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We can also put your club or
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Telephone:07780681066.
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Whitehaven Traders
on the web

The market is the heart of a good Thursday and Saturday, but our web traders are contactable every day.
MORE on Whitehaven Traders
and Businesses on the web

History and features
Pubs of Whitehaven
The Renaissance of Whitehaven

Basking Sharks!
Shipbuilding history
The Egremont Ugly Contest

Whitehaven slave traders
web site for St Bees


Whitehaven as she was in her Heyday


The finest RL side in Cumbria
Whitehaven RL

Fantastic Web site
on the Kells Brake

The most important man on the job, the brakesman
With pictures of the brake incline railway which dates from 1880s thanks to Gordon Nicholson who's excellent website you can visit at www.whitehaven.me.uk

And the band played them out

Old archive picture by former pit deputy and councillor Ronnie Calvin as the band plays out the last shift from Haig Pit. More on the area's mining past.

Setting Sail out of Whitehaven

Before the days of SatNav Whitehaven seamen set out at the mercy of the winds and tides from Whitehaven....many of the ships and their skippers are recorded in this web archive...


Fest 2012 will also celebrate The Queen's 60 Years...

More about Whitehaven Fest 2012

2012 Whitehaven Fest, starts at on Friday 1st june 2012 with the concert by Katherine Jenkins and the National Philharmonic Orchestra although there will be a lovely atmosphere throughout the town for the two or three days building up to the event. Saturday sees the Seventies Stars and Sunday includes the Charlatans and The Enemy live on stage.
Find out more...


Also Replica Crown Jewels are coming to the Beacon...
14th to 27th May

LOCAL SINGERS GO SOLO IN A CONCERT AT ROSEHILL

SoundWave have been training a group of local singers in the art of performing classical songs for the last three months and the group are now ready to hit the boards and put their hearts and souls on the line in a brave and ambitious concert programme presented by Rosehill Theatre on 12th May hosted by internationally acclaimed song coach Richard Jackson.
Wishbone Ash will appear live at Nuts In May. Wishbone Ash was formed by West Country musicians Martin Turner and Steve Upton, who arrived in London in 1969 to embark on their musical journey. Wishbone Ash would become synonymous with high quality guitar-driven melodic rock music. MORE

Spooky Video about Nuke Dump
The granite under parts of Eskdale and Wasdale may prove ideal for the
UK's proposed underground nuclear dump. Huge community 'bribes' may
cloud Cumbrians' judgement....but see the video from Finland here.

17th Century Loving Cup Saved

The Friends of Whitehaven Museum have invited The Beacon curator to nominate one item per year from The Beacon's museum collection that is in need of conservation. This year the item selected was an 18th century glass loving cup. With the generous support of the Friends, the cup was conserved by Jenny Truran at the Lancashire Conservation Studios in Preston. The cup is now able to be on show in the museum for everyone to enjoy". This cup is an important piece of Whitehaven's history and will be unveiled by Mayor of Copeland, Cllr Mike McVeigh at the Friends of Whitehaven Museums annual Wine Get Together on 7th September 7.30pm at the Beacon. www.thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk
Maritime Exhibition

The Beacon's Harbour Gallery features a sea of beautiful maritime art.
Whitehaven, one of the most important ports in the country during the 17th and 18th centuries, has a rich maritime past and this exhibition will celebrate this heritage. The Harbour Gallery boasts free entry.

How the Queen Mum helped keep rare Slave Goblet in Whitehaven
Find out how Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002 made the anonymous gift...

Olde Worlde Whitehaven
See some of the earliest paintings of Whitehaven at a new showing..

Our Clogmaker
All about Whitehaven's well known clog maker.

Honour for Laal Michael...
Find out more.....

Steam at Lowca
Atmospheric video on the flootplate of steam shunter working at Lowca....you can almost smell the steam and coal dust!

Whitehaven's Mutineer
How a Whitehaven seaman was involved in the famous Mutiny on the Bounty..find out more.

TAKE A STROLL!
Take a guided walk around the town .....


Memories of the 2005 Maritime Festival
Queen's Visit 2008
On June 5 2008 Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were cheered by around 10,000 wellwishers along the harbourside. The event marked the 300th anniversay of the grant of the Royal charter for the harbour.
See the actual Royal document in which Queen Anne granted Whitehaven her harbour.
All about Whitehaven
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Find out more about the old pubs and characters that have made Whitehaven unique.
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Take a stroll through Whitehaven

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Fireworks Fun!



Old Habourside Scene
Harbour office from old postcard, Courtesy of Serge

Whitehaven as she was
in 1847...
Fascinating detail in this reproduction from a Gazetteer from 1847....
William Pit

This Weather Widget is provided by the Met Office
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If you don’t need any more business...then look away now.
But if you would like to see your business grow...the internet is always open for business. And more and more people use the web to search for the products or services they need.
If you have no presence on the web we can help.

To ask us for a web advert, page or a site of your own
Contact:
Emails
David J Siddall
Tel 07780681066




Posters designed by Whitehaven artist Jonathan Crosby