Whitehaven
Whitehaven, Cumbria. Mon 3 Sep 2018
There were a few rain clouds still passing across Grike when I got
up. We decided it might be a good day to
visit the museum at Whitehave and see the town, so drove to Tesco
there
then walked alongside the harbour. There are still a few small boats
fishing from Whitehaven.
and a couple of slightly larger vessels
a derelict building by the harbour was formerly the swimming baths
with some suitable decoration
'Established 1858' this building has a beehive on its pediment and
was the Co-operative store, probably late Victorian
Duke St - John Whittle and Sons Ltd ceased trading recently after
150 years. This Grade II listed building is dated 1889.
The funny wavy bit of metal seems to be just that - and entirely pointless
Whitehaven has around 170 listed buildings, and many fine examples
that are not listed but would be in other towns
Former Waterworks building
The Beacon Museum, opened in 1996 was saved from closure by Sellafield
and a display filling one floor covers their work
Old Customs House
The Waterfront
A mine ventilation chimney supposedly designed to look like a chair
leg in the Lowther home
a dinosaur greets visitors to the Becan Museum where they had a Lego
show in the temporary exhibition spaces
The top floor of the Beacon gallery gives good views over the town
and over the harbour, as well as explaining how the harbour was developed
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