The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble starting above Burnley in Lancashire. It flows through Towneley Park and Burnley town centre where it is joined by the River Brun. It then flows north where it is joined by Pendle Water before turning west past Gawthorpe Hall and through the town of Padiham. It flows through Altham and Whalley, passing the ruins of Whalley Abbey, then being crossed by the red brick Whalley Viaduct. It meets the Ribble near Great Mitton. The River Ribble at Ribchester The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire, in the North of England. ... Statistics Population: 73,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD836326 Administration District: Burnley Shire county: Lancashire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: BURNLEY Postal... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Towneley Park comprises of Towneley Hall, a large country house and its surrounding estate on the outskirts of Burnley, Lancashire, England. ... The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire. ... Pendle Water is a minor river in Lancashire. ... Gawthorpe Hall Gawthorpe Hall Gawthorpe Hall Smaller than Chatsworth House or Tatton Park and situated in Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire, the National Trust describes Gawthorpe Hall as an Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire. ... Padiham is a small town (population of 8,998 according to the 2001 census), on the River Calder amid the hills of north-east Lancashire, England, situated approximately three miles to the west of Burnley and south of Pendle Hill. ... Altham is a village and a civil parish in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Whalley is a small town in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire. ... Ruins of Whalley Abbey Whalley Abbey is a former abbey complex in Whalley, Lancashire, which is now used as a Retreat and Conference House.[1] Though there has been Christian activity in Whalley since at least Anglo-Saxon times, it was not until 1296 that the abbey came into existence. ...