Towns & cities · North West England
St Bees
St Bees — village and civil parish in Cumbria, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- St Bees · 0.1 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
St Bees is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 1,663 people. Address: CA27. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Cumbria, UK". Coordinates: 54.4917°, -3.5899°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: St. Bees Head SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St Bees is a coastal village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England, on the Irish Sea. Within the parish is St Bees Head which is the only Heritage Coast between Wales and Scotland and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Headland is also an RSPB bird reserve which is the only cliff-nesting seabird colony in north-west England. St Bees Lighthouse stands on the North Head which is the most westerly point of Northern England. St Bees is a popular holiday destination due to the coastline and proximity to the Western Lake District. In the village there is St Bees Priory dating from 1120, and St Bees School founded in 1583. The Wainwright Coast to Coast Walk starts from St Bees and the National Trail, the England Coast Path, runs along the coast. It has a railway station served by the Cumbrian Coast Line.
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Background
History
Evidence of Mesolithic and Bronze Age habitation has been found in St Bees, but nothing of the Roman occupation, even though St Bees Head would have been a prominent observation point. The name St Bees is a corruption of the Norse name for the village, which is given in the earliest charter of the Priory as "Kyrkeby becok", which can be translated as the "Church town of Bega", relating to the local Saint Bega. She was said to be an Irish princess who fled across the Irish Sea in the ninth century to St Bees to avoid an enforced marriage. Carved stones at the priory show that Irish-Norse Vikings settled here in the tenth century. ]] The Normans did not reach Cumberland until 1092, and when…
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- Coordinates
- 54.4917, -3.5899
- District
- Cumberland
- Parish
- St. Bees
- Postcode
- CA27
- Parliamentary constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Population
- 1,663
- Nearest railway station
- St Bees — 0.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1017068 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Bees (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Bees village panorama.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Bees?
- St Bees is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode CA27), in the parish of St. Bees.
- Is St Bees a protected site?
- Yes — St Bees is part of the St. Bees Head SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is St Bees free to visit?
- Yes, St Bees is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Bees?
- The nearest railway station is St Bees, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA27.