Whalley (Lancashire)
53.823278 - 2.40631Koordinaten: 53 ° 49 ' N, 2 ° 24 ' W
Whalley is a town with 2645 inhabitants ( 2001) in Lancashire, England. The place is situated on the River Calder in the valley of the Ribble.
The origins of the parish church of St Mary and All Saints' go back to the year 628 and it is a grade I- Monument.
The town has a station on the railway line from Blackburn to Manchester, which is conducted in Whalley on the Whalley Viaduct over the River Calder. The viaduct was built in 1846-1850 from bricks. The viaduct has a height of 21:30 meters and a length of 620 meters. The structure consists of sheets 48. On October 6, 1849 collapsed the two previously completed 41 arches, while three people died. The Viaduct is a Grade II monument today.
The former Cistercian abbey of Whalley Abbey is located in the south of the village on the River Calder.
The Ordnance Survey has calculated that the geographical center of Britain is below the exclusion of the islands at Calderstones Hospital in the west of the village. (OS Grid Reference SD7232136671 )