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Stainburn

Stainburn is a settlement and former civil parish about 7 miles from Whitehaven, now in the parish of Workington, in the county of Cumbria, England.

The place

Stainburn is a settlement and former civil parish about 7 miles from Whitehaven, now in the parish of Workington, in the county of Cumbria, England. In 2018 the built-up area had an estimated population of 1705. Stainburn was also a ward, in 2011 the ward had a population of 1694. Stainburn was on the A66 road until 20 December 2002 when it was bypassed.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Stainburn

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Workington Hall

    Workington Hall, sometimes called Curwen Hall, is a ruined building on the Northeast outskirts of the town of Workington in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building.

    1.2 km · Grade I listed building in Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Peter's Church, Camerton

    St Peter's Church, Camerton is the Church of England parish church of Camerton, Cumbria. It is about 1⁄2 mile south of the village.

    2 km · Grade II listed church in Camerton, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Dunmail Park

    Dunmail Park is a shopping centre located in Siddick, near Workington, in Cumbria, England. It is located one-and-a-half miles north of the centre of Workington on the A596, and four-and-a-half miles south of the town of Maryport.

    2.4 km · shopping centre near Workington, England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Michael

    St Michael's Church, Workington is the parish church of the town of Workington, Cumbria, England. It is part of the deanery of Solway, in the archdeaconry of West Cumberland.

    2.2 km · church in Workington, Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Energy Coast UTC

    Energy Coast is a University Technical College on the outskirts of Workington, Cumbria that opened in September 2014 for students of ages 14–19. The "Energy Coast" is the coastal region between Silloth and Barrow-in-Furness, it includes the Sellafield nuclear power site and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority as well as wind farms at Walney Island and Robin Rigg.

    3.4 km · college in Cumbria, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Our Lady and St Michael's Church, Workington

    Our Lady and St Michael's Church also known as Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Michael's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Workington, Cumbria, England. It was built in 1876 by the Benedictines.

    1.6 km · church in Workington, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Carnegie Theatre and Arts Centre

    The Carnegie Theatre, or The Carnegie, is a theatre and arts centre located in Workington, Cumbria, England. It occupies a Grade II listed building and is a registered charity.

    1.7 km · theatre and arts centre in Workington, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Derwent Park

    Derwent Park is a Rugby League Stadium and former motorcycle speedway in Workington, England situated beside the Cumbrian River Derwent. It is used mostly for rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Workington Town who play in League 1 the 3rd tier of the British rugby league system.

    2.2 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St John's Church, Workington

    St John's Church is in Washington Street, Workington, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.

    1.5 km · church in Workington, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Stainburn

Airports
Isle of Man (IOM), 95 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 117 km · Newcastle (NCL), 125 km
Stations
Workington, 2.4 km · Workington railway station, 2.4 km · Workington bus station, 1.8 km
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Stainburn
    259 km · quickest by air, 5h 32m · £70–110
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Stainburn
    116 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £13–17
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Stainburn
    249 km · quickest by air, 5h 32m · £70–110
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Stainburn

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Stainburn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inGet off at {{marker|type |wikidata By bike By ferry=== There are no scheduled ferry services to/from Workington.

From Wikivoyage: Workington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    146 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    181 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    207 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    292 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    312 km

If you know how people move in Stainburn – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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