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Recommended Towns & Villages near Workington

Maryport Harbour,West Cumbria.

Maryport (12 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction N)

Today, first and foremost Maryport is a splendid resort town on the beautiful Solway coast, it is steeped in the maritime history of two thousand years of sea...

Whitey Rock to shore, Whitehaven

Whitehaven (79 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction S)

This attractive, historic Cumbrian resort owes much to the ingenuity of the Lowther family, who developed Whitehaven as a port for shipping and the export of Cumbrian coal...

Cockermouth High Street, Cumbria

Cockermouth (4 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction E)

Cockermouth is ideally placed to be used as a centre for touring the Lake District National Park. It has a High Street seemingly unaltered, and is ringed by some of the finest scenery in England...

Loweswater, with Mellbreak Fell, CUMBRIA

Loweswater (17 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction SE)

Loweswater is centred in a landscape of grandeur, it is surrounded by Mellbreak Fell, Carling Knott Fell and Burnbank Fell, all excellent climbing and walking country giving views of a mountainous landscape reflected in sun-kissed pewter waters...

St Bees beach as seen from Seamill

St Bees (26 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction S)

St.Bees, the most westerly coastal village on the wild cumbrian coast, is a vision of loveliness...

Buttermere Lake in the Lake District

Buttermere (102 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction SE)

Even when swirling mist rolls in over the stark fells surrounding Buttermere, the little hamlet remains serene in its simplicity and beauty...

Bassenthwaite Autumn Sunset, Cumbria

Bassenthwaite (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction E)

This is the most northerly of all the lakes, it resembles beaten silver nestling between the sun dappled heights of soaring fells and mountains. Almost at its shores are Barf,.....

On the beach at Silloth

Silloth (13 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (16.8 miles, 27.1 km, direction NE)

Silloth lies at one of the widest points along the estuary, it was established as a harbour for coastal shipping during the 19th-century...

Alpine Britain

Wasdale Head (42 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (16.9 miles, 27.1 km, direction SE)

Vast, lonely landscape of towering fells, jewel like streams and tarns situated at the head of the Wasdale Valley with the mighty Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain and Great Gable forming an almost uniformity range of mountains in the distance...

Grange in Cumbria

Grange in Borrowdale (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction SE)

A picturesque village in the Borrowdale valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in England...

Derwentwater.

Keswick (465 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction E)

Keswick is a pretty Market Town that nestles between the spectacular Skiddaw Mountains and the northern end of the serene Derwentwater Lake within the Lake District National Park.....

Gentle farmland of lower Wasdale with the dramatic backdrop of the screes.

Nether Wasdale (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction SE)

Nether Wasdale lies opposite Wasdale Head at the western fringe of Wast Water...

Winter Solstice 2011, Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick, Cumbria

Castlerigg (10 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction E)

Castlerigg is a favoured destination for tourists, it is easily accessible from the market town of Keswick and is within easy reach of the snaking waters of the pretty River Greta, picturesque becks and fells...

Castle Crag slate.

Borrowdale (38 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction SE)

There is little doubt that Borrowdale possess some of the most unforgettable of all in the vast landscape of The Lake District National Park...

Tiny Village

Watendlath (28 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction SE)

A place of great beauty, Watendlath's dramatic landscape inspired writer Sir Hugh Walpole to choose it as the setting for his Rogue Herries series...

A picture of Stonethwaite

Stonethwaite (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction SE)

Tucked away in a quiet part of Borrowdale where streams tumble down crags amongst a patchwork of old pack-horse trails, scenery does not come more beautiful than that which surrounds this peaceful hamlet in the Langstrath Valley...

Eskdale valley scene. Cumbria.

Eskdale Green (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction SE)

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A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld (12 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction E)

This is a magical area of sparking lakes, tumbling waterfalls, high peaks and vast moorland regions...

Eskdale view

Boot (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (20.0 miles, 32.1 km, direction SE)

Boot is one of Lakeland's precious jewels, a charming stone village surrounded by towering scenery which includes two of the regions most scenic waterfalls, the Dalegarth Force and Birker Force...

Muncaster Castle, Cumbria

Ravenglass (40 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (20.7 miles, 33.2 km, direction S)

Special for being the only coastal village within the Lake District National Park, Ravenglass lies where three important rivers converge into the sea...

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General view showing Cockermouth Castle and Jennings Brewery, Cumbria

Cockermouth Castle (1 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 11.8 km, direction E)

These wonderful ruins of a by-gone age can be discovered in the charming inland resort of Cockermouth, amongst Lakeland's.....

St Bees Head in Cumbria

St Bees Head (7 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction S)

These are the only cliffs on the coast of Cumbria, and it here visitors can catch a glimpse of the sheer drama of sea-birds, for.....

Crummock Water, Lake District, Cumbria.

Crummock Water (37 Pictures)

(11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction SE)

The romantic setting between high fells gives Crummock Water its character. It is somewhat overshadowed by other better known.....

A picture of Whinlatter Forest Park

Whinlatter Forest Park (7 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction E)

If you happen to visit Keswick in Cumbria do not miss out on Whinlatter Forest Park, for this superb gift of nature is a real.....

Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction E)

Derwentwater is one of 16 Lakes set within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It is one of the most northerly of the.....

A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction SE)

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Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbey Town, Near Silloth, Cumbria

Holme Cultram Abbey (6 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction NE)

This was a Cistercian foundation of the 12th century of which the nave is now the parish Church of St.Mary, and although the.....

Wast Water

Wast Water (37 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction SE)

Wast Water is the deepest lake in England at 280 feet deep. The awesome peaks of Sca Fell and Great Gable tower over the wild,.....

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.2 km, direction E)

The best time to view Castlerigg Stone Circle is that eyrie time when night is just giving way to dawn. It is then, with a.....

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum (2 Pictures)

(20.0 miles, 32.2 km, direction E)

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Muncaster Castle, Cumbria

Muncaster Castle (33 Pictures)

(21.0 miles, 33.8 km, direction S)

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Hardknott Roman Fort( Lake District )19th June 2005

Hardknott Roman Fort (3 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.3 km, direction SE)

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A view of Langdale Pikes, Little Langdale, Cumbria from Tarn Hows.

Langdale Pikes (45 Pictures)

(21.7 miles, 34.9 km, direction SE)

These famous pikes rise loftily above the village of Langdale, whilst below visitors can savour the wild and desolate beauty of.....

The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(22.1 miles, 35.5 km, direction SE)

I first saw the Lake District many years ago, when for eight out of my eleven day sojourn, it rained, and rained! None-the-less,.....

Dove Cottage in Grasmere. The one time home of the Poet William Wordsworth

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(24.9 miles, 40.0 km, direction SE)

Dove cottage in the Lake District is the former home of the poet William Wordsworth and is where he wrote much of his famous.....

Threave Castle, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway

Threave Castle (1 Pictures)

(26.8 miles, 43.1 km, direction NW)

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Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows (98 Pictures)

(26.9 miles, 43.3 km, direction SE)

This exceptional magical landscape is known as Beatrix Potter Country. For it is here amongst Lakeland's magnificent tarns and.....


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