Lancashire
Preston District
Whittingham

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 to the outskirts of , but only 1 mile north-to-south.
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  • 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.

Pub
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is a pub.

Church
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St Michael's Church is in the village of , , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Grimsargh, the archdeaconry of Preston, and the diocese of Blackburn. is situated 2 miles southeast of Whittingham.

Church
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St Lawrence's Church, located on Chapel Hill in , , England, is an active Anglican 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 . is situated 2 miles east of Whittingham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goosnargh and Whitechapel.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston district of , England. The village lies between and , and mostly lies in the civil parish of Whittingham, although the ancient centre lies in the civil parish of .

Hamlet
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is a tiny hamlet in the civil parish of in , England. It lies on the border of the near the foot of Beacon Fell, and close to the neighbouring village of . is situated 3 miles north of Whittingham.

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is a city in the county of in , with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.

Whittingham

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
node 29050499
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
12261887
Wiki­data ID
Q2096485
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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: “وہیتتینگھام”
  • Welsh: “Whittingham, Swydd Gaerhirfryn”
  • Welsh: “Whittingham”
  • “Whittingham”

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Highlights include Guild Park and Whittingham Hospital Cemetery.

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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 “Whittingham”. Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.