{{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 (UK Parliament constituency)|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 counties of England|historic county]] of [[Westmorland]]. It is in the parish of [[Beetham]]<ref name="parish">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="parish "/> The spelling ''Whassett'', with double "t", is used by the Royal Mail<ref>{{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</ref> and some other sources.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It occupies the site of Bela River Camp, a [[World War II]] prisoner of war camp which was later used as a prison.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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[[Category:Hamlets in Cumbria]] [[Category:Beetham]]
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