Whalley is a large village in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire. Whalley is situated in the Ribble Valley, one of Britain's most attractive and fascinating areas Whalley is surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain and is overlooked by Whalley Nab (a large picturesque wooded hill over the river from the village). Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. ...

The town is home to the ruins of a 14th-century Cistercian abbey. The monks of Whalley were moved to describe the site of their abbey beneath Whalley Nab on the banks of the Calder as locus benedictus - a blessed place. 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. ...

The Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints dates back to AD628, during the time period that St. Paulinus was said to have preached here, and also has three Anglo-Scandinavian crosses in the churchyard. [1] Saint Paulinus, (?-October 10, 644), was the first bishop of York. ...

The centre of the town is dominated by four pubs The Dog, The Whalley Arms, The Swan and the DeLacy Arms. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

The main road through Whalley is King Street, which leads through to Clitheroe Road. Neighbouring Whalley are the small villages of Wiswell, Billington, Barrow, and Read. Close by are Downham [2] , one of the most beautiful villages in Britain, and Pendle Hill, made famous in Harrison Ainsworth's book "The Lancashire Witches". Arms of Clitheroe Town Council Clitheroe is a small town and civil parish of the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. ... Billington is a village in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire. ... Read is an English village situated in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire. ... For the Quaker Retreat Center in Pennsylvania, see Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation Pendle Hill (summit 557 m above mean sea level) is located in the north-east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Colne, Nelson and Clitheroe. ...