The village of St Bees is just south of St Bees Head, the most westerly point of Cumbria, on the coastal strip between the Lakeland fells and the Irish Sea. 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 its Norman Priory dating from 1120 dedicated to our own Saint Bega, who is said to have landed here from Ireland in AD 850. Also 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 English Lake District National Park, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, and it's an ideal base to tour both the Western Lakes and the other attractions on the Cumbrian coast.

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External links

For latest news and events see the St Bees community facebook page

Click here for live train arrival/departures at St Bees Station

For parish council briefing brochure see Welcome to St Bees

Defibrillator locations Click here to see locations and map

 

St Bees Remembers: 1918 - 2018   Wreath laying 11/11/2018 ---------------- See the time lapse of the sea covering the "Names in the sand" on Remembrance Day 2018 here   Click here to visit our pages on Village and School war memorials and biographies of the fallen

Rail travel update The New timetable can be Seen here --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The West Cumberland Railway Museum 24 Main Street, St Bees.This is a private museum, closed for winter. open one week every month spring to autumn. Click here for the Museum's Facebook page for opening times General enquiries and group bookings outside of normal opening times to; petergrooke@btinternet.com

St Bees Independent School St Bees School closed temporarily to pupils in 2015, but re-opened in September 2018. See the website of the school here

Village in Bloom Village in Bloom - If you would like to help the small band of volunteers which every year makes the village look marvellous, please contact Eileen Todd on 822522

Stormy Weather Winter storms - click here to see video of storm at Seamill

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