Whicham

{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Whicham

| civil_parish = Whicham

| country = England

| region = North West England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.246|-3.335 |region:GB_type:city|display=title}}

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| unitary_england = Cumberland

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| hide_services = Yes

| population = 382

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| static_image = St Mary's Church, Whicham - geograph.org.uk - 541823.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Mary's Church, Whicham, from the south

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Copeland

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Copeland Borough

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Whicham is a hamlet and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England.{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000012995 |publisher=Ordnance Survey | website=Linked data |title=Whicham | accessdate=31 January 2018}} At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 382.{{NOMIS2011|title=Whicham Parish |id=1170219637|accessdate=24 January 2018}} The parish includes the villages of Silecroft and Kirksanton and the hamlets of Whicham and Whitbeck.{{cite web|title=Parish of Whicham Community Plan|url=http://www.whichamparishcouncil.org.uk/download/i/mark_dl/u/4013467071/4629740872/Community%20Plan.pdf|accessdate=31 January 2018|page=2|date=2012}} Whicham was recorded in the Domesday Book as Witingham.{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cumberland1.html#whicham|title=Cumberland|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=25 November 2018}}

The parish has an area of {{convert|3,807.2|ha}}. It lies north of Millom on the west coast of Cumbria. The A595 road crosses it from north east to south west, near the south east border, coming from Broughton in Furness to a junction with the A5093 road, and then from south to north near the coast, towards Ravenglass and Whitehaven. The parish includes the hill Black Combe with a height of {{convert|600|m}}, one of Alfred Wainwright's "Outlying Fells". The Cumbrian Coast line railway follows the coast of the parish, with a station at Silecroft. The parish absorbed Whitbeck parish on 1 April 1934.{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10066797|title=Relationships and changes Whicham AP/CP through time|publisher=Vision of Britain|accessdate=25 November 2018}}

There is a parish council, the lowest level of local government.{{cite web|title=Whicham Parish Council|url=http://copeland.moderngov.co.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=184&LS=5|publisher=Copeland Borough Council|accessdate=24 January 2018}}{{cite web|title=About Whicham|url=http://www.whichamparishcouncil.org.uk/|publisher=Whicham Parish Council|accessdate=24 January 2018}}