Ribble Valley

Nick Walker , a reader of The Telegraph from Whalley, Lancashire , writes to highlight the example of his village, in the rural Ribble Valley, which is "under attack from developers who want to build some 1,000 houses around the village, all on greenfield sites": The Localism Bill has been exposed as a sham which encourages "local" decisions on planning only if they are decisions in favour of more development.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Once you've reached the summit the views over the Ribble Valley and Bowland are spectacular.

Accommodation review | The Spread Eagle, Sawley, Lancashire 2011

In the chocolate box village of Wiswell in the Ribble Valley the Freemasons is a great gastropub.

Accommodation review | The Spread Eagle, Sawley, Lancashire 2011

Ribble Valley MP and Deputy Commons Speaker Nigel Evans, 53, has won praise from gay MPs from other parties for his decision to back the group ParliOut.

Conservative British MP Comes Out As Gay BBC News 2010

Nigel Evans MP for Ribble Valley raised the point of the high charges for Sky Sports channels for major sporting events.

Pubs in Parliament - crossposted from Brew Wales. FIDO The Dog 2009

I live in Lancashire's Ribble Valley, with a view of Pendle Hill from the fields above my house.

Where I'm At Stephen Gallagher 2008

Ribble Valley was also memorable partly because of Nigel Evans's candidacy but also because of the wonderful sausages from "Clithiroes's World Famous Sausage Shop."

Losing Crewe 2008

And amazingly, rather than regretting his poor judgment, the MP for Ribble Valley, Lancs, proudly showed it on his website.

Archive 2007-04-22 2007

I remember Ribble Valley by-election where the dirty tricks against Nigel Evans were carried out by Tories!

EXCLUSIVE: Tories Accuse LibDems of By Election Dirty Tricks 2007

Iain, I, for one, live in the very rural Ribble Valley.

Nadine on Gypsies and Smacks 2007