Whitehaven is the primary business location for the UK’s nuclear industry and is rapidly developing into a global centre of excellence.
Description
Sir Christopher Harding House is a modern two storey detached office block developed in 2001. It is of steel frame construction with brick elevations and over clad steel panels and a shallow pitched roof.
Internally the building provides double glazed windows, an 8-person passenger lift, CAT II lighting, raised floors, integral ducted air conditioning and gas fired central
heating throughout. There are male and female WC’s on each floor and a disabled WC on the first floor.
The building has recently benefitted from an M+E overhaul with one of the chillers being replaced.
There is a surface level car park with 275 spaces, which provides an excellent parking ratio of 1:165 sq ft.
Location
Whitehaven lies approximately 40 miles (64 km) south west of Carlisle, 45 miles (72 km) west of Penrith, and 45 miles (72 km) north of Barrow-in-Furness.
The town is intersected by the A595 which provides access to Workington and Carlisle to the north and the Sellafield Nuclear Site to asouth. The M6 Motorway is approximately 40 miles (64 km) to the east, and accessed via the A66.
The town is connected to the national railway network with regular services to Carlisle, Workington and Barrow-in-Furness and regular services to London Euston can be made via Carlisle.
