Whalemoor

Whalemoor is a locality in Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, England. Whalemoor is situated nearby to the locality Hill Plantation, as well as near Baxter Rash.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lowther Castle and Church of St Patrick.

Lowther Castle

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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. Lowther Castle is situated 2 miles north of Whalemoor.

Church of St Patrick

Church

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Church of St Patrick is situated 1½ miles south of Whalemoor.

Church of St Mary

Church

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Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles east of Whalemoor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whale and Butterwick.

Whale

Hamlet

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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.

Butterwick

Hamlet

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Butterwick is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, near the village of Helton.

Helton

Village

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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. Helton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Whalemoor.

Whalemoor

Type: Locality
Location: Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.57857° or 54° 34′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.72648° or 2° 43′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C6VH7HF+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 486594580

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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