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Allerdale House, Workington
Allerdale House is the main office building of Allerdale Borough Council which provides services to a large area of North west Cumbria and includes towns such as Keswick, Wigton, Maryport and Workington. Workington is the largest town in the borough.
Image: © Graham Robson
Taken: 6 Nov 2012
0.01 miles
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Workington Association Football Club Ground
Borough Park, the home ground of Workington Association Football Club seen from the new Northside Bridge. The crane in the foreground is assisting in completing the construction work on the new bridge which was only officially opened a few days previously.
Image: © Graham Robson
Taken: 6 Nov 2012
0.13 miles
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Junction of William Street/South William Street
William Street is round the corner to the left. The curved block with pink and orange paintwork is called Victoria Buildings, dated 1882.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
0.14 miles
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Albert Hall, Fisher Street
The windows have been boarded up fairly recently - when Google Street View passed by the building was occupied by a catering supplies business. The date on the roof is 1883. The Albert Hall was originally used for auction sales, concerts, etc. (Bulmer's History and Directory of Cumberland, 1901 http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/1901/work1901_f.html ).
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
0.14 miles
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Trinity Methodist Church
Built in 1890, to replace a previous church which burnt down (Info : Images of England - Workington, by Richard LM Byers, 1984).
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
0.16 miles
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Wedding cars leaving St. Michael's Church
The Parish Church of Workington has been rebuilt and remodelled several times during its long history http://www.stmichaelsworkington.org.uk/history.htm . It has been burnt to a shell twice, most recently in 1994.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Aug 2010
0.17 miles
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Trinity Methodist Church, Workington
Redundant church awaiting re-use for some years.
Image: © Jim Osley
Taken: 27 Jun 2014
0.17 miles
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Falcon Place, Workington
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 2 Aug 2007
0.18 miles
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Pulpit, St Michael's Church, Workington
The reason why the interior is so modern is because in 1994 the church was severely damaged by fire. For further information http://www.stmichaelsworkington.org.uk
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 2 Aug 2007
0.18 miles
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Plaque on Northside Bridge, Workington
The plaque was unveiled on the bridges official opening in the wall on the upstream side of the bridge. The scaffolding boards and metal barrier are evidence that even after the bridge was officially opened work was still ongoing to complete construction work around the periphery of the bridge.
The text on the plaque reads:
Northside Bridge
opened by
HRH The Princess Royal
22 October 2012
Replacing the bridge lost
in the 2009 floods
Built by Cumbria Country Council with
funding from Department for Transport
Image: © Graham Robson
Taken: 6 Nov 2012
0.18 miles