Thornley-with-Wheatley

Thornley-with-Wheatley is a civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is entirely rural, with no villages or other substantial settlements. Its population was 320 in 2011,^[1] a figure that has not changed much for over a century.^[2]

Thornley-with-Wheatley
Lee House chapel
Thornley-with-Wheatley Location in Ribble Valley Borough Show map of the Borough of Ribble Valley Thornley-with-Wheatley Location in the Forest of Bowland Show map of the Forest of Bowland Thornley-with-Wheatley Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	320 (2011 Census)[1]
Civil parish	Thornley-with-Wheatley
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR3
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°51′32″N 2°33′50″W / 53.859°N 2.564°W / 53.859; -2.564

The parish includes most of the western half of Longridge Fell, including the part known as Jeffrey Hill, and, apart from half a mile (1 km) at its western end, lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Loud forms its northwestern border. It includes Longridge Golf Club and the isolated Catholic chapel of St William at Lee House, a Grade II listed building,^[3] whose parish closed in 1991 but is still occasionally used.^[4]

Ann Cutler, the weaver and Methodist evangelist, was born here in 1759.^[5]