Best walks to or from St Bees
Cumberland · North of England | Walks by train
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at St Bees Station.
St Bees Station to Whitehaven Station
A quiet, scenic walk through an RSPB nature reserve with a lot of climbing and descending.
Tough: steep ascents. 12km.
A lot of climbing and descending.
Lunch: No settlements in between.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Braystones Station to St Bees Station
Mainly a clifftop walk with quite a lot of climbing.
Tough: steep ascents. 8km.
Quite a lot of climbing.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
St Bees Station Circular via St Bees Head
Clifftop circular over the dramatic sandstone headland of St Bees Head, start of the Coast to Coast Walk, and the medieval St Bees Priory.
5km. 1h30.
Steep section on the cliff path. The footpath to the priory churchyard can be muddy; Station Road is an alternative.
Highlights: St Bees Head (A dramatic sandstone headland of two promontories split by the secluded cove of Fleswick Bay, marking the start of Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast walk) and St Bees Priory (A medieval priory church set beside the Priory Paddock wildflower garden).