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Coordinates: 54.5480°N 3.5855°W. 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.
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 south-west of Carlisle and 45 miles to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. Overview. Map. Directions.
This Georgian town, situated on the west coast of Cumbria, was one of the first post-renaissance planned towns in the country. Built on shipping and mining, both industries have now declined, but Whitehaven is never-the-less an attractive town and is one of the 40 Gem Towns in England (the only other in Cumbria being Cockermouth ).
- acs1984. Cockermouth, UK1,649 contributions. Great time. Came here with my daughter as we're annual pass holders. There's loads to see and do so make sure you allocate a good few hours for your visit.
- Nick W. Swindon, UK51 contributions. Hidden Gem of a Museum in West Cumbria. Really interesting museum in Whitehaven that tells the story of the towns connection to the importation of rum from the Caribbean.
- Philip H. Whitehaven, UK57 contributions. Good pool. Whitehaven pool and sports offers swimming and fitness. Reasonable prices and comfortable facilties. Free parking easy access what more could you want.
- Tony G. 6 contributions. Excellent Theatre. Lovely theatre in which modern and historical meet and compliment each other. Great food and lovely staff in the green room.
- Walk Around Town. It’s impossible to get lost in the centre of Whitehaven as the town was plotted on a spacious right-angled grid. Leading to the harbour are the broad and grand thoroughfares, Duke Street and Lowther Street.
- The Harbour. The landowner and MP, a Sir Christopher Lowther set about building Whitehaven’s harbour in the middle of the 17th century to trade coal. The Old Quay here, a stone pier first built in 1631-34, is among the UK’s oldest surviving coal wharves.
- The Beacon Museum. Between the harbour and Whitehaven’s old mines is a museum telling you all you need to know about the town and wider Copeland region.
- The Rum Story. In the 18th century Whitehaven was the main port for the UK’s rum trade, and this cavernous Georgian wine merchant’s shop on Lowther Street chronicles the country’s riveting and often dark relationship with this spirit.
This place is situated in Cumbria County, North, England, United Kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 54° 33' 0" North, 3° 36' 0" West and its original name (with diacritics) is Whitehaven. See Whitehaven photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Whitehaven in United Kingdom.
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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.
