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Workington

Workington is a town with a population of 25,000 inhabitants on the Irish Sea coast in . A regeneration of the town in 2006 installed several works of public art in the town centre.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Workington railway station and Carnegie Theatre.

Railway station
Photo: Elizabeth Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
serves the coastal town of Workington, in , England. It is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Theater building
The , or The Carnegie, is a theatre and arts centre located in Workington, , . It occupies a Grade II listed building and is a registered charity.

Manor estate
Photo: H Stamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes called Curwen Hall, is a ruined building on the Northeast outskirts of the town of Workington in . It is a Grade I listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harrington and Barepot.

Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburban village on the southern outskirts of Workington, in the Cumberland district of , England. It was formerly a separate village and parish; it has been administered as part of Workington since 1934, and is now classed as part of the Workington built up area.

Suburb
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. As Workington and grew, and also Seaton became districts of Workington. has about 70 houses and is situated on the River Derwent.

Village
Photo: Phil Gravell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, historically part of Cumberland. It is situated on the A596 road, approximately 2 miles north from the town of Workington.

Workington

Latitude
54.6416° or 54° 38′ 30″ north
Longitude
-3.5459° or 3° 32′ 45″ west
Population
27,100
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WOR
Open location code
9C6RJFR3+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20968543
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2633553
Wiki­data ID
Q1538358
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Workington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وركنطن”
  • Arabic: “وَرْكِنْطُن”
  • Asturian: “Workington”
  • Basque: “Workington”
  • Belarusian: “Уэркінгтан”
  • Bengali: “ওয়ার্কিংটন”
  • Bulgarian: “Уъркингтън”
  • Cebuano: “Workington”
  • Chinese: “Workington”
  • Chinese: “沃金頓”
  • Chinese: “沃金顿”
  • Danish: “Workington”
  • Dutch: “Workington”
  • French: “Workington”
  • Galician: “Workington”
  • German: “Workington”
  • Greek: “Γουόρκινγκτον”
  • Gujarati: “વર્કિંગટન”
  • Hebrew: “וורקינגטון”
  • Irish: “Workington”
  • Italian: “Workington”
  • Japanese: “ワーキントン”
  • Kannada: “ವರ್ಕಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “워킹턴”
  • Ladin: “Workington”
  • Lithuanian: “Vorkingtonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Workington”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Workington”
  • Persian: “وورکینگتون”
  • Polish: “Workington”
  • Portuguese: “Workington”
  • Romanian: “Workington”
  • Russian: “Воркингтон”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وورکینقتون”
  • Spanish: “Workington”
  • Swedish: “Workington”
  • Tamil: “ஒர்கிங்டோன்”
  • Telugu: “వర్కింగ్ టన్”
  • Turkish: “Workington”
  • Urdu: “ورکینجٹن”
  • Volapük: “Workington”
  • Welsh: “Workington”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Workington”. Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.