Maryport Lifeboat Station

Maryport Lifeboat Station, is located on Marine Road at the harbour in Maryport, a town approximately 27 miles (43 km) south-west of Carlisle, sitting just outside the Lake District National Park, and overlooking the Solway Firth on the north-west coast of Cumberland, Cumbria. A lifeboat station was first established at Maryport in 1865, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), but closed in 1949 after 84 years of operation. In 1978, with local support, a lifeboat service was re-established at Maryport, initially known as Maryport Inshore Rescue Boat, now Maryport Rescue, and is housed in the old RNLI boathouse on Marine Road. The station currently operates E-ON Spirit of Maryport, a 9 m (30 ft) Marine Specialist Technology (MST) Rescue 900 Rigid inflatable boat, on station since 2008, and a smaller Zodiac Inflatable boat, Maryport ERB.

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River Ellen

The Ellen is a river in the English county of Cumbria, flowing from Skiddaw in the Northern Fells to the Solway Firth at Maryport. It was historically in the county of Cumberland. It is approximately 25 miles (40.2 km) in length.

Maryport railway station

Maryport railway station serves the coastal town of Maryport in Cumbria, England. It is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Maryport

Maryport is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is on the coast of the Solway Firth and lies at the northern end of the former Cumberland Coalfield. Maryport lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-west of the Lake District National Park. It includes the site of the Roman settlement of Alauna. The modern town was developed from the mid-18th century around a new harbour built at the mouth of the River Ellen. The parish also includes the village of Flimby. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 8,525, while the parish had a population of 10,865.

Alauna (Maryport)

Alauna was a castrum or fort in the Roman province of Britannia. It occupied a coastal site just north of the town of Maryport in the English county of Cumbria (formerly part of Cumberland). It was linked by a Roman road to the Roman fort and settlement at Derventio (Papcastle) to the southeast, and thence by another road northeast to the regional hub of Luguvalium (Carlisle). In 2015 "Maryport's Mystery Monuments" was Research Project of the Year in the British Archaeology Awards.