Bamber Bridge is a large village[2] in Lancashire, England, 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble.

Previously had been mainly carried out in the south of England, before spreading to Scotland and the northern counties.

[4][5] In 1857, as a result of the downturn in the cotton trade, a large manufacturer and spinner in the village (Bamber Bridge SP & WN Co.) reported liabilities estimated at £40,000 to £60,000, and were about to go on short time.

[6] On 31 October 1859, the Withy Trees Mill in the village, owned by Eccles and Company, burnt down.

It was reported that the spinning-master and engineer had stayed on after the mill had closed at 6:00 pm to repair some machinery on the third floor.

The same report described the economic problems of the village: 1 in 5 people in Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale and the surrounding area were now reduced to pauperism.

[8] A petition against the recognition of the Confederate States of America was presented to the House of Commons on Monday, 29 June 1863, by a villager, a Mr Barnes.

He was a voluntary official of the Bamber Bridge branch of the Weavers' Association after a spell of tuberculosis.

He was General Secretary of the TUC in 1960 and a member of the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations in 1965 and served as chairman from 1969 to 1971.

There are also Sunday direct services to Lytham St Annes and Blackpool South but these require a change at Preston on other days.

Trains to Bradford and Leeds that pass through the unmanned station normally require a change at either Blackburn or Preston.

The 113 service is operated on behalf of Lancashire County Council by Vision Bus between Preston and Leyland links Bamber Bridge with Gregson Lane and Lostock Hall.

Bamber Bridge East is represented by Christine Melia and John Michael Higgins.

This means that Bamber Bridge is currently represented in the House of Commons by Maya Ellis, the Labour Party MP for Ribble Valley.

The 2021 Census data for the three wards that make up Bamber Bridge listed the entire population as 40,357.

Bamber Bridge Methodist Church is on the corner of Wesley Street and Station Road, and was opened in 2006, as a replacement for an older building on the same site.

[22] Bamber Bridge is also home to Valley Church[23] which meets in Fourfields House on Station Road.