Salterbeck
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Salterbeck is a council housing estate
on the South side of Workington
, built during the 1930s on farmland for steelworkers and their families relocating to the area. 70% is now owned by Impact Housing Association
and 30% privately owned. It has a population of about 5,000.
Salterbeck has had its fair share of crime and deprivation, but the partnership between the Salterbeck Residents Association, Impact Housing, partners such as Allerdale
Council and the police, and Salterbeck ACE is helping the community from it, and it's working. In previous years no one from outside Salterbeck dare to enter the estate in fear of having their car vandalised or stolen.
Private houses are now sold very quickly and there is a waiting list for those houses belonging to the social landlord.
Salterbeck is bordered by Westfield and Mossbay to the North, and Harrington
to the South. The East of Salterbeck is where most of the ex-council houses have been bought and is now largely a private residential area. Also Eastern Salterbeck is one of the most popular places to live in Workington as house prices there are high.
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. ACE also runs landscaping and decorating teams which have corporate contracts as well as with private individuals.
To the centre of Salterbeck is a big 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 Utd and the Oval FC play. Salterbeck Storm is run by ex Salterbeck resident Vince McNicholas.
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...
on the South side of Workington
Workington
Workington is a town, civil parish and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England, at the mouth of the River Derwent. Lying within the Borough of Allerdale, Workington is southwest of Carlisle, west of Cockermouth, and southwest of Maryport...
, built during the 1930s on farmland for steelworkers and their families relocating to the area. 70% is now owned by Impact Housing Association
Housing association
Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not-for-profit bodies that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in housing need. Any trading surplus is used to maintain existing homes and to help finance new ones...
and 30% privately owned. It has a population of about 5,000.
Salterbeck has had its fair share of crime and deprivation, but the partnership between the Salterbeck Residents Association, Impact Housing, partners such as Allerdale
Allerdale
Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census....
Council and the police, and Salterbeck ACE is helping the community from it, and it's working. In previous years no one from outside Salterbeck dare to enter the estate in fear of having their car vandalised or stolen.
Private houses are now sold very quickly and there is a waiting list for those houses belonging to the social landlord.
Salterbeck is bordered by Westfield and Mossbay to the North, and Harrington
Harrington, Cumbria
Harrington is on the Cumbrian coast south of Workington and north of Whitehaven. Its industrial history, which largely ended in the late 1930s, included an iron works, coal mining, and steel making. It once had five railway stations...
to the South. The East of Salterbeck is where most of the ex-council houses have been bought and is now largely a private residential area. Also Eastern Salterbeck is one of the most popular places to live in Workington as house prices there are high.
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. ACE also runs landscaping and decorating teams which have corporate contracts as well as with private individuals.
To the centre of Salterbeck is a big field which is known to the locals as "the back field". It has rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
and football pitches where the local amateur rugby league team Salterbeck Storm and Salterbeck FC, Salterbeck Utd and the Oval FC play. Salterbeck Storm is run by ex Salterbeck resident Vince McNicholas.
Amenities
- Sunnies (Chinese) Salterbeck Road North,
- The Best (Takeaway) Salterbeck Road North,
- Top Shops General Store (Shop) Coronation Drive,
- Viva Hair Studio (Hair & Beauty Salon) Coronation Drive,
- General Shop (Shop) Salterbeck Road North,
- The Oval Gym (Gym and Fitness Centre) Oval Centre, Salterbeck Drive,
- Youth Centre (Youth Centre and Computer Club) Oval Centre, Salterbeck Drive,
- The Oval Cafe, Oval Centre, Salterbeck Drive (eat in and take away)
- The Oval All Weather Pitch, Oval Centre, Salterbeck Drive