Walk c103 St Bees Head Lighthouse andd Sandwith from St Bees

This 8¼ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at St Bees Beach & will take about 4½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:1,549ft (472m)
Time:4½hrs
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Route outline for walk c103:

St Bees Beach  -  Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk  -  Pattering Holes  -  South Head  -  Tomlin  -  St Bees Head  -  Fleswick  -  Cloven Barth  -  St Bees Lighthouse  -  North Head  -  Sandwith  -  Townhead  -  Demesne Farm  -  Bell House  -  Stanley  -  Pow Beck  -  Abbey Wood  -  St Bees  -  St Bees Beach



Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, a 306km (190 miles) linear footpath connecting St Bees in Cumbria, England with Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, England. Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk is waymarked by the occasional sign. For more walks that include a section of this trail see Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c103 St Bees Head Lighthouse andd Sandwith from St Bees

In no particular order . . .

The Irish Sea, St Bees

The Irish Sea, St Bees

Photo: Kevin Finn (5)

On South Head, St Bees

On South Head, St Bees

Photo: Kevin Finn (6)

The first climb up South Head, St Bees

The first climb up South Head, St Bees

Photo: Kevin Finn (4)

Sandwith Village

Sandwith Village

Photo: Kevin Finn (15)

Ann Strain, Kevin Finn, Jill Willcockson and Theresa Howard at St Bees at the start of

Ann Strain, Kevin Finn, Jill Willcockson and Theresa Howard at St Bees at the start of

Photo: Kevin Finn (1)

St Bees Head from South Head

St Bees Head from South Head

Photo: Kevin Finn (7)

St Bee's Head

St Bee's Head

Photo: Christine Shepherd (44)

North Head

North Head

Photo: Kevin Finn (12)

St Bees Head from North Head

St Bees Head from North Head

Photo: Kevin Finn (13)

The Irish Sea and South Head, St Bees

The Irish Sea and South Head, St Bees

Photo: Kevin Finn (2)


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