Market Place Egremont Partnership
Bupa Dental Care, 9-10 Market Place, Egremont, Cumbria, CA22 2AE
nhs.uk reports: Accepting NHS patients (2026-08-29)
Dentist Cleator Moor
There is no dental practice in Cleator Moor — 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 Cleator Moor regardless.
Cleator Moor sits between Whitehaven and Egremont, and both are minutes away: Egremont's Market Place practice (listed as accepting NHS patients at our last check) and Whitehaven's three surgeries via the A5086/B5295.
The nearest practices to Cleator Moor
Distances are straight-line, labelled approx. — roads in this county bend.
approx. 3 miles · Egremont
approx. 4 miles · Whitehaven
Bupa Dental Care, Whitehaven
Units 3 and 4, Ground Floor, Pears House, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7HW
nhs.uk reports: Accepting NHS patients (2026-08-29)
approx. 4 miles · Whitehaven
Queen Street Dental Clinic
128 Queen Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7QF
No NHS status listed on nhs.uk (checked 2026-08-29)
approx. 4 miles · Whitehaven
S J Smith & Associates
3 Scotch Street, Whitehaven, CA28 7BL
nhs.uk reports: Accepting NHS patients (2026-08-29)
approx. 8 miles · Workington
Bupa Dental Care, Workington
14 Campbell-Savours Way, Washington Square, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 3DZ
nhs.uk reports: Accepting NHS patients (2026-08-29)
Emergency dentist in Cleator Moor
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 Cleator Moor 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.