St Bees
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![St Bees Priory: The Norman west door](/Images/godic/202502/13/St_Bees_Priory_westdoor_evening_sun2547.jpg")
![St Bees Priory](/Images/godic/202502/13/St_Bees_Priory_west_autumn_sun2547.jpg")
![St. Bees School](/Images/godic/202502/13/St_bees_school_quad2547.jpg")
St Bees is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Copeland district of Cumbria on the Irish Sea coast just south of St. Bees Head, the most westerly point of Northern England.
St Bees has a Norman priory, an Elizabethan school and is a popular holiday destination. The Wainwright Coast to Coast Walk starts from the north end of St Bees Bay which is within easy walking distance of the main village centre.