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Cookie policy

This site sets nothing you have not agreed to. One entry in your browser remembers your answer; everything optional waits until you say yes. Below is the whole list, what each one does and how to change your mind.

Last updatedJuly 2026
Essential1 stored choice
OptionalOff until accepted
Privacy policy →
01 / What cookies are

Small files, and a plain explanation

A cookie is a small file this site asks your browser to keep. Related technologies do the same job under another name — this site uses one entry of browser local storage to remember your answer to the banner, which never leaves your device. The rules are the same for both, so we list them together and call the section cookies because that is what everyone calls it.

We use the fewest we can get away with. Nothing here identifies you by name, and none of it is shared with anyone for their own advertising. What we do with the data itself is covered in the privacy policy.

02 / The full list

Every cookie this site can set

Essential · always on
No consent required
Name
What it does
Expires
Set by
rav-cookie-prefs
Remembers which categories you accepted, so we stop asking. Stored by your browser and never sent to us.
Until cleared
Ribble AV
Analytics · off until you accept
Consent required
Name
What it does
Expires
Set by
_ga
Counts a visit and works out whether it is a first or returning one.
24 months
Google Analytics
_ga_<id>
Holds the session state for this property so pages are grouped into one visit.
24 months
Google Analytics
Advertising measurement · off until you accept
Consent required

Not running at the moment. We rarely advertise. If we do, these are the cookies involved, and only after you accept.

Name
What it does
Expires
Set by
_gcl_au
Tells us that an enquiry came from a Google ad, so we know what to spend.
90 days
Google Ads
_fbp
The equivalent for Meta advertising, where we are running any.
90 days
Meta

Our hosting provider also keeps standard server logs, including your IP address, for security and to spot broken pages. Those are not cookies and they are deleted on a rolling basis.

03 / Your choices

Change your mind here, at any time

Refusing the optional categories costs you nothing on this site. Nothing is hidden behind acceptance and there is no second prompt. "Ask me again" clears your answer entirely and brings the banner back, which is how you withdraw a consent you have already given.

Cookie preferences
Essential
Remembers your answer to this question so we stop asking. Kept by your browser, never sent to us, and cannot be switched off.
Always on
Analytics
Anonymous page counts, so we know which pages are read and which to rewrite.
Advertising measurement
Lets us see which adverts led to an enquiry. Off by default, and we rarely advertise. Not running at the moment.
04 / Maps and video

Content that comes from elsewhere

Our location pages draw map tiles from OpenStreetMap. That does not set a cookie, but the tile server sees your IP address, as any server must to send you an image.

Where a page carries a video, it loads only when you press play, and the platform then sets its own cookies under its own policy. If you would rather it did not, do not press play.

05 / Browser controls

Or handle it yourself

Every browser will show you the cookies a site has set and let you delete them, and most will let you block third-party cookies outright. Look under privacy settings in Safari, Chrome, Edge or Firefox. Clearing them will also clear your answer above, so we will ask once more.

06 / If you refuse

Nothing breaks

Refuse everything optional and the site works exactly as it does now. You can still send an enquiry, book a visit and read every page. Nothing is hidden behind acceptance, there is no second prompt, and we will not ask again unless you clear your answer. We simply lose the count, which is our problem rather than yours.

07 / Changes and contact

Ask us if anything here is unclear

If we add a tool that sets a cookie, it goes in the table above and the date at the top changes. Questions to hello@ribbleav.co.uk or 01254 917310.