Whalley /ˈhwɔːli/ is a large village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England.

Close by is Downham village and Pendle Hill which was made famous in William Harrison Ainsworth's book The Lancashire Witches.

[6] It was built between 1846 and 1850 under the engineering supervision of Terrence Wolfe Flanagan and formed part of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway.

It is a red brick arch structure and the longest and largest railway viaduct in Lancashire.

[9] The parish church of St Mary and All Saints dates to 628 in the period when St. Paulinus was said to have preached at Whalley.

The church has a large number of notable misericords, eighteen 15th century and four Victorian, the former known to have originated at Whalley Abbey.

The dam/weir was built to guide water to a channel, that fed a water wheel in the Corn Mill, (there is a sluice gate where the dam meets the channel, this turns the wheel on and off) this gave power to grind the various products (Wheat, Barley etc.).

The centre of the town is dominated by three pubs, The Dog, The Swan Hotel (established in 1780) and The DeLacy Arms.

There is also a small night club named Rendezvous (Rio's) and a public library,[15] doctors' surgery and an adult learning centre.

A local club staged speedway meetings at Dean's Pleasure Grounds in the end of the 1920s.

A contemporary photo shows the track on flat land adjacent to a river and the showground with a helter skelter.

Today there are sports facilities including tennis courts, football pitches, a bowling green and cricket ground.