Whalley

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Whalley

Total population

3,629

Land area646.96 km²

Coordinates53.82°, -2.41°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Whalley is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large wooded hill over the river from the village. The population of the civil parish was 2,645 at the census of 2001, and increased to 3,629 at the census of 2011.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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George Berley

Canadian explorer

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George Smithies

English footballer (1906-1980)

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Michael Varah

British probation officer

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George Paton Pollitt

English chemical industrialist and farmer; (1878-1964)

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Elli Norkett

rugby union player (1996-2017)

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William Walton

(1871-1929)

Farakh Ajaib

English Pakistani snooker player

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Archie Procter

English association football player

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William Walmsley

New Zealand cricketer

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Miles Chadwick

English footballer

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Thomas Catlow

British association football player

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Joe Campbell

English footballer (1894–1976)

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Alice Clarke

English cricketer

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James Dean

English footballer

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Tom Brandon

English footballer

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Archie Ratcliffe

English footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Padiham
  4 mi away
• Longridge
  8.1 mi away
• Pleasington
  8.3 mi away
• Barnoldswick
  11.1 mi away
• Wheelton
  12.5 mi away
• Broughton
  13 mi away
• Thornton In Craven
  13.2 mi away
• Chorley
  14.8 mi away
• Leyland
  15 mi away
• Garstang
  16 mi away
• Crosshills
  17.9 mi away
• Skipton
  18.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Whalley

The Easter rolls of Whalley in the years 1552 and 1553

Whalley (England) · 1875

Life, love, and death in north-east Lancashire, 1510 to 1537

Whalley Abbey (Whalley, England) · 2006

My discovery of England

Stephen Leacock · 1922

Involving parents in their children's learning

Margy Whalley · 2001

Whalley and Goffe in New England, 1660-1680; an Enquiry Into the Origin of the Angel of Hadley Legend

Sylvester Judd · 2018

The great escape of Edward Whalley and William Goffe

Christopher Pagliuco · 2012

Knot gardens and parterres

Robin Whalley · 1998

By the King. A proclamation for apprehension of Edward Whalley and William Goffe

Charles II King of England · 1660

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Twenty-plume Moth

Alucita hexadactyla

Seen 2026-09-20

Western Willow Spreadwing

Chalcolestes viridis

Seen 2026-09-19

Star Jelly

Nostoc commune

Seen 2026-09-19

Jelly Ear

Auricularia auricula-judae

Seen 2026-09-19

Brown Birch-bolete

Leccinum scabrum

Seen 2026-09-19

Amethyst Deceiver

Laccaria amethystina

Seen 2026-09-17

autumn gentian

Gentianella amarella

Seen 2026-09-16

Persistent Waxcap

Hygrocybe acutoconica

Seen 2026-09-16

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers