8 Blackburn Road

8 Blackburn Road is a building in the English village of Ribchester, Lancashire. Standing at the junction of Blackburn Road and Ribblesdale Road, it dates to the early 18th century and is a Grade II listed building. It is constructed of sandstone, with a stone-slate roof, in two storeys with an attic and four bays. The windows have mullions and transoms, and the doorway has an architrave. Inside, a dog-leg staircase continues up to the attic via four flights. A three-light chamfered mullioned window in the east attic wall is now blocked by the adjoining house.

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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. The village has a long history with evidence of Bronze Age beginnings. It is well known as a significant Roman site being the location of a Roman cavalry fort called Bremetennacum, some parts of which have been exposed by excavation. In common with many towns and villages in East Lancashire its later history was dominated by cotton weaving; firstly in the form of hand-loom weaving and later in two mills. Neither mill still operates and the village is primarily a dormitory village for commuters to the town of Blackburn and the cities of Preston and Manchester. The main access road into Ribchester is the B6245. From the north-west, this is Preston Road, which merges into Church Street. From the east, it is Blackburn Road, which, at its westernmost extremity, also links up with Church Street, closer to the centre of the village. Stonygate Lane, which runs to the north, partially follows the route of the old Roman road into Ribchester.

48 Church Street, Ribchester

48 Church Street is a building on Church Street in Ribchester, Lancashire, England. The property dates to 1680 and is now Grade II listed. It is a sandstone house with a slate roof, in two storeys with attics, and with the gable end facing the street. In the centre is a doorway with long-and-short jambs, and a lintel carved with the date and with heart motifs. The ground-floor windows are modern, in the upper floor is a three-light mullioned window, and in the attic is a one-light window. To the left is a modern garage.

The White Bull, Ribchester

The White Bull (also known as the White Bull Inn) is a public house and inn on Church Street (formerly one of the Roman Watling Streets) in the English village of Ribchester, Lancashire. It dates to 1707, although an alehouse is believed to have previously stood on the site. It is a Grade II listed building with some unique exterior features. The building, which overlooks The Hillock, the ancient centre of the village, is made of sandstone with slate roofs, in two storeys and four bays. On the front is a protruding two-storey gabled porch with two pairs of Doric columns, possibly taken from a nearby Roman fort, specifically the tepidarium of the Roman baths. They are believed to have been recovered from the bed of the River Ribble. The doorway has a moulded surround. Above the portico is a rustic wooden representation of a white bull. The right bay has been altered and contains a door and modern shop windows. To the left, a former stable has a doorway with a plain surround, a blocked doorway converted into a window with a dated lintel, and a circular pitching hole. The original door, to the right of today's main entrance, was filled in in the 1940s. In the late 18th century, the building also served as the local courthouse for many years, with one of its rooms used for holding prisoners. The inn, which has three rooms, was put up for sale, in January 2017, at an asking price in excess of £385,000. In 2019, it was bought by the Brooks family, who had previously owned it around the turn of the century, and was refurbished. It was sold again, in late 2023, to Dipak Patel and Julie Gainford. They put the business on the market two years later and a new owner took over in November 2025. In 2022, the pub won the Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Award. The pub was patronised by the members of Time Team during their three-day visit to the village, in September 1993, which was focused on nearby 2 Church Street.

Stydd Brook

Stydd Brook is a watercourse in Lancashire, England. Rising on Gannow Fell, south west of the Forest of Bowland, the river flows southward, meeting the River Ribble at Ribchester. Stydd Brook flows by Black Plantation then between Moor Nook Farm and Davies Gate, before moving through Stydd Wood.