Saint Bees Head Light

St Bees Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on near the village of in , England. The cliff-top light is the highest in England at 102 m above sea level.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Cumbria, England
  • Also known as: “St Bees Lighthouse” and “St. Bees Lighthouse”
  • Historically known as: “St. Bees Head Light”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Bees railway station and St Bees Priory.

Railway station
Photo: Sumanah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station serving the village of in , England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Saint Bees Head Light.

Church
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is the parish church of , , in . 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. is situated 2 miles southeast of Saint Bees Head Light.

School
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a co-educational fee-charging school, located in the village of , England. In 1583, it was founded by Edmund Grindal, the Archbishop of Canterbury, as a free grammar school for boys. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Saint Bees Head Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corkickle and Whitehaven.

Suburb
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in , England. It is served by . is situated 3 miles northeast of Saint Bees Head Light.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of , England. It is a port on the north-west coast, and lies 4 miles outside the National Park.

Village
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is a village in , . It is in civil parish and lies on a minor road off the A595, south-east of . In 2018 it had an estimated population of 759. is situated 4 miles east of Saint Bees Head Light.

Saint Bees Head Light

Latitude
54.51365° or 54° 30′ 49″ north
Longitude
-3.63669° or 3° 38′ 12″ west
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
9C6RG977+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 335159009
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
12195351
Wiki­data ID
Q2753066
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Satellite Map

Discover Saint Bees Head Light from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Saint Bees Head Light” goes by many names.
  • French: “phare de St Bees”
  • French: “Phare de St Bees”
  • German: “St Bees Lighthouse”
  • Japanese: “セント・ビーズ灯台”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska St Bees”
  • Russian: “Санкт-Бисский маяк”
  • Russian: “Сент-Бисский маяк”

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