St Helens Dental Surgery Ltd
St. Helens Dental Practice, Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9NQ
No NHS status listed on nhs.uk (checked 2026-08-29)
Dentist Aspatria
There is no dental practice in Aspatria — nhs.uk's find-a-dentist service lists none in the town. Here's where the nearest tracked practices actually are, and the urgent route that works from Aspatria regardless.
Aspatria sits on the A596 between Maryport and Wigton — Maryport's two practices are ten minutes down the road (one listed as accepting NHS patients at our last check), Wigton's surgery ten minutes the other way, with Cockermouth and Carlisle beyond.
The nearest practices to Aspatria
Distances are straight-line, labelled approx. — roads in this county bend.
approx. 7 miles · Cockermouth
approx. 7 miles · Cockermouth
Derwent Dental Care
Top Floor, Derwent House, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0HS
No NHS status listed on nhs.uk (checked 2026-08-29)
approx. 7 miles · Maryport
Bridge Street Partnership
Bridge Street Dental Practice, Bridge Street, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8AE
nhs.uk reports: Accepting NHS patients (2026-08-29)
approx. 7 miles · Maryport
Maryport Dental Care Centre
Broadside House, Irish Street, Maryport, CA15 8AD
No NHS status listed on nhs.uk (checked 2026-08-29)
approx. 8 miles · Wigton
The Dental Surgery, Wigton
Half Moon Lane, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9BF
No NHS status listed on nhs.uk (checked 2026-08-29)
Emergency dentist in Aspatria
Call North Cumbria Dental Direct on 01228 603900.
Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm. This is the booking line for the urgent dental access centres — you do not need to be registered with a dentist.
Outside those hours, call 111 — free, 24 hours.
NHS 111 triages dental problems around the clock, and is the out-of-hours route in both halves of the county.
Urgent NHS treatment costs £27.90 — one charge, whatever the urgent treatment is.
Where the centres are
Carlisle Urgent Dental Access Centre
Cumbria Health — 4 Wavell Drive, Carlisle CA1 2SE
Whitehaven Urgent Dental Access Centre
S J Smith & Associates — 3 Scotch Street, Whitehaven CA28 7BL
9am–5pm Monday to Friday
Neither centre provides routine dental care — they deal with the urgent problem and send you back to a general practice for anything else.
The Whitehaven centre is hosted at S J Smith & Associates, which is also a general practice in this register. Being seen there urgently is not the same as being taken on as an NHS patient.
Why so few NHS dentists?
NHS dental contracts fund a fixed amount of treatment per year — commissioned to cover roughly 60% of the population, stretching to nearer 50% with post-Covid demand — and none of that funding lands in Aspatria itself. When a nearby practice has delivered its contracted activity, its NHS list closes regardless of demand. Source: NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB, dentistry pages.
What a dentist costs
NHS charges are national — the same at every practice above. Work out yours with the NHS charge calculator.
| Treatment | NHS | Private guide range |
|---|---|---|
| Check-up | Band 1 · £27.90 | £45–£61 |
| White filling | Band 2 · £76.60 | from £170 |
| Root canal | Band 2 · £76.60 | from £435 |
| Crown | Band 3 · £332.10 | from £265 |
| Dentures | Band 3 · £332.10 | from £420 |
NHS charges: 2026–27 statutory statement (HCWS1392). Private guide ranges: published Carlisle-area price lists, per-source detail in config.