Whale
Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Whale, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lowther Castle and Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone.
Lowther Castle
Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages.
Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
Stone
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone is situated 1½ miles west of Whale.
Askham Hall
Hotel
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Askham Hall is a country house near Askham in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building. Askham Hall is situated 1½ miles north of Whale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helton and Butterwick.
Helton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Butterwick
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butterwick is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, near the village of Helton.
Bampton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. Bampton is situated 2 miles south of Whale.
Whale
- Category: locality
- Location: Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.58653° or 54° 35′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.74173° or 2° 44′ 30″ westElevation
646 feet (197 metres)Open location code
9C6VH7P5+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 29462644OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Whale” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Whale (Cumbria)”
- French: “Whale”
- Japanese: “ウェイル”
- Japanese: “ホエール”
- Polish: “Whale (Kumbria)”
- Polish: “Whale”
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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 “Whale”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.