List of crossings of the River Ribble
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This is a list of crossings of the River Ribble in Northern England.
| Status | Criteria[1] |
|---|---|
| II* | Grade II* listed. Particularly important bridge of more than special interest |
| II | Grade II listed. Bridge of national importance and special interest |
| Crossing | Date | Coordinates | Heritage status |
Locality | Notes | Image
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribblehead Viaduct | 1875 | 54.2104°N 2.3702°W | II* | Ribblehead | Settle–Carlisle line Crosses head of valley, not strictly the river itself | |
| Footbridge | 54.1805°N 2.3206°W | - | Selside | |||
| Pennine Bridleway Bridge | 54.1729°N 2.3136°W | - | Selside | Pennine Bridleway |
| |
| New Inn Bridge[2] | Late 18th Cent | 54.1497°N 2.2964°W | II | Horton in Ribblesdale | B6479 | |
| Footbridge | 54.1495°N 2.2964°W | - | Horton in Ribblesdale | |||
| Footbridge | 54.137°N 2.2989°W | - | Crag Hill Farm | |||
| Footbridge | 54.1267°N 2.2915°W | - | Studfold | |||
| Railway Bridge | 54.1234°N 2.2909°W | - | Settle–Carlisle line | |||
| Helwith Bridge[3] | 1875 | 54.1214°N 2.2902°W | II | Helwith Bridge | ||
| Farm Access Bridge | 54.1168°N 2.29°W | - | Helwith Bridge | |||
| Railway Bridge | 54.1124°N 2.2867°W | - | Settle–Carlisle line | |||
| Sheriff Brow Viaduct | 54.1096°N 2.2844°W | - | Settle–Carlisle line | |||
| Knight Stainforth Bridge[4] | Late 17th Cent | 54.1008°N 2.2801°W | II | Stainforth | ||
| Holmehead Bridge | 54.0843°N 2.2806°W | - | Locks Cottages Access | |||
| Settle Bridge[5] | 17th Cent | 54.0724°N 2.2818°W | II* | Settle | B6480 | |
| Settle Footbridge | 54.0724°N 2.282°W | - | Settle | |||
| Giggleswick Memorial Bridge | 54.0707°N 2.2856°W | - | Settle | |||
| Penny Bridge | 54.0653°N 2.2855°W | - | Settle | |||
| A65 Bridge | 1988 | 54.055°N 2.2926°W | - | Settle | A65 | |
| Railway Bridge | 54.0547°N 2.2927°W | - | Settle | Leeds–Morecambe line | ||
| Cow Bridge[6] | Late 18th Cent | 54.0085°N 2.2649°W | II | B6478 | ||
| Halton Bridge[7] | Mid 18th Cent | 53.9924°N 2.2275°W | II | |||
| Paythorne Bridge[8] | 17th Cent | 53.9572°N 2.2589°W | II | Paythorne | ||
| Gisburn Bridge[9] | 18th Cent | 53.9424°N 2.2729°W | II | Gisburn | ||
| Sawley Bridge[10] | c.1800 | 53.9151°N 2.3442°W | II | Sawley | ||
| Grindleton Bridge | 53.9001°N 2.3652°W | - | Grindleton | |||
| West Bradford Bridge[11] | c. 1800 | 53.891°N 2.3897°W | II | West Bradford | ||
| Brungerley Bridge | 53.8811°N 2.3991°W | - | Clitheroe | B6478 | ||
| Footbridge | 53.8728°N 2.4142°W | - | Clitheroe | |||
| Edisford Bridge[12] | Late Medieval | 53.8684°N 2.4176°W | II | Clitheroe | B6243 | |
| Aqueduct | 53.8503°N 2.4214°W | - | Whalley | Haweswater Aqueduct | ||
| Mitton Bridge[13] | Early 19th Cent | 53.844°N 2.4334°W | II | Little Mitton | B6246 | |
| Aqueduct | 53.8309°N 2.4697°W | - | ||||
| New Dinckley Footbridge | 53.8245°N 2.4785°W | - | Replaced earlier suspension bridge | |||
| Ribchester Bridge[14] | 1789 | 53.8159°N 2.5143°W | II | Ribchester | B6245 | |
| Thirlmere Aqueduct[15] | 1891-2 | 53.7785°N 2.6108°W | - | Samlesbury | Thirlmere Aqueduct | |
| Samlesbury Bridge | 53.7658°N 2.6362°W | - | Samlesbury | M6 motorway Main and slip road bridges | ||
| Brockholes Bridge | 53.765°N 2.6439°W | - | Preston | A59 | ||
| Walton Bridge[16] | 1781 | 53.7528°N 2.6795°W | II | Preston | A6 | |
| Old Tramway Bridge | 53.7519°N 2.6966°W | - | Avenham Park, Preston | Former Lancaster Canal Tramroad. Pedestrian/cycle, closed in 2019; demolished in 2024, rebuilt and scheduled to reopen in spring 2026. | ||
| Avenham Park Bridge | 1849 | 53.7513°N 2.7025°W | - | Avenham Park / Miller Park, Preston | Former East Lancashire Railway, now pedestrian/cycle | |
| Preston Railway Viaduct[17] | 1838 | 53.7497°N 2.7062°W | II | Miller Park, Preston | West Coast Main Line | |
| Pipelines | 1881 | 53.7486°N 2.7134°W | - | Preston | Former West Lancashire Railway. Only the pillars survive, supporting water and gas pipelines. | |
| Penwortham Old Bridge[18] | 1759 | 53.7488°N 2.7141°W | II | Preston | Pedestrian/cycle | |
| Penwortham New Bridge | 1912 | 53.7538°N 2.7177°W | - | Preston | B5254 | |
| Guild Way Bridge | c.1984 | 53.7566°N 2.7209°W | - | Preston | A59 |