The River Ribble

from source to sea

[Map showing location of photographs]

  1. the source
  2. around Ribblehead
  3. around Alum Pot
  4. near Selside
  5. Horton-in-Ribblesdale
  6. Stainforth
  7. near Langcliffe
  8. Settle
  9. Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Railway
  10. Mainly Gisburn
  11. from Sawley to the outskirts of Clitheroe
  12. Clitheroe
  13. Ribchester and Samlesbury
  14. Preston
  15. the River at Preston
  16. the River Estuary

Between March 1997 and July 1998 I have been displaying photographs of the river on my web pages, changing the photographs at the start of each month. On each page, the photographs were displayed as thumbnails, with a caption. For one month only, as each new section was added, clicking on a thumbnail, displayed a larger JPEG image.

I have now put larger photographs on all pages, re-written some of the captions and added more cross-references.

If you spot any errors, please let me know. Copies of any individual photographs at higher resolutions are available as JPEG files (price 50p each + cost of media). Copies of the original PhotoCD files are also available on Acorn or PC format Zip discs. E-mail for details.

The photographs and captions are written to be of use in the teaching of the Rivers theme in Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum (England & Wales). Other issues, such as communications and settlement are also illustrated.

SPECIAL NOTE FOR THOSE USING THESE PAGES FROM ACORN USER CD
There are about half a dozen external links from these pages - obviously these will generate an error message unless you are connected to a web server when you click on them. One of these ( at the foot of this page) is the link to my own home page - where you will any updates or corrections to these pages, along with other educational material and links.

Background

Since 1995, I have been taking photographs of the Ribble, and the countryside through which it flows, in order to build up a resource for teaching the theme of Rivers at Key Stage 2 (7 - 11 year old pupils). Due to re-organisation within school, (St Barnabas' C.E. Primary School, Darwen, Lancashire, UK) I no longer teach this theme, so I thought that perhaps a wider audience may like to make use of the photographs.

Copyright notice

All of the material (files, photographs and text) is copyright Graham Dean 1998. It may be used freely within state funded educational establishments, but all other use is prohibited, without prior permission). A map similar to the one shown above can be supplied as a file in either Draw or WMF format - mail me and I'll send it as an attachment. I would be grateful if anyone finding these pages useful would drop me a line.

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