Location and Access

The Port of Workington is on the east side of the Solway Firth at the mouth of the River Derwent, offering direct seaward access to the Irish Sea. On the landward side, Workington is connected via the A66 trunk road to the M6 motorway and so to the main business and industrial centres in Scotland and the heart of England. The main regional centre of Carlisle is 48km (30 miles) away by road.

Workington also enjoys good rail connections. All berths at the port are rail-served, and the port authority operates its own locomotives on the port's extensive internal rail system. With the establishment of the Rail Freight Container Terminal at the port, rail is playing an increasingly important role in the transport of cargo in the region. The town is served by a rail station, which provides a regular passenger service to Carlisle (50 mins) whence Intercity passenger services and sleeper services are available to most major centres in the UK.