Whalley Range, Blackburn

For the locality within the City of Manchester, see Whalley Range, Greater Manchester.

Whalley Range
Whalley Range Whalley Range shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD684286
Metropolitan borough	Blackburn
Metropolitan county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Blackburn
Postcode district	BB1
Dialling code	01254
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Blackburn with Darwen
List of places UK England Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°45′11″N 2°28′48″W / 53.753°N 2.480°W / 53.753; -2.480

Whalley Range is an inner-city area of Blackburn in Lancashire. The area is a community with almost all residents being from India or Pakistan. Houses in the area are predominantly terraced and go up on a hill in a typical Pennine mill town style. Whalley Range attracts visitors from all over the UK. ^[1] Whalley Range is currently undergoing an urban regeneration programme to gentrify and modernise the area, the planning agency BDP have said that fashion could form a key theme to market the area.^[2]

References

Geography of Blackburn with Darwen

Towns

Suburbs

Villages

Parishes

Topography

Waterways	R Blakewater R Darwen R Roddlesworth Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Reservoirs	Belmont Dingle Turton & Entwistle Ward's Wayoh

Hills	Great Hill Noon Hill West Pennine Moors Winter Hill

Parks	Corporation Park Darwen Cemetery Witton Country Park

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/19/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.