Whitehaven Coast (NT)
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Overview
Only 5 miles from the border of the Lake District National Park, this coastline stretches south from the 18th-century harbour of Whitehaven towards the sandstone cliffs of St Bees Head. The site of England's first under-sea coalmine, Whitehaven had the deepest mines in the world by the 1730s. The last working pit here closed in 1986. The local community have succeeded in securing the funding to open it as a museum to Whitehaven's mining heritage. For wildlife lovers, the best time to visit is May to July. The thin spoil-tip soils grow a colourful carpet of wild flowers. At the RSPB reserves on St Bees head, puffins, guillemots and razorbills join thousands of seabirds nesting on the tallest sea cliffs between southern Scotland and northern Wales.
Location
Whitehaven Coast, Haig Pit Car Park, Solway Road, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 9BG
About the area
Cumbria's rugged yet beautiful landscape is best known for the Lake District National Park that sits within its boundaries. It’s famous for Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake, and Derwent Water, ‘Queen of the English Lakes', but other lesser-known areas in the south, such as the Lune Valley and the coastal towns, are secret gems of wide cobbled streets and rolling hills.
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Crummock Cottage
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Buttermere Cottage
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Seven Acres Caravan Park
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Church Stile Farm & Holiday Park
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