Whalley, Surrey

As early as the 1880s, people began settling what is now Whalley. In 1908, the municipal council requested a grant to construct a roadway from Fraser Bridge to present-day 108 Avenue. This provided a much safer path to the river compared to the steep, winding Old Yale Road, and the new road later became part of King George Boulevard. The City of Surrey adopted the "Whalley–Guildford Plan" in 1985, proposing high-density commercial development along 104 Avenue between the Whalley and Guildford areas. In September 2020, Westland Insurance announced that they planned to move their headquarters into the district in 2022. ==Culture and cityscape==

facing southeast towards the King George Hub Whalley is home to several public facilities such as Surrey City Hall and the Surrey City Centre Library. On 22 December 2019, the North Surrey Recreation Centre closed for redevelopment. The facility had an indoor swimming pool and two ice rinks. Whalley also has the largest concentration of high-rises, both office and residential buildings, south of the Fraser River. the tallest building in Surrey is 3 Civic Plaza, at 50 stories and a height of . It consists of residential and office units, as well as a hotel. Demographics In 2016, the City of Surrey began publishing data separately for a subarea of Whalley called "City Centre". City Centre is located directly in the heart of the original Whalley neighbourhood. Whalley City Centre ==Climate==

Temperature extremes range from 37.0 °C, recorded on 29 May 1983, to −21.7 °C, recorded on 28 January 1969. {{Weather box ==Crime==

Whalley was once regarded as one of the most dangerous parts of the Lower Mainland and was notorious for its crime. Until 2018, its streets were home to Surrey's "tent city": a strip along one of its inner neighbourhoods which was home to hundreds of homeless people. Since the early 2010s, after redevelopment of the area, violent crime has shifted south to Newton, which has taken over Whalley's reputation as being the most dangerous part of Surrey. == Surrounding communities==