Robert Boswell - Labour Ashton-on-Ribble is a suburb in the West of Preston, Lancashire, England.

[1][citation needed] Ashton-on-Ribble was recorded in the Domesday Book.

[2][3] Ashton-on-Ribble contains the historic Preston Docks, once the largest inland dock in Europe, the site is now largely residential living accommodation and leisure facilities.

Part of the ward is also made up of terraced housing, predominantly between Lane Ends shopping area and Ashton Park.

The historian AJP Taylor lived in Ashton-on Ribble from 1919 to 1929.