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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5792,Lat: 54.5424
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	15:59:32pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cumbria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Copeland
Name	Harbour

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moresby Parks	2.7 km	NorthEast
2 Sandwith	2.9 km	SouthWest
3 Parton	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Low Moresby	3.8 km	NorthEast
5 Moor Row	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	73 km	WestSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	146 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	152 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Whitehaven lies at the Irish Sea (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Ennerdale Water (2.9 km² at a distance of 11.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 59.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 98%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 158 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

2.3%

Nature

3.4 km2

6.1%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

37.5 km2

68%

Urban area

9.3 km2

16.8%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Whitehaven in country England

Whitehaven at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	EastSouthEast
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	81 km	EastNorthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	126 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Whitehaven
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Whitehaven

Type of weather in Whitehaven	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam