Whasset
{{Short description|Hamlet in Cumbria, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image_name = Wings School (Bela Camp) - geograph.org.uk - 76329.jpg
| static_image_caption = The Wings School seen across fields near Whasset, in 2005
| coordinates = {{coord|54.222|-2.754|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Whasset
| population =
| population_ref =
| civil_parish = Beetham
|unitary_england = Westmorland and Furness
|lieutenancy_england = Cumbria
| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale
| post_town = MILNTHORPE
| postcode_district = LA7
| postcode_area = LA
| dial_code = 015395
| os_grid_reference = SD508809
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland
}}
Whasset or Whassett is a hamlet near Milnthorpe in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. It is in the parish of Beetham{{cite web|title=Welcome|url=http://www.beethampc.co.uk/|publisher=Beetham Parish Council|accessdate=2 November 2014|archive-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223220812/http://www.beethampc.co.uk/|url-status=live}} and lies south of Ackenthwaite.
The spelling Whasset, with single "t", is used on Ordnance Survey's 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 maps and by Beetham Parish Council. The spelling Whassett, with double "t", is used by the Royal Mail{{cite web|title=Postcode Finder – Find an Address|url=http://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode|publisher=Royal Mail|accessdate=25 December 2014|archive-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224231717/http://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode|url-status=live}} - search for LA7 7DN and some other sources.{{cite web|title=Area Information for Whassett, Milnthorpe, LA7 7DN|url=https://www.streetcheck.co.uk/postcode/la77dn|website=StreetCheck|accessdate=25 December 2014|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225190522/https://www.streetcheck.co.uk/postcode/la77dn|url-status=live}}
To the south of the hamlet, beside the River Bela, is the Wings School, a residential school for 60 students aged 11 to 17 with social, emotional, behavioural and associated difficulties.{{cite web|title=Welcome|url=http://www.wingsschool.co.uk/Wings-Cumbria/Welcome|website=Wings - Cumbria|accessdate=2 November 2014|archive-date=2 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102200502/http://www.wingsschool.co.uk/Wings-Cumbria/Welcome|url-status=live}} It occupies the site of Bela River Camp, a World War II prisoner of war camp which was later used as a prison.{{cite news|title=Bela Camp to be prison|url=http://www.holmehistory.co.uk/Holme_History_Project/Bela_Camp_to_be_Prison.html|accessdate=2 November 2014|work=Westmorland Gazette|date=30 May 1953}}{{cite news|title=Bela River Prison to close by end of year|url=http://www.holmehistory.co.uk/Holme_History_Project/Bela_River_Camp_Closure.html|accessdate=2 November 2014|work=Westmorland Gazette|date=2 August 1974|archive-date=4 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204114706/http://www.holmehistory.co.uk/Holme_History_Project/Bela_River_Camp_Closure.html|url-status=live}}