Salterbeck

Salterbeck
Salterbeck
Salterbeck shown within Cumbria
Population 9,000 
OS grid reference NX996279
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORKINGTON
Postcode district CA14
Dialling code 01946
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Salterbeck is a council housing estate on the south side of Workington which was built during the 1930s on farmland for steelworkers and their families relocating to the area. Roughly 70% of the houses are now owned by Impact Housing Association and the remainder are privately owned. Salterbeck is bordered by Westfield and Mossbay to the north and Harrington to the south.

Salterbeck ACE

Salterbeck ACE is a successful community business run as a social enterprise. It manages the Oval Centre which has rooms for hire, a bar, cafe and gym. Salterbeck ACE also runs landscaping and decorating teams which have corporate contracts as well as with private individuals.

"The back field"

In the centre of Salterbeck there is a field which is known to the locals as "the back field". It has rugby and football pitches where the local amateur rugby league team Salterbeck Storm and Salterbeck FC, Salterbeck United and the Oval FC play. There are two play parks on the field and another at the Oval Centre.

Education in Salterbeck

  • St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Holden Road.

Previous schools

  • Garth Infant School, Coronation Drive
  • Southfield Technology College, Moorclose Road (Closed in 2015 along with Stainburn School and Science College and merged into Workington Academy which has plans to open a new school on the Stainburn site in 2017 in Workington.[1] Since the closure, Southfield Technology College has been demolished due to vandal attacks)

Places in Salterbeck

  • The Oval Centre, Salterbeck Drive
  • Harrington Royal British Legion, Salterbeck Road
  • Harrington Nature Reserve, Moorclose Road
  • Salterbeck Reservoir, Shore Road

References

  1. ↑ "Workington Academy given go ahead", BBC News, 30 July 2015
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