26-564: Walton-le-Dale is a large village in the borough of South Ribble , in Lancashire , England. It lies on the south bank of the River Ribble , opposite the city of Preston , adjacent to Bamber Bridge . The population of the South Ribble Ward at the 2011 census was 3,792. To the west of Walton-le-Dale is the residential area of Walton Park. Walton is derived from walh and tun and means
52-618: A CrossCity service 100. This service was given the number 100 to celebrate 100 years of buses in Preston. The year after they had 2 buses commissioned in 2 separate heritage liveries to also celebrate this. As of July 2019, The Walton-le-Dale Park and ride service (PR1) operated by Stagecoach M&SL is run using Optare Solo SR buses, retaining the Lancashire County Council Park and Ride route branding. The Portway park and ride service (part of 100 CrossCity) operated by Rotala
78-601: A diversion of Route 89. In July 2019, Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire were awarded the service PR1, Jacson Street to Walton-le-Dale Park & Ride and return. This route is currently active with Stagecoach, retaining the Lancashire County Council route branding and has formally replaced the PrestonBus operation of this route. In July 2021, PrestonBus merged their service 89 (serving Portway park & ride) and service 16 to Farringdon Park to create
104-521: A grouped parish council. The former urban districts of Leyland and Walton-le-Dale are unparished areas . The parishes are: South Ribble is twinned with: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of South Ribble. 53°41′49″N 2°41′24″W / 53.697°N 2.690°W / 53.697; -2.690 Preston park and ride Preston park and ride
130-653: A reduced service operates on bank holidays. The car parks are free, with users paying for the bus journey. Before 4 March 2013, the Portway and Walton-le-Dale sites were served by separate routes: The park and ride service was introduced in November 1988, operated by Ribble Motor Services , and after acquisition by the Stagecoach Group in May 1989, its successor Stagecoach Ribble . In September 1991, Preston Bus took over operation of
156-477: A slut-kisser and in 1711 a custard-eater. At midnight on 12 August 1560, under the moonlight in St Leonard's Churchyard, occultist and scholar John Dee allegedly summoned the spirit of a man who had died before giving the whereabouts of a considerable amount of money. It is said that he was successful and the spirit did indeed tell the occultist the whereabouts of the wealth, but not before also predicting to Dee
182-496: A third tier of local government. The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2023 election . The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1974 political control of the council has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in South Ribble. Political leadership
208-483: Is a park-and-ride scheme in the city of Preston in Lancashire , England , operated by both Rotala subsidiary Preston Bus and Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire . The park and ride system consists of two car parks at Portway (off the A59 road ) and one at Walton-le-Dale , connected by bus routes to the city centre; the Portway route also serves Preston railway station . The services do not run on Sundays, and
234-521: Is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 2007 have been: Following the 2023 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in February 2024, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 50 councillors representing 23 wards , with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The borough straddles
260-658: Is located on Higher Walton Road in the village. Originally formed in 1855 by the Benedictine order, the Parish of Our Lady and St Patrick (originally the Mission of St Patrick) includes both The Pugin Church of Our Lady and St Patrick and St Patrick's RC Primary School, and has served Walton-le-Dale and surrounding area for over 150 years. In 1701 some of the local gentry including the Duke of Norfolk ,
286-589: Is run using their standard fleet allocation with PrestonBus livery. In 2011, hybrid Optare Versa buses were introduced on the Walton-le-Dale service, but these were transferred to other services, when the park and ride was run as a through route. Preston Bus was the first operator of Optare Solo SR buses, as eight were acquired for the Park & Ride routes, five of which entered service in May 2008. They have leather seats. These were replaced by Optare Versa buses on
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#1732852818103312-592: The Duke of Hamilton . In 1715, during the second Battle of Preston , the bridge over the River Ribble was successfully defended against the Jacobites by Parson Wood and his parishioners of Chowbent . During the Industrial Revolution there were four cotton mills , including Flats Mills belonging to William Calvert which employed 400 workers and James Livesey and Son's Moon Mill employing 130 workers. There
338-579: The Earl of Derwentwater and other Jacobites formed the Mock Borough of Walton, a social club, which lasted for about 50 years, and met in the Unicorn Inn, near Darwen Bridge. The mock corporation had officers which included a mayor, his deputy, recorder, bailiff, chaplain, serjeant, physician and mace-bearer but which also appointed a house-groper, jester, poet laureate , master of the hounds, sword-bearer, in 1708
364-645: The Preston Poor Law Union , formed in 1837, which took responsibility for the administration and funding of the Poor Law and built a workhouse in that area. A local board was formed in 1877, and in 1894 an urban district council of twelve members representing four wards was formed. Walton-le-Dale was in the Darwen parliamentary division of Lancashire. Since 1974 the local council is South Ribble based in Leyland and
390-714: The Rigodunum of Ptolemy , although most people locate it at Castleshaw . Two oxgangs of land in Walton belonged to King Edward the Confessor in 1066, and after the Norman conquest , was the demesne of Roger de Busli and Albert Grelley. The manor passed in about 1130 to Henry de Lacy of Pontefract and was later granted to the Banastres and their successors the Langtons. John de Langton obtained
416-513: The area is part of the Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency. Walton-le-Dale is served regularly by Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire and Blackburn Bus Company buses. The Park & Ride service into Preston City Centre is located in Walton-le-Dale, at the Capitol Centre retail park . The Capitol Centre is a large retail and leisure facility, which was built on the site of
442-481: The built-up areas in the borough form part of the wider Preston built-up area . The neighbouring districts are Preston , Ribble Valley , Blackburn with Darwen , Chorley , West Lancashire and Fylde . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering the whole area of two former districts and parts of a third, which were abolished at the same time: The new district
468-613: The farmstead or settlement of the Britons. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Waletune. In the 13th century it was recorded as Waleton and since about 1300 Waleton in le (la) Dale, or Walton in the valley. The remains of a Roman fort at the junction of the River Darwen and River Ribble at Walton-le-Dale were discovered by accident in the mid 19th century. Roman remains found here include pottery and coins. The fort may have been
494-525: The fate of many of the locals, which is said to have later come true. This section incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , which is in the public domain . South Ribble South Ribble is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire , England. Its council is based in Leyland . The borough also includes the towns and villages of Penwortham , Leyland, Farington, Hutton, Longton, Walmer Bridge, Salmesbury, Lostock Hall , Walton le Dale and Bamber Bridge . Many of
520-475: The former Flats Mills. The church of St Leonard , situated on high ground to the east of the village, was originally erected in the 11th century. The earliest portions of the present building are the Perpendicular chancel and tower, the nave having been rebuilt in 1798, while the transepts were erected in 1816. There are a number of interesting old brasses and monuments. The church of Our Lady and St Patrick
546-551: The parliamentary constituencies of Ribble Valley and South Ribble . The council is based at the Civic Centre on West Paddock in Leyland. The building was built in the early 1970s for the former Leyland Urban District Council. There are eight civil parishes in the borough. The parish council for Penwortham has declared its parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council". The parishes of Samlesbury and Cuerdale share
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#1732852818103572-682: The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair in October in 1301. The manor passed from the Langtons to the Hoghtons of Hoghton who held the manor as mesne lord . During the English Civil War the bridges over the river were the scene of skimishes between the Royalists and Roundheads . In 1644 Royalists were captured by Parliamentarians and Walton was the principal scene of the first Battle of Preston , fought on 17 August 1648 between Cromwell and
598-567: The service. It originally consisted of one site, at Portway in the Riversway Docklands area. The second, at Capitol Way in Walton-le-Dale , was opened on 1 December 2002. In June 2009, a third site was opened at Bluebell Way in Fulwood . Served by the "Orbit" routes 88A and 88C rather than having its own dedicated service, it was unpopular due to higher fares and infrequent bus service and
624-421: Was a cotton printing business and in 1800 Robert Whittaker established an iron foundry. Anciently Walton-le-Dale was a township and chapelry in the parish of Blackburn and a part of the hundred of Blackburnshire . In 1701 the Duke of Norfolk , the Earl of Derwentwater and other Jacobites incorporated the town by the style of the "mayor and corporation of the ancient borough of Walton." It became part of
650-505: Was closed in January 2011. In February 2013, it was announced that the two park and ride routes would be combined from 4 March, to create a route (Route 1) through the city centre. The through route was affected by congestion along Fishergate, when the street was being made into a shared space , and in May 2016, the routes were separated again to improve reliability. Most journeys from the site on Portway (which became Route 2) were replaced by
676-426: Was named South Ribble, reflecting the fact that the River Ribble forms its northern boundary. The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. South Ribble Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council . Parts of the borough are covered by civil parishes , which form
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