Whicham
Whicham is a locality in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Whicham is situated nearby to the village Whitbeck, as well as near Silecroft.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Silecroft railway station and Black Combe.
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.
Black Combe
Peak
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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.
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 Millom and Whitbeck.
Millom
Town
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southernmost Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about 6 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness and 26 miles south of Whitehaven. Millom is situated 3½ miles southeast of Whicham.
Whitbeck
Village
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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.
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.
Whicham
- Type: Locality
- Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2385° or 54° 14′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.3473° or 3° 20′ 50″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C6R6MQ3+93GeoNames ID
7294772
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