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Bath
Open Fire / Woodburner
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Fuel and Power Included
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Parking
Garden
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Bath
Open Fire / Woodburner
Dishwasher... more
Still the largest town on the Cumbrian coast with a population of about 35,000, Workington was once an industrial centre of major importance, producing the twin needs of the great industrial age coal and steel. It was here that the Bessemer steel process was first put into practice. According to locals one of its industries was of truly global importance: it is said that the steel rails made in Workington and used in laying railway tracks worldwide “held the world togetherâ€. Workington’s history started long before the industrial revolution: there was a Roman fort, Gabrosentum, to the north of the present town, as befitted a port of some significance, sitting at the mouth of the River Derwent, once a major transport route.
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