheroe, Longridge urban district, Clitheroe Rural District, part of Blackburn Rural District, part of Burnley Rural District, and part of Preston Rural District, as well as the Bowland Rural District from the West Riding of Yorkshire, hence the addition of the Red Rose of Lancaster and White Rose of York on the council's coat of arms.

Education

Primary Schools

Salesbury CE Primary School
St Michales & St John's RC Primary School, Clitheroe
St James' CofE Primary School
St Josephs RC Primary School, Hurst Green
St Mary's RC Primary School, Langho
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Hurst Green
St Mary's CE Primary School, Mellor
[ http://www.brooksideprimaryschool.info/ Brookside Primary School]

Secondary Schools

Private Schools

Sport

Futsal

The PESL Futsal Cup, Clitheroe

Local Radio

Community Radio

Ribble Valley Radio: A community radio station based in Clitheroe. Part of the new, third sector of local radio licensed by OFCOM http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/. The project was launched by a local resident, Mr Steven Suttie in September 2004 and currently broadcasts via the webpage. The radio station has helped 6 local residents into paid work within the radio sector in just 3 years and has trained over 100 volunteers to present and produce their own radio shows. Ribble Valley Radio will apply for a full FM license in Ocober 2007. The project is not supported by the Borough Council, which caused lots of controversy in the area and local newspaper the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/held a poll which returned the result that 94% agreed that the Ribble Valley Borough Council were WRONG not to fund the project and assist its long term success. Many letters http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/clitheroe-letters?articleid=2863507appeared in support of the project and damning the "short sighted" decision of the council. The whole episode brought excellent publicity and boosted the radio stations listening figures by 400%.

MP Nigel Evansis a staunch supporter and tabled an Early Day Motion at Parliament EDM 979 [2]calling for "better resources and funding" for Ribble Valley Radio and the new and emerging sector.

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Districts of North West England

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Ceremonial county of Lancashire

Unitary authorities:	Blackpool • Blackburn with Darwen
Boroughs/Districts:	City of Lancaster • City of Preston • Borough of Burnley • Borough of Chorley • Borough of Fylde • Borough of Hyndburn •Borough of Pendle • Borough of Ribble Valley • Borough of Rossendale • Borough of South Ribble • Borough of Wyre • District of West Lancashire
Cities/Towns:	Accrington • Adlington • Ashton-on-Ribble • Bacup • Barnoldswick • Blackburn • Blackpool • Brierfield • Burnley • Carnforth • Central Lancashire • Chatburn • Chorley • Clayton-le-Moors • Cleveleys • Clitheroe • Colne • Darwen • Earby • Fleetwood • Garstang • Great Harwood • Haslingden • Kirkham • Lancaster • Leyland • Longridge • Lytham St Annes • Morecambe • Nelson • Ormskirk • Oswaldtwistle • Padiham • Penwortham • Poulton-le-Fylde • Preston • Ramsbottom • Rawtenstall • Rishton • Salwick • Skelmersdale • Thornton-Cleveleys • Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire
Topics:	Places • Parliamentary constituencies

Lancashire

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Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region North West England
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Clitheroe

Arms of Clitheroe Town Council

Population 22,000
OS grid reference SD742417
District Ribble Valley
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
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Conservative Party
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Democratic Unionist Party
Scottish National Party
Sinn FÃ©in
Plaid Cymru
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Health Concern
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Nigel Martin Evans (born 10 November 1957) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Ribble Valley constituency.

Nigel Evans was born in Swansea, Wales and was educated locally at the Dynevor School and the University of Wales,
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
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Whalley is a large village in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large picturesque wooded hill over the river from the village.
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Longridge

Longridge ()

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Ribchester

Ribchester ()

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Origin Confluence of Gayle Beck and Cam Beck, Selside
Mouth Irish Sea at Lytham
Basin countries England
Length 121 km (75 miles)
Source elevation 246 m (807 ft)

The River Ribble
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Preston, a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, is located on the River Ribble. Preston was granted the status of a city in 2002,^[1] becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
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Forest of Bowland

Ward's Stone, the highest point in the Forest of Bowland

Country England
County Lancashire

Location | Northern England
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