Bremetennacum, Ribchester

Name: Bremetennacum
Address: Ribchester, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Ribchester

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Bremetennacum, or Bremetennacum Veteranorum, was a Roman fort on the site of the present day village of Ribchester in Lancashire, England. The site is a Scheduled Monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°48'32"N, 2°32'3"W

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Ribchester United Kingdom

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Bremetennacum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Corporation Park, Samlesbury Hall, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Lewis Textile Museum.

4 miSE
Park
Corporation Park, Blackburn
102 min walk • Corporation Park is a traditional Victorian park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was landscaped by William Henderson and opened in 1857.
3.1 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Samlesbury Hall
81 min walk • Samlesbury Hall is a historic house in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, six miles east of Preston. It was built in 1325 by Gilbert de Southworth, and was the primary home of the Southworth family until the early 17th century.
4.5 miSE
Art museum, Museum, Fashion museum
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn
116 min walk • The Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is the local museum service for the borough of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. It is a museum with collections of Christian icons, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and local history, as well as those of the former Lewis Textile Museum.
4.5 miSE
Art museum, Museum
Lewis Textile Museum, Blackburn
116 min walk • The Lewis Textile Museum was bequeathed to the people of Blackburn by a local cotton industrialist, Thomas Boys Lewis. The Lewis Textile Museum was closed in 2006 and a new gallery with its collection of looms and textile machinery was moved to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
3.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Longridge Fell
100 min walk • Longridge Fell is the most southerly fell in England, near the town of Longridge, Lancashire. It lies at the southern end of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
~520 ftN
Church
St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester
3 min walk • St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Ribchester in Lancashire, England that is situated close to the site of a Roman fort. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
0.6 miNE
Church
Stydd Gardens, Ribchester
16 min walk • St Saviour's Church is an Anglican chapel in Stydd, a hamlet near Ribchester in Lancashire, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
4.1 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Silas' Church, Blackburn
105 min walk • St Silas' Church is in Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.7 miNE
Universities and schools
Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe
94 min walk • Stonyhurst College is a co-educational Roman Catholic independent school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition, on the Stonyhurst Estate, Lancashire, England. It occupies a Grade I listed building. The school has been fully co-educational since 1999.
4.5 miS
Park
Witton Country Park, Blackburn
116 min walk • Witton Country Park is a 480-acre public park in the west of Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Around half of the country park is mixed woodland and parkland, while the rest is either farmland or rough grassland with open access.
2.5 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Blackburn
64 min walk • St Mary's Church is in Church Lane, Mellor, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.