2023

NX9718 : Waiting on West Strand, Whitehaven

taken 11 months ago, near to Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Waiting on West Strand, Whitehaven
Waiting on West Strand, Whitehaven
This Leyland National 2 received striking Western Scottish livery upon purchase for restoration in 2010. The destination shown here is at a small settlement in the southern Rhins of Galloway, within sight of Whitehaven on a clear day.
Leyland National 51

A selection of images from the event to mark 51 years of the Leyland National bus, which brought many surviving vehicles home to Cumbria. The free event on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 April 2023 was based in Whitehaven, the historic Georgian town where the first bus entered public service in March 1972.

The event, organised by Workington Transport Heritage Trust LinkExternal link included a display of Leyland Nationals and other Workington built vehicles at Whitehaven's harbour front together with an exhibition and question and answer session with industry experts at the Portal annex of the Beacon Museum. A free park-and-ride service operated from Lakes College at Lillyhall Business Park. Furthermore, tours of Whitehaven, to the Ennerdale Brewery at Rowrah and the former British Leyland bus factory at Lillyhall where all - over 7,700 - Nationals were constructed was facilitated by many preserved Leyland Nationals attending the event.

In addition, the Saturday evening featured a road run to the coastal village of St Bees. Exhibitors and their vehicles together with volunteers and selected members of the public enjoyed a scenic journey culminating in a fish and chip supper.


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NX9718, 346 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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James T M Towill   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 30 April, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 13 May, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NX 9712 1815 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:32.8866N 3:35.5199W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NX 9713 1815
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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