Whitestake

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{{infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Farmers Arms - geograph.org.uk - 166323.jpg

|static_image_caption = The Farmers Arms public house, Whitestake

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|official_name = Whitestake

|population =

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|civil_parish = Longton

|shire_district = South Ribble

|shire_county = Lancashire

|region = North West England

|constituency_westminster = South Ribble

|post_town = PRESTON

|postcode_district = PR4

|postcode_area = PR

|dial_code = 01772

|os_grid_reference = SD518254

|pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of South Ribble

|pushpin_map_caption = Shown within South Ribble

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Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham.{{Cite web | url=http://www.magic.gov.uk | title=Multi Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside | publisher=DEFRA | accessdate=2010-02-26}} It falls in what is called the "Western Parishes" area of South Ribble.

The name Whitestake supposedly originated because residents could stake a claim with a white stick so that their livestock could graze on the moss. This is said to have taken place once a year at the Farmers Arms Public House (still extant).

{{Cite web |url=http://www.southribble.gov.uk/section.asp?catid=300764 | title=Your area: Western parishes area |publisher=South Ribble Borough Council website; last updated: 16 November 2010 |accessdate=2011-09-16}}

It is the site of the Turbary Woods Owl and Bird Sanctuary.[http://turbarywoods.co.uk/ Turbary Woods Owl and Bird Sanctuary website]