Whitehaven is a small town and port on the coast of Cumbria, England. Historically a part of Cumberland, it lies equidistant between Cumbria's two largest settlements, Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and is served by the Cumbrian Coast Line and the A595 road. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Copeland and an unparished area.
Population: 24,803
Latitude: 54° 32' 56.29" N
Longitude: -3° 35' 2.83" W
Keswick railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway between Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumbria, England. The station served the town of Keswick. The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865. The line bey…
The Keswick Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Keswick in the English Lake District which reopened in 2014 after extensive refurbishment of its purpose-built 1898 building. Its varied collections "[tell] the story of Keswick’s landscape, history …
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west.
High Stile is a mountain in the western part of the Lake District in northwest England.
Saint Herbert of Derwentwater (?- 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon priest and hermit who lived on St.
Haig Colliery Mining Museum is a rapidly growing visitor attraction situated in Kells, high on the cliffs above Whitehaven in Cumbria, England, with magnificent views across the Solway Firth to Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Egremont Castle is located in the town of Egremont, Cumbria.
Drigg railway station serves the villages of Drigg and Holmrook in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 15 miles (24 km) south of Whitehaven. Some through trains to the Furness Line stop here.
Dale Head is a fell in the northwestern sector of the Lake District, in northern England.
Corkickle Railway Station serves the Whitehaven suburb of Corkickle in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 42 miles (68 km) south east of Carlisle. The station opened in 1855 and is at the southe…
Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near to the village of Calderbridge.
Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Surv…
Brandreth is a fell in the English Lake District.
Blindcrake is a village and civil parish within the Isel Valley, in the Lake District National Park and in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 287, increasing to 348 at the 2011 Census. The…
Mosedale Beck is a stream in Cumbria which runs into Wast Water, which is the deepest lake in England.
Whiteless Pike (660 metres high/2,165 ft) is a fell in the north-western English Lake District. It stands immediately east of Crummock Water and forms a perfect pyramid shape when viewed from Rannerdale. In his celebrated guide to the Lakeland fells…
St Bees Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on St Bees Head near the village of St Bees in Cumbria, England.
Sprinkling Tarn is a body of water at the foot of Great End, in the Southern Fells in Lake District, 3 km from Seathwaite, Cumbria. Sprinkling Tarn is a popular location for wild campers. It is also popular among anglers, being noted for its trout a…