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Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It lies by road 38 miles (61 km) south-west of Carlisle and 45 miles (72 km) to the north of Barrow-in-Furness.
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Whitehaven is a Georgian town, situated on the west coast of Cumbria, one of the first post-renaissance planned towns in the country.
WHITEHAVEN. Originally settled by Irish-Norse Vikings in the 10th century Whitehaven’s historic town was mainly created by the Lowther family in the 17th century. In 1630 Sir Christopher Lowther purchased the estate and used Whitehaven as a port for exporting coal from the Cumberland Coalfield, in particular to Ireland.
Whitehaven. The maritime port of Whitehaven was once the third-largest in the UK with trade links all over the world. The town’s prosperity was built on coal, developed by the wealthy Lowther family who also laid out the elegant Georgian town.
The Whitehaven Coast offers more than just sea views and a colourful coast. From Romans to Vikings, miners to sailors, there have been plenty of human influences leaving hidden gems of history here too. Discover coalmines, a fog horn station and an eighteenth-century harbour.
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