West Pier Lighthouse
West Pier Lighthouse is a breakwater in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. West Pier Lighthouse is situated nearby to the sports venue The Edge, as well as near the marina Whitehaven Harbour.Photo: DANNY SEWARD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Breakwater
- Description: lighthouse in Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “West Pier”, “Whitehaven Head Of West Pier Light”, and “Whitehaven West Pier light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whitehaven railway station and The Rum Story.
Whitehaven railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehaven railway station serves the coastal town of Whitehaven, in Cumbria, England. It is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Whitehaven railway station is situated 2,500 feet east of West Pier Lighthouse.
The Rum Story
Museum
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rum Story is a visitor attraction in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England. It presents the story of the rum trade and the creation of rum. It is located in an original 1785 trading shop and warehouses. The Rum Story is situated 2,500 feet southeast of West Pier Lighthouse.
Haig Colliery Mining Museum
Museum
Photo: Chris Worsley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haig Colliery Mining Museum was a visitor attraction in Kells, on the site of Cumbria's last deep coal mine on the cliffs above Whitehaven in Cumbria, England. It closed in January 2016 due to insolvency. Haig Colliery Mining Museum is situated 3,100 feet south of West Pier Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehaven and Corkickle.
Whitehaven
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitehaven is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is a port on the north-west coast, and lies 4 miles outside the Lake District National Park.
Corkickle
Suburb
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corkickle is a suburb of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England. It is served by Corkickle railway station.
Lowca
Village
Photo: David Trochos, CC BY 3.0.
Lowca is a village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria, just to the north of the village of Moresby. It had a population of 773 in 2001, increasing to 888 at the 2011 Census. Lowca is situated 2½ miles northeast of West Pier Lighthouse.
West Pier Lighthouse
- Category: lighthouse
- Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.55166° or 54° 33′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.59855° or 3° 35′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6RHC22+MHOpenStreetMap ID
way 367863196OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=breakwaterWikidata ID
Q26378743
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“West Pier Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Whitehaven (West Pier)”
- French: “Phare de Whitehaven”
- Russian: “маяк Уайтхейвена”
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Highlights include The Edge and Whitehaven Harbour.
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