Photo of St Bees, a village in Cumbria, north west England.

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St Bees

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St Bees is a sandstone village behind a long beach on the Cumbrian coast, best known as the start of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk, which sets off from the shore here for Robin Hood’s Bay. North of the beach rise the red cliffs of St Bees Head, an RSPB reserve and the only cliff-nesting seabird colony in north-west England, alive with guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes in spring. The station is right in the village.

More places to visit near St Bees

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.5 km SW · spans 24 counties

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.

Coast to Coast

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

0.9 km W · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of the St Bees Head Heritage Coast, Cumbria, north west England.

St Bees Head

Heritage Coast near St Bees

Cumbria's only sea cliffs, Coast-to-Coast start.

1.1 km W

Photo of Whitehaven Harbour, a landmark in Cumbria, north west England.

Whitehaven Harbour

Landmark near Whitehaven

A Georgian planned harbour on the Cumbrian coast, its old quays and marina recalling the town's trading and mining heyday.

5.9 km N

Photo of The Rum Story, a visitor attraction near Whitehaven, Cumbria, north west England.

The Rum Story

Attraction near Whitehaven

A museum in Whitehaven's old Jefferson wine and rum vaults tracing the town's rum trade, ending in a tasting.

6.3 km N

Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.

Lake District

National Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

7 km NE