The Rum Story
The Rum Story is a museum in Whitehaven. Top of the 6 other places within 15 km is Egremont Castle, 8.5 km off.
Museum in Whitehaven
Inside Whitehaven
The Rum Story is inside Whitehaven’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
In Whitehaven the warm season is June to September, with highs of 17–19°C.
The Rum Story
Museum in Whitehaven, England.
In Whitehaven, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Whitehaven
- Official site
- rumstory.co.uk
Visit details
- EntryA fee is charged
Locating The Rum Story
The numbers show what else is near The Rum Story, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Whitehaven’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count The Rum Story
Whitehaven is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (22,952 people). Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Whitehaven
Parton
Moresby Parks
Lowca
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where The Rum Story is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehaven | It’s in town | 22,952 | 4 |
| Parton | 1.7 km north of it | 904 | 3 |
| Moresby Parks | 2.1 km northeast of it | 1,180 | 3 |
| Lowca | 3.4 km north of it | 817 | 3 |
| Cleator Moor | 3.8 km southeast of it | 6,671 | 5 |
| Moor Row | 4.5 km southeast of it | 765 | 5 |
| Rheda Park | 4.9 km east of it | 810 | 1 |
Combine it with these
There are 6 within 15 km, 4 museums, a castle and an attraction among them.
CastleEgremont Castle8.5 km away2MuseumMuseumThe Beacon Museum400 m away3MuseumMuseumHelena Thompson Museum11 km away4AttractionAttractionBraystones Tower13 km away5MuseumMuseumWest Cumberland Railway Museum6.4 km away6MuseumMuseumHaig Colliery Mining Museum800 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on The Rum Story
Where is The Rum Story?
The Rum Story is in Whitehaven, Cumbria, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Rum Story?
Museum in Whitehaven, England.
When is the best time to visit The Rum Story?
June to September are the warmest months in Whitehaven, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Rum Story?
Within 15 km: Egremont Castle (8.5 km), The Beacon Museum (400 m), Helena Thompson Museum (11 km) and Braystones Tower (13 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- The Rum Story: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Egremont Castle: Paul Lakin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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