Whasset or Whassett is a hamlet near Milnthorpe in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.

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.

[1] The spelling Whassett, with double "t", is used by the Royal Mail[2] and some other sources.

[3] 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.

[4] It occupies the site of Bela River Camp, a World War II prisoner of war camp which was later used as a prison.