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 referenceSD684286
Metropolitan boroughBlackburn
Metropolitan county Lancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Blackburn
Postcode district BB1
Dialling code 01254
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentBlackburn 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]

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