Salterbeck

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

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

Current schools

• 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. 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

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