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Ribble

British  
/ ˈrɪbəl /

noun

  1. a river in NW England, flowing south and west through Lancashire to the Irish Sea. Length: 121 km (75 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This has included 12-year-old Junior Slater, from Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, who had been swimming with friends at the River Ribble in Ribchester, on Tuesday.

From BBC May 31, 2026

Councillor Simon Hore, leader of Ribble Valley Council, highlighted rising oil costs at the borough's Policy and Finance Committee, during a talk on the £53m government support package announced in March.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2026

In the future, he says, it would be a "great honour" to be a parliamentary candidate for the party where he lives in the Ribble Valley, if he was selected.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2025

Then in June 2021, Alison Brown, chairwoman of the Ribble Valley council’s planning-and-development committee, received a call from a resident.

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2023

A meeting of the gentlemen interested in the fisheries of the Ribble and the Hodder will be held on Friday, the 17th instant, previous to which time I should be glad of your criticism.

From Essays in Natural History and Agriculture by Thomas Garnett

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