Talk:River Ribble

Bridges
I'm removing the claim Ther Are Plans To Have A Bridge From Lytham Nere Blackpool to Southport as I see no logical reason for it to have any basis and it was added by a user who has been busy adding invented bridges across the country. If anyone knows anything about this claim please add details - such as who is reponsible for these plans.--JBellis 18:37, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Tributaries
I find it rather strange that the sections for tributaries include Whalley to Barnoldswick and Barnoldswick to Source. Barnoldswick is not on the Ribble, it's about 4 miles from it, surely it would make more sense to use Paythorne as a break.Gawthorpe Dave 12:54, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Replaced Barnoldswick with Paythorne. Thanks for pointing out my error! Theelf29 (talk) 01:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I have moved mention of most of the tributaries to List of tributaries of the River Ribble in an attempt to declutter the article. Longwayround (talk) 15:58, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The tributaries list and, indeed, many of the individual pages for tributaries has no references. I'm concerned that they may be deleted if none can be found on ground of non-notability. Is anyone able to assist? Longwayround (talk) 14:02, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Flooding
Maybe there could be a section on the history of flooding and that the river is at flood risk every year? here is the latest one! Bankhallbretherton (talk) 23:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

River Source
I see that the pdf reference states the source as the confluence of Cam Beck and Gayle Beck, but Ordnance Survey maps show the Ribble labelled for a long way after the Cam beck joins the waterway. I would suggest that Ribble Head should be the actual source as indicated on the maps. Discussion needed.Rimmer1993 (talk) 11:30, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 04:30, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Merger
AlexRover (talk) 15:23, 18 February 2018 (UTC) I believe this page should be merged with the page List of tributaries of the River Ribble, owing to the fact that page is poorly sourced and would fit into this page under a subheading.
 * I believe that article was previously created from this one. Although how it has survived with any sources for so long is a mystery. An alternative method has been employed at River Irwell, but just merging that un-sourced data back into this article is hardly the best course of action. Does anyone have any ideas as to suitable sources, the relevant OS map is a start. TiB chat  16:18, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * AlexRover (talk) 17:46, 18 February 2018 (UTC) The River Irwell page seems to be a good model for integration which will stop the article becoming cluttered like before. The relevant OS map is this https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getoutside/local/bottoms-ribble-valley I believe although the OS website can just be cited as well.


 * Don't merge - as per TiB, merging the list back into the article is not the best idea. I've added a set of references to the lead of the list which show the direct tributaries...Jokulhlaup (talk) 14:59, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose. It would make this article unwieldy. The list is both trivial and too much detail. Despite the sources added to the list, I think it should go to AfD after this discussion closes. Thanks. Izzat Kutebar (talk) 21:42, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Length
A figure is given in the infobox for the length of the Ribble (121km / 75 miles) but no source is given for that figure. The River Ribble factsheet published by the Mersey Basin Campaign (note 4, 2015) states its length as '110km from source to sea' (it defines the start as the confluence of Gayle Beck and Cam Beck though doesn't define what is meant by 'sea', a pertinent matter in view of its funnel-shaped estuary). Due to this uncertainty I have, as with some other watercourses where dubious lengths have been asserted, painstakingly measured its length on online 1:25,000 scale OS mapping using a digital tool and determined it at 129.6km / 80.6 miles ('physical river' definition, using the start of its longest tributary, Jam Sike as the source) which works out at 117.7km / 73.1 miles for a confluence start ('named river' definition), both using the county limit as the finish - I'd be confident of the accuracy of the figure to within about 0.5%. All of this is of course original research on my part so cannot be included in the article but it does at least give an idea of what a true figure should look like if and when an editor finds a suitable reference out there! cheers Geopersona (talk) 09:28, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Lakes
Which lakes it flows through 86.8.171.141 (talk) 14:07, 18 June 2023 (UTC)