Whittingham
Whittingham is a civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. The parish measures 4 miles east-to-west, from the outskirts of Longridge to the outskirts of Broughton, but only 1 mile north-to-south.- Type: Hamlet with 3,070 residents
- Description: civil parish in Lancashire, UK
- Also known as: “Whittingham (civil parish), Lancashire” and “Whittingham, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Grapes Inn and St Michael’s Church, Grimsargh.
St Michael’s Church, Grimsargh
Church
St Michael's Church is in the village of Grimsargh, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Grimsargh, the archdeaconry of Preston, and the diocese of Blackburn. St Michael’s Church, Grimsargh is situated 2 miles southeast of Whittingham.
St Lawrence’s Church, Longridge
Church
St Lawrence's Church, located on Chapel Hill in Longridge, Lancashire, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn. Built as a chapel of ease of St Wilfrid, Ribchester in the early 16th century, it was made a parish church in 1868, a role it now shares, jointly, with the nearby St Paul's Church. St Lawrence’s Church, Longridge is situated 2 miles east of Whittingham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goosnargh and Longridge.
Goosnargh
Village
Goosnargh is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston district of Lancashire, England. The village lies between Broughton and Longridge, and mostly lies in the civil parish of Whittingham, although the ancient centre lies in the civil parish of Goosnargh.
Longridge
Town
Longridge is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is situated 8 miles north-east of the city of Preston, at the western end of Longridge Fell, a long ridge above the River Ribble. Longridge is situated 2 miles east of Whittingham.
Whitechapel
Hamlet
Whitechapel is a tiny hamlet in the civil parish of Goosnargh in Lancashire, England. It lies on the border of the Forest of Bowland near the foot of Beacon Fell, and close to the neighbouring village of Inglewhite. Whitechapel is situated 3 miles north of Whittingham.
Whittingham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Whittingham, Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.82405° or 53° 49′ 27″ north
Longitude
-2.65495° or 2° 39′ 18″ west
Population
3,070
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
Open location code
9C5VR8FW+J2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Whittingham” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হুইটিংহ্যাম”
- Cebuano: “Whittingham”
- Chinese: “威汀罕”
- Chinese: “維汀漢姆”
- Chinese: “维汀汉姆”
- Dutch: “Whittingham”
- French: “Whittingham”
- German: “Whittingham”
- Gujarati: “વિટિંગહામ”
- Irish: “Whittingham”
- Japanese: “ウィッティナム”
- Kannada: “ವಿಟ್ಟಿಂಗ್ಹ್ಯಾಂ”
- Korean: “휘팅엄”
- Lithuanian: “Vitingemas”
- Polish: “Whittingham”
- Portuguese: “Whittingham”
- Russian: “Уиттингхэм”
- Spanish: “Whittingham”
- Swedish: “Whittingham, Lancashire”
- Swedish: “Whittingham”
- Tamil: “வ்ஹீட்டிங்ஹாம்”
- Telugu: “విట్టింగ్హం”
- Turkish: “Whittingham, Lancashire”
- Urdu: “کمراگ ولیج”
- Urdu: “وہیتتینگھام”
- Welsh: “Whittingham, Swydd Gaerhirfryn”
- Welsh: “Whittingham”
- “Whittingham”
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