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| villages in lancashire | |
| south ribble | |
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The main employer was once Baxi, a heating company, but their collapse has consequently turned the region into a Preston and beyond commuter belt. There is a Railway Station with connections to Blackburn and indirect links to Leyland , Chorley and Blackpool . Other buildings to be found on Station Road include St Aidan's (the Anglican church in Bamber Bridge), a Catholic High School and take away shops. Britain's first motorway, the "Preston bypass" runs close to Bamber Bridge. Now the M6 Motorway it was opened by Harold Macmillan on 5 December 1958 and passes close by, and provides good transport links to Scotland and the Midlands. Other motorways in the locality are the M61 Motorway and M65 Motorway . It is home to Bamber Bridge Football Club who play non-league football. At the Irongate Ground. Bamber Bridge is in the district of South Ribble council, and is currently represented by Mark Hendrick , the MP for Preston . Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire , the Boundary Commission For England has created a modified Ribble Valley seat in which Bamber Bridge will move at the next UK general election. Bamber Bridge is near to Lostock Hall , Walton-le-Dale , Gregson Lane , Preston , and Leyland . |
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