Workington, England
Workington-on-Sea (Sort Of)
"Where the A66 meets the Irish Sea, eventually"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield quartered with a rampant steelworker clutching a redundancy notice, a collapsed footbridge rendered in silver on a field of flood-blue, and a rugby league ball crossed with a Berger Peats van, all beneath a banner reading 'Nil Desperandum, Sed Portus Iterum Clausus' (Latin for 'Don't Despair, But The Bridge Is Shut Again').
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Came for the football (Reds forever) and stayed because the bridge kept flooding and closing. The town centre has a certain resilient charm if you like betting shops and the occasional seagull mugging you for chips. Workington Hall is a genuinely nice ruin if you can find it under the brambles. Three stars because the pasty shop near the bus station is unexpectedly excellent."— Derek Fothergill, Penrith
Property Listing
Charming former steel and coal powerhouse offering exceptional value coastal living, with stunning River Derwent views (subject to flood risk assessment) and a vibrant town centre boasting not one but two major supermarkets. Excellent commuter links to Carlisle, provided the aforementioned river cooperates.
Twinned With
Frog Level — Both towns have a long, proud history of their main bridge being closed due to water.
Supporting Evidence
Workington's bridges were so repeatedly wrecked by the 2009 Cumbria floods that the army had to airlift in a temporary one nicknamed the 'Northside Bridge' almost overnight, making the town briefly a case study in military engineering.