St Bees
A Cumbrian Coastal Village

Welcome to St Bees - the red sandstone village on the Cumbrian coast

The village of St Bees is just south of St Bees Head, the most westerly point of Cumbria, and 50 miles from the Scottish border. It's a small, friendly community with a population of about 1,800. It has a history going back over 1,000 years and has been a popular holiday destination for over 150 years.

It's well known for the Norman Priory dating from 1120 dedicated to our own Saint Bega (see logo above), for it's 400-year old school, and as the start of the Wainwright "Coast to Coast" Walk.

There is a large sandy beach with a promenade and visitor facilities, and to the north are the towering red sandstone cliffs of St Bees Head; which is the only Heritage Coast between Scotland and Wales and an important RSPB seabird reserve.

St Bees is only a few miles from the Lake District National Park which is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, so it's an ideal base to tour both the Western Lakes and the other attractions on the Cumbrian coast.

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