Editing Workington (section)

{{Short description|Coastal town in Cumbria, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|54.6365|-3.5549|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|official_name = Workington
| population               = 25,448
| population_ref           = (Parish, 2021)<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |title=2021 Census Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=31 March 2025}} (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)</ref><br>{{nowrap|21,275 (Built up area, 2021)<ref name=bua>{{cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |website=Census 2021 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>}}
|civil_parish = Workington
| unitary_england           = [[Cumberland (unitary authority)| Cumberland]]
 | lieutenancy_england             = [[Cumbria]]
|region = North West England
|constituency_westminster = [[Whitehaven and Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitehaven and Workington]]
|post_town = WORKINGTON
|postcode_district = CA14
|postcode_area = CA
|dial_code = 01900<br />01946
|os_grid_reference = NX996279
|london_distance = {{convert|259|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} [[Boxing the compass|SE]]
|static_image_name = Workington - Portland Square.jpg
|static_image_caption = Portland Square, 2007
}}
'''Workington''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɜːr|k|ɪ|ŋ|t|ən}} is a coastal town and [[civil parish]] in the [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]] district of [[Cumbria]], England. The town is at the mouth of the [[River Derwent, Cumbria|River Derwent]] on the west coast, {{convert|32|miles|km|0}} south-west of [[Carlisle]] and {{convert|8|miles|km|0}} north-east of [[Whitehaven]]. At the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]] the parish had a population of 25,448 and the built up area had a population of 21,275.