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Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.

Lake DistrictPhoto Olga Lioncat / Pexels

Places to explore near Whitehaven StationWhitehaven

24 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of The Rum Story, a visitor attraction near Whitehaven, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

The Rum Story

Attraction near Whitehaven

A museum in Whitehaven's old Jefferson wine and rum vaults tracing the town's rum trade, ending in a tasting.

0.5 km S

Photo of Whitehaven Harbour, a landmark in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Whitehaven Harbour

Landmark near Whitehaven

A Georgian planned harbour on the Cumbrian coast, its old quays and marina recalling the town's trading and mining heyday.

0.9 km S

Photo of the St Bees Head Heritage Coast, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

St Bees Head

Heritage Coast near St Bees

Cumbria's only sea cliffs, Coast-to-Coast start.

3.6 km SW

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

3.7 km SW · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of St Bees, a village in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

St Bees

Village

Sandstone coastal village with a long beach, a red-cliffed head of nesting seabirds and the start of the Coast to Coast.

6.8 km S · Cumbria

Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

National Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

7 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km N · spans 24 counties

Whitehaven

Village

Georgian planned harbour town on the Cumbrian coast, its grid of streets and old quays recalling a great trading and mining port.

0.6 km S · Cumbria

Photo of the River Ehen, a 19-mile river running from Ennerdale Water to Irish Sea at Sellafield, north west England.

River Ehen

River

The outflow of Ennerdale Water, holding the largest population of freshwater pearl mussels in England.

6.6 km SE · Cumbria

Photo of Longland Lake Country Park, a country park near St Bees, Cumbria, north west England.

Longland Lake Country Park

Country park near St Bees

A country park in Cumbria.

6.8 km SE

Photo of The Shepherds Arms, a pub near Ennerdale Bridge in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.

The Shepherds Arms

Pub near Ennerdale Bridge

Coast to Coast walkers' inn at Ennerdale Bridge, at the threshold of the wildest Lakeland valley.

9.9 km E

Everything else within 10 km (13) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.