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Where is Whitehaven?

Whitehaven is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, three miles north-west of the town of Cleator Moor, 35 miles south-west of the major city of Carlisle, 98 miles south of Edinburgh, 213 miles north of Cardiff, and 254 miles north-west of London. Whitehaven was historically in the county of Cumberland. Whitehaven falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the CA28 postcode district. The post town for Whitehaven is Whitehaven.

Whitehaven on a map

Map showing extent of Whitehaven as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Whitehaven
Map showing location of Whitehaven within the UK
Location of Whitehaven within the UK

Which county is Whitehaven in?

Whitehaven is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Cumberland, and the administrative county of Cumberland.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyCumberland
Administrative CountyCumberland

Where is Whitehaven in Cumbria?

Whitehaven is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Cumbria, and towards the westernmost extremity of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Whitehaven within Cumbria
Location of Whitehaven within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Whitehaven?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Whitehaven is CA28 7UH.

Where is Whitehaven in CA28?

Whitehaven is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CA28 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CA28 postcode district.

Map showing location of Whitehaven within CA28
Location of Whitehaven within CA28

What is the post town for Whitehaven?

The post town for Whitehaven is Whitehaven. Whitehaven is in the CA28 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Whitehaven.

What is the latitude and longitude of Whitehaven?

The centre of Whitehaven is located at position 54.55072° latitude and -3.58746° longitude.

Latitude54.55072°
Longitude-3.58746°

What is the easting and northing of Whitehaven?

The centre of Whitehaven is located at the grid reference easting 297420 and northing 518434 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting297420
Northing518434

What are the nearest towns to Whitehaven?

Position of Whitehaven relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Whitehaven to the centre of the town.

north-west
3m
Whitehaven is 3 miles north-west of Cleator Moor
north-west
5m
Whitehaven is 5 miles north-west of Egremont
south
7m
Whitehaven is 7 miles south of Workington
south
12m
Whitehaven is 12 miles south of Maryport
south-west
12m
Whitehaven is 12 miles south-west of Cockermouth
south-west
18m
Whitehaven is 18 miles south-west of Aspatria
west
18m
Whitehaven is 18 miles west of Keswick
south
23m
Whitehaven is 23 miles south of Silloth
north-west
24m
Whitehaven is 24 miles north-west of Broughton in Furness
south-west
26m
Whitehaven is 26 miles south-west of Wigton

What are the nearest cities to Whitehaven?

Position of Whitehaven relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Whitehaven to the centre of the city.

south-west
35m
Whitehaven is 35 miles south-west of Carlisle
north-west
47m
Whitehaven is 47 miles north-west of Lancaster
north-west
65m
Whitehaven is 65 miles north-west of Preston
west
82m
Whitehaven is 82 miles west of Durham
north
83m
Whitehaven is 83 miles north of Liverpool
west
84m
Whitehaven is 84 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
west
88m
Whitehaven is 88 miles west of Ripon
north
90m
Whitehaven is 90 miles north of St Asaph
north-west
91m
Whitehaven is 91 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
91m
Whitehaven is 91 miles north-west of Bradford

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