Grande-Bretagne

La Grande-Bretagne (en anglais : Great Britain ou plus rarement Britain ; en gallois : Prydain Fawr ; en scots : Great Breetain ; en cornique : Breten Veur, en gaélique écossais : Breatainn Mhòr ; en breton : Breizh-Veur) est une île au large du littoral nord-ouest de l'Europe continentale. Elle représente la majorité du territoire du Royaume-Uni. En son acception politique, ce toponyme désigne l'Angleterre, le pays de Galles et l'Écosse ainsi que la plupart des territoires insulaires contigus à l'exclusion de l'île de Man et des îles Anglo-Normandes. Située à la jonction de l'Atlantique et de la mer du Nord, elle est séparée de l'Irlande par la mer d'Irlande et du continent par la Manche. C'est la plus grande île et la plus peuplée du continent européen.

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Calderstones Hospital

Calderstones Hospital is a mental health facility near to Whalley, Lancashire, England. It is managed by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Station Road Ground

Station Road Ground is a cricket ground located off Station Road in Whalley, Lancashire. The ground is bordered to the north and west by other sports fields, while to the south it is bordered by residential housing and to the east by the Ribble Valley Line and Whalley railway station. The ground was established in 1860, five years after the founding of Whalley Cricket Club. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1864, when Whalley played an All England Eleven. Three years later the ground held the only first-class match to be played there, between Lancashire played Yorkshire in what was the first Roses Match. Yorkshire won this first fixture by an innings and 56 runs, with Lancashire's Arthur Appleby taking the first five wicket haul in the match with 6/62 in Yorkshire's first-innings, but he surpassed by Yorkshire's George Freeman who took 7/10 in Lancashire first-innings and 5/41 in their follow-on. The ground is still used by Whalley Cricket Club.

Whalley railway station

Whalley railway station serves the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. The station lies on the Ribble Valley Line 7+1⁄4 miles (11.7 km) north of Blackburn. The station has two platforms, slightly offset from each other. It is unstaffed, with shelters on each platform. Immediately beyond its eastern end, the line crosses the River Calder on a 678-yard (620 m) long, brick viaduct of 48 arches.

Little Mitton

Little Mitton is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district, in the county of Lancashire, England. In 2001 the civil parish had a population of 42, but by the time of the census 2011 population details had been absorbed in the civil parish of Great Mitton. Little Mitton has a grade II* listed house called Mitton Hall also named Mytton Hall, previously known as Little Mitton Hall, former home of John Hick 1874–1894.

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Whalley

The Church of St Mary and All Saints is an Anglican church in the village of Whalley, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. A church probably existed on the site in Anglo-Saxon times and the current building dates from the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.