Editing Frank Whittle (section)

==Memorials==
[[File:Frank whittle statue 12u07.JPG|upright|right|thumb|Statue of Sir Frank Whittle under the Whittle Arches, Coventry]]
[[File:Whittle statue and arches -Coventry2 -26m08.JPG|upright|right|thumb|Whittle Arches and statue, Coventry]]

===Coventry, England===
*The "[[Whittle Arch]]" is a large double wing-like structure situated outside the [[Coventry Transport Museum]], Millennium Place, [[Coventry]] City Centre.
*A statue of Whittle by Faith Winter is situated under the Whittle Arch. It was unveiled on 1 June 2007 by his son, Ian Whittle, during a televised event. It shows Whittle at [[RAF Cranwell]] looking towards the sky observing the first test flight of a Whittle-powered [[Gloster E.28/39]] on 15 May 1941.
*A school is named after Whittle in the [[Walsgrave]] suburb of Coventry. It was first called ''Frank Whittle Primary'', then renamed in 1997 as ''Sir Frank Whittle Primary School''. A jet engine replica sits in the reception area of the school, donated by Whittle himself during his life.
*A commemorative plaque marks the house in Newcombe Road, [[Earlsdon, Coventry]], in which he was born and lived until age nine.<ref name="Whittle quantal DVD"/>
*On [[Hearsall Common]], near Whittle's Coventry birthplace, a plaque commemorates where Whittle gained inspiration when he saw an aircraft land. It says "on this common Frank Whittle, jet pioneer, first felt the power of flight."
*[[Coventry University]] named a building after him.
*The main hangar at the [[Midland Air Museum]] is called ''The Sir Frank Whittle Jet Heritage Centre''.
*Whittle house was one of the four "[[House system|houses]]" at [[Finham Park School]] until they were renamed in 2008.
[[File:Replica Gloster Whittle.JPG|thumb|Whittle memorial at [[Lutterworth]]]]

===Lutterworth, England===
* The [[Sir Frank Whittle Studio School]] is a studio school that opened in 2015. It is situated alongside [[Lutterworth College]], both of which make up The Lutterworth Academies Trust.
* Lutterworth Museum hold a very large unrivalled collection of original papers including the 1936 Patent, Power Jets Autograph book from 1945 and the Champagne bottle signed by everyone at a party at RAF Cranwell on the night of the first flight plus many more artefacts and displays. Also Lutterworth Museum gives talks and put on displays all over the country.
* A memorial has been erected in the middle of a [[roundabout]] outside [[Lutterworth]] and a bust of Frank Whittle has been erected in Lutterworth, where much of Whittle's development on the jet engine was carried out.
* There is a bust of Sir Frank Whittle near the war memorial on the corner of Church and George street.
* The Sir Frank Whittle Public House was opened in 2010 and situated on the Greenacres estate in Lutterworth. It was replaced with a [[The Co-operative Food|Co-operative]] convenience store much to the dismay of the residents.<ref>{{cite news|title=Residents fighting Proposal for new Co-op store|url=http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/mail-news/residents-fighting-proposal-for-new-co-op-store-1-5591774|access-date=19 December 2014|work=Harborough Mail|publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd.|date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205404/http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/mail-news/residents-fighting-proposal-for-new-co-op-store-1-5591774|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Whittle Road in Lutterworth was named after Sir Frank Whittle.

===Rugby, England===
[[File:Whittle monument in Rugby.jpg|thumb|upright|Whittle sculpture, Rugby]]
* In [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] where Whittle produced his first prototype engines, a bronze sculpture named ''Frank Whittle – Father of the Jet Engine'' was installed at Chestnut Field near [[Rugby Town Hall]] in 2005. It was made by the sculptor [[Stephen Broadbent]], and represents a propeller transformed into an internal turbine of a jet engine.<ref name="OWWhittle">{{cite web |title=sir Frank Whittle, Inventor of the Jet Engine |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/sir-frank-whittle-inventor-turbo-jet-engine |publisher=Our Warwickshire |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Winning ways to hail jet pioneer |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/winning-ways-hail-jet-pioneer-3137042 |publisher=CoventryTelegraph |access-date=16 June 2020 |date=24 March 2005}}</ref>

===Elsewhere===
[[File:FrankwhittleE28-39farnborough.jpg|thumb|Sir Frank Whittle's memorial at Farnborough Aerodrome]]
* In 2015, Whittle's college at the [[University of Cambridge]], Peterhouse, opened the Whittle Building on its grounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/colleges-needs|title=The College's needs |publisher= Peterhouse Cambridge|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
* The [[Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge]], has a Whittle Laboratory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-diva.eng.cam.ac.uk/turbo|title=Introduction – CUED Division A|website=www-diva.eng.cam.ac.uk|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
* A full-scale model of the Gloster E28/39 Whittle has been erected just outside the northern boundary of [[Farnborough Airfield]] in Hampshire, UK.
* The [[Sir Frank Whittle Medal]] is awarded annually by the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] to an engineer, normally resident in the UK, for outstanding and sustained achievement which has contributed to the well-being of the nation.<ref>[http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/whittle/ The Royal Academy of Engineering website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103040747/http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/whittle/ |date=3 November 2012 }} Retrieved: 20 July 2008</ref>
* Two roads in [[Derby]] are named Sir Frank Whittle Road and Sir Frank Whittle Way, as a tribute to his work at [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]].
* The main office complex at the [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] Bristol site has been named Whittle House.
* Whittle Parkway in [[Burnham, Buckinghamshire|Burnham]] is named after him.
* One of the main buildings at the [[Royal Air Force College]] Cranwell is called Whittle Hall. It houses the Officer & Aircrew Cadet Training Unit and the Air Power Studies Division of [[King's College London]].
* A road in [[Cranford, London|Cranford]], on the site of the former [[Heston Aerodrome]], is named Whittle Road.
* A road in Shaw, Oldham, is named Whittle Drive.
* A road in Rugby is named Whittle Close.
* Whittle Close in [[Clitheroe]] is named after him.
* Sir Frank Whittle Way, a new road in Blackpool Business park, Blackpool..
* The [[Easington Gas Terminal#Juno development|Whittle Gas field]] in the Southern North Sea operated by BP.
* ''The Whittle Inn'' near the Gloster Aircraft Company's former test runway in [[Hucclecote]], Gloucestershire is named after Whittle; the nearby [[Tesco]] has a picture of a Gloster Meteor incorporated in part of its glass frontage.
* The bar/restaurant in [[Royal Mail]]'s management college at [[Coton House]], near Rugby, was named the ''Whittle Bar''.
* A memorial stone was placed in the Royal Air Force Chapel in Westminster Abbey in his memory.  The inscription on the stone reads: "Frank Whittle. Inventor & Pioneer of the Jet Engine. 1907–1996". The stone was carved by [[John Shaw (stone carver)|John Shaw]].
* Sir Frank Whittle's national and international honours, medals, and awards (including the Order of Merit), are displayed in the Royal Academy of Engineering, London.
* The Frank Whittle house, with its own building existed at the now closed Fairham Comprehensive School Clifton, Nottingham.
*A building at Aero Engine Controls in Birmingham, UK has been named 'The Whittle Building' (1994).
* Whittle Hangar is one of the main Grade II listed legacy aircraft hangars at {{HMS|Sultan|shore establishment|6}}. It contains elements of Leadership Training utilised by both the Marine Engineering Training Group and Royal Naval Air Engineering and Survival School. It was originally part of RAF Gosport, sited on the establishment's footprint from 1914 to 1945. For many years, Whittle Hangar was the site of establishment parade ceremonies for trainees during inclement weather. 
* A plaque has been placed at the Port of Felixstowe to honour his link with the town (August 2010).
* A plaque commemorating Whittle has been placed inside the hall of Binswood Sixth Form College in Leamington Spa, formerly Leamington College for Boys.
* A plaque commemorating Whittle has been placed on Walland Hill, near Chagford in Devon, the house where he lived from 1962 to 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcec.co.uk/plaques/F.WHITTLE.htm|title=F. Whittle|first=Mike|last=Ralls|access-date=21 February 2014|archive-date=26 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226103515/http://www.rcec.co.uk/plaques/F.WHITTLE.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* One of the houses of Southam College is named after Whittle.
* One of the houses of Milverton County Primary School is named after Whittle.
* in 2023, King Charles III broke ground on the New Whittle Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=The King breaks ground on Cambridge's New Whittle Laboratory |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-king-breaks-ground-on-cambridges-new-whittle-laboratory |website=Cam |date=9 May 2023 |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref>