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Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a town and civil parish in the district of , England. It is a port on the north-west coast, and lies 4 miles outside the National Park.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitehaven railway station and Corkickle railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the coastal town of Whitehaven, in , England. It is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Railway station
Photo: Richie B., CC BY 2.0.
is a railway station serving the suburb of near Whitehaven in , England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and .

Museum
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a visitor attraction and in Whitehaven, , . It presents the story of the rum trade and the creation of rum. It is located in an original 1785 trading shop and warehouses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lowca and Corkickle.

Village
Photo: David Trochos, CC BY 3.0.
is a village and civil parish in the English county of , just to the north of the village of Moresby. It had a population of 773 in 2001, increasing to 888 at the 2011 Census. is situated 2½ miles north of Whitehaven.

Suburb
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is a suburb of Whitehaven in , England. It is served by .

Village
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is a hamlet in , England. It is located just to the northeast of Goose Butts along the B5295 road. The River flows past the eastern edge of the settlement. Viaduct has not carried trains since 1963. is situated 2 miles southeast of Whitehaven.

Whitehaven

Latitude
54.5474° or 54° 32′ 51″ north
Longitude
-3.5885° or 3° 35′ 19″ west
Population
25,000
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WHV
Open location code
9C6RGCW6+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3624794399
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634096
Wiki­data ID
Q1012481
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Whitehaven” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وايتهفن”
  • Asturian: “Whitehaven”
  • Basque: “Whitehaven”
  • Belarusian: “Ўайтгэйвэн”
  • Bengali: “হোয়াইটহ্যাভেন”
  • Bulgarian: “Уайтхейвън”
  • Catalan: “Whitehaven”
  • Cebuano: “Whitehaven”
  • Chinese: “怀特黑文”
  • Chinese: “懷特黑文”
  • Danish: “Whitehaven”
  • Dutch: “Whitehaven”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وايتهفن”
  • French: “Whitehaven”
  • German: “Whitehaven”
  • Gujarati: “વ્હાઇટહેવન”
  • Hebrew: “וויתהאבן”
  • Hungarian: “Whitehaven”
  • Irish: “Whitehaven”
  • Italian: “Whitehaven”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトヘイヴン”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトヘヴン”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトヘブン”
  • Kannada: “ವೈಟ್ಹೇವನ್”
  • Korean: “화이트헤븐”
  • Ladin: “Whitehaven”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaithevenas”
  • Manx: “Whitehaven”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Whitehaven”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whitehaven”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hwithæfn”
  • Persian: “وایت‌هیون”
  • Persian: “وهیتهاون”
  • Polish: “Whitehaven”
  • Portuguese: “Whitehaven”
  • Romanian: “Whitehaven”
  • Russian: “Уайтхейвен”
  • Slovak: “Whitehaven”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وهیتهاون”
  • Spanish: “Whitehaven”
  • Swedish: “Whitehaven”
  • Tamil: “விடேஹவேன்”
  • Tatar: “Вайтһейвен”
  • Telugu: “వైట్ హెవెన్”
  • Turkish: “Whitehaven”
  • Urdu: “وائٹ ہیون”
  • Urdu: “وہیتیہاوین”
  • Volapük: “Whitehaven”
  • Welsh: “Whitehaven”
  • “Whitehaven”

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