St Bees Head
St Bees Head is a headland on the North West coast of the English county of Cumbria and is named after the nearby village of St Bees. It is the only stretch of Heritage Coast on the English coastline between the Welsh and Scottish borders, and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Bees Head Light and St Bees Priory.
Saint Bees Head Light
Lighthouse
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St Bees Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on St Bees Head near the village of St Bees in Cumbria, England. The cliff-top light is the highest in England at 102 m above sea level.
St Bees Priory
Church
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St Bees Priory is the parish church of St Bees, Cumbria, in England. There is evidence of a pre-Norman religious site, on which a Benedictine priory was founded by the first Norman Lord of Egremont William Meschin. St Bees Priory is situated 2½ miles southeast of St Bees Head.
St Bees School
School
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St Bees School is a co-educational fee-charging school, located in the West Cumbrian village of St Bees, England. In 1583, it was founded by Edmund Grindal, the Archbishop of Canterbury, as a free grammar school for boys. St Bees School is situated 2½ miles southeast of St Bees Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corkickle and Whitehaven.
Corkickle
Suburb
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Corkickle is a suburb of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England. It is served by Corkickle railway station. Corkickle is situated 3 miles northeast of St Bees Head.
Whitehaven
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Whitehaven is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is a port on the north-west coast, and lies 4 miles outside the Lake District National Park.
Moor Row
Village
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Moor Row is a village in Cumbria, North West England. It is in Egremont civil parish and lies on a minor road off the A595, south-east of Whitehaven. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 759. Moor Row is situated 4 miles east of St Bees Head.
St Bees Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: St. Bees, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“St Bees Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “St. Bees Head”
- German: “St Bees Head”
- Japanese: “セント・ビーズ・ヘッド”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Bees Head”
- Russian: “Санкт-Бис”
- Russian: “Сент-Бис”
- Swedish: “St. Bees Head”
- Welsh: “Pentir St Bees”
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