| Type: | Hamlet |
| Official Name: | Whelpo |
| Coordinates: | 54.7469°N -3.0758°W |
| Region: | North West England |
| Static Image Name: | Whelpo Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 93888.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Whelpo Bridge |
| Post Town: | WIGTON |
| Postcode District: | CA7 |
| Dial Code: | 016974 |
| Unitary England: | Cumberland |
| Lieutenancy England: | Cumbria |
| Civil Parish: | Caldbeck |
| Country: | England |
Whelpo is a hamlet in the civil parish of Caldbeck, in the Cumberland unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.[1] It is about one mile west of the village of Caldbeck. It can be accessed by the B5299 road. The hamlet contains two listed buildings – Whelpo Head,[2] an 18th-century former farmhouse, and Whelpo Bridge,[3] a stone bridge traversing Whelpo Beck. The other feature in the hamlet is the aforementioned Whelpo Beck, also referred to as Cald Beck, which is a tributary to the River Caldew.[4] The beck has a catchment area of 39.6 km2.[5]
The name "Whelpo" means "hill of the whelps", coming from Old Norse hvelpr.[6]