The Ribble Valley is an area of  of natural beauty from the north-west coast to the Lake District. The official course of the Ribble Way that is marked on the Ordnance Survey (2010) OS Openspace maps starts at Longton, the mouth of the River Ribble just west of Preston,  above mean sea level and finishes at Grove head, just north of Cam Fell,  above mean sea level. Grove head is actually the source of the Gayle Beck which feeds into the River Ribble near Ribblehead.
The Ribble Valley is a region of natural beauty stretching from the northwest coast to the Lake District. The official course of the Ribble Way, as marked on Ordnance Survey (2010) OS OpenSpace maps, begins at Longton, the mouth of the River Ribble near Preston, above mean sea level and ends at Grove Head, just north of Cam Fell, also above mean sea level. Grove Head is actually the source of the Gayle Beck which flows into the River Ribble near Ribblehead.