Moss Bay and Moorclose
Ward in Cumberland, England
| Coordinates: | 54.63, -3.552 |
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| OS grid ref: | NX 99 27 |
| Dialling code: | 01900 (Workington) |
Moss Bay and Moorclose are neighbouring communities on the western edge of Workington in Cumberland, England. Moss Bay grew up around 19th‑century iron and steel works beside the estuary of the River Derwent, giving the area a strong industrial heritage, while Moorclose is largely a post‑war residential estate that sits slightly inland from the coast.
The neighbourhoods still carry traces of that industrial past alongside pockets of more recent regeneration: industrial estates and community projects sit near rows of traditional terraced houses and newer social housing. Their coastal location on the Cumbrian plain brings easy access to shoreline paths and is not far from the fringes of the Lake District, so local life mixes working‑class history, community activity and links to wider tourism and transport routes.
Postcode districts covering Moss Bay and Moorclose
Most populated places nearby
- Workington 0.1 miles
- Whitehaven 6.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Workington Built-up area 0.1 miles
- St. Michael's Ward 0.8 miles
- High Harrington Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Harrington Ward 1.3 miles
- St. John's and Great Clifton Ward 1.7 miles
- Stainburn Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Winscales Parish 1.9 miles
- Distington Built-up area 2 miles
- Seaton Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Siddick Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Great Clifton Built-up area 3 miles
- Camerton Parish 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Moss Bay and Moorclose
CA14 3JY, CA14 3SR, CA14 5BT, CA14 5AY, CA14 3XE, CA14 3YD, CA14 3NX, CA14 3TH, CA14 3QD … See all
Transport links
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport 73.2 miles
- Newcastle International Airport 79.2 miles
- Workington Railway Station 1 mile
- Harrington Railway Station 1.3 miles
Hotels near Moss Bay and Moorclose Ad
- The Hall Park Hotel 3 1 mile
- Waverley Hotel 1 mile
- The Sleepwell Inn 4 0.9 miles
- The Melbreak Hotel 4 3.3 miles
- Hunday Manor Country House Hotel 4 1.8 miles
- Washington Central Hotel and Sleepwell Inn 4 0.9 miles
- The Old Ginn House Inn 4 2.9 miles
- Moresby Hall Country House Hotel 4 4 miles
- Premier Inn Whitehaven 3 3.8 miles
- The Golden Lion Hotel 3 6.2 miles
Schools in Moss Bay and Moorclose
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington Primary
- Westfield Nursery and Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Derwent Park Stadium 1.2 miles
- Borough Park Stadium 1.3 miles
- Winscales Estate 2.3 miles
- Whitehaven Marina Marina 5.7 miles
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 9.9 miles
- Calder Hall Estate 14.9 miles
- Douglas Hall Estate 17.8 miles
- Powillimount Beach Beach 18.1 miles
- Holm Cultram (Cistercian abbey : Cumberland, England) Historic site 18.3 miles
- Cumbrian Mountains Mountains 18.6 miles
- Arbigland Estate 18.7 miles
- Blencathra Centre Country house 18.9 miles