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Isabella Road, WORKINGTON, CA14 2JS

This stone hut, on the south bank of the River Derwent estuary, was built in the early 1800s as a shelter for a harbour worker. A workman watched the tide in the estuary from the shelter and raised and lowered a marker to inform seamen of the water depth. The chimney stack is a recent cosmetic addition. Once, there may have been several of these huts on the shoreline. A hut of a similar design on a small hill inland but close by gained the nickname "Billy Bumbley's House". A potential origin for the name is that a former dockworker named Billy who manned the hut on the hill used to hum while he worked, legend has it that this humming sounded like a buzzing bee, leading to the hut gaining his name. This hut is however no more, possibly lost under a slag heap. Thanks to Tom Jenkins for correcting and adding further information to the description.

A curious igloo-like structure on the south bank of River Derwent estuary. For more details see: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3242041

Part of a half-million pounds improvement to try to attract more Coast-to-Coast cyclists to make Workington the starting place, as opposed to Whitehaven.

Just restored, but its origin is unknown; the town's civic trust and Workington Regeneration are seeking its history. Thought to have been a coastguard hut harbour workers' shelter.

A level crossing on a disused railway line near the south side of the River Derwent.

The line of a former railway on the south side of the River Derwent, Workington.

Built in the mid 18thC for the coal industry and next to the ship yards, it would once have had a capstan on the end to help wooden sailing ships tie up. Now only pleasure craft pass by on this side of the river. On the opposite bank is the dock keepers house, where prior to 1926 the entrance to the Lonsdale Dock was. The change can just be established, as to the right there is mortared stone walling, and to the left concrete with additional rubble stones to protect it from tides. This was done when the dock was enlarged, reconstructed and deepened due to the increased size of ships that were importing ores from Spain and South America.

The footpath (also the Cumbria Coastal Way) leads from Curwen Road to Northside and crosses Workington Dock or Harbour Bridge in the background. National Cycle Route 71 also follows this narrow path.

The entrance to Workington Dock across the River Derwent, protected by the wooden jetty on the right of the photo.