Whitbeck
Whitbeck is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whicham, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It was called Whidbek in the 1500s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet and former civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Whitbeck, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Combe and Silecroft railway station.
Black Combe
Peak
Photo: Silence-is-infinite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Black Combe is a fell in the south-west corner of the Lake District National Park, England, just 4 miles from the Irish Sea. It lies near the west coast of Cumbria in the district of Cumberland and more specifically, in the ancient district of Millom.
Silecroft railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrew Woodhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silecroft is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 19 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Kirksanton and Silecroft in Cumbria. Silecroft railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Whitbeck.
St Mary’s Church, Whicham
Church
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is on the A595 road in Whicham, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silecroft and Annaside.
Silecroft
Village
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The village of Silecroft in Cumbria, England, is in the parish of Whicham. It is situated between the towns of Millom and Bootle, and also neighbours the towns/villages of Haverigg, Kirksanton and Whitbeck. Silecroft is situated 2 miles southeast of Whitbeck.
Annaside
Hamlet
Annaside is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located on the coast by the Irish Sea, about a 1+1⁄2 miles south-west of Bootle and 7 miles north-west of Millom. Annaside is situated 2 miles northwest of Whitbeck.
Kirksanton
Village
Photo: Perry Dark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirksanton is a village on the A5093 road, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Millom, and the villages of Silecroft and Whicham. Kirksanton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Whitbeck.
Whitbeck
- Categories: hamlet, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Whicham, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2474° or 54° 14′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.35601° or 3° 21′ 22″ westElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9C6R6JWV+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 10294142072OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Whitbeck” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Whitbeck”
- Irish: “Whitbeck”
- Ladin: “Whitbeck”
- Polish: “Whitbeck”
- Swedish: “Whitbeck”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whitbeck”. Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.