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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div>St Bees Head</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_relief_map_Borough_of_Copeland.svg" title="File:Location relief map Borough of Copeland.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location in Copeland Borough</div></div></div> <p><b>St Bees Head</b> is a headland on the North West coast of the English county of <a href="/wiki/Cumbria" title="Cumbria">Cumbria</a> and is named after the nearby village of <a href="/wiki/St_Bees" title="St Bees">St Bees</a>. </p><p>It is the only stretch of <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Heritage Coast">Heritage Coast</a> on the English coastline between the Welsh and Scottish borders, and is a <a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a>. The sea off the Head is protected as part of the <a href="/wiki/Cumbria_Coast" title="Cumbria Coast">Cumbria Coast Marine Conservation Zone</a>. It lies on two <a href="/wiki/Long-distance_footpaths" class="mw-redirect" title="Long-distance footpaths">long-distance footpaths</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cumbria_Coastal_Way" title="Cumbria Coastal Way">Cumbria Coastal Way</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Wainwright" title="Alfred Wainwright">Alfred Wainwright</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_Walk" title="Coast to Coast Walk">Coast to Coast Walk</a>. Both long-distance footpaths follow the edge of the cliffs, which rise to 90 metres above sea level and have views of the Cumbrian mountains and coast. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Head">North Head</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Bees_Head&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: North Head"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Bees_North_Head_cliffs.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St_Bees_North_Head_cliffs.JPG/220px-St_Bees_North_Head_cliffs.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St_Bees_North_Head_cliffs.JPG/330px-St_Bees_North_Head_cliffs.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/St_Bees_North_Head_cliffs.JPG/440px-St_Bees_North_Head_cliffs.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption>The North Head</figcaption></figure> <p>The true geographical head is the North Head, which is the most westerly point of <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a> and is the site of <a href="/wiki/St_Bees_Lighthouse" title="St Bees Lighthouse">St Bees Lighthouse</a>. During WW2 a radar station was operated from here, and some of the buildings can still be seen adjacent to the lighthouse. The foghorn building is to the west of the lighthouse, but is now disused. The lighthouse is still operating, but is unmanned. Next to the coastal path north of the lighthouse is Birkhams quarry which is still in use for extracting St Bees sandstone. The rocks on the sea platform at the North Head are now a bouldering area used by climbers, and there are a number of bolted climbing routes on the cliff itself. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bird_reserve">Bird reserve</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Bees_Head&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bird reserve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/St_Bees_Head_RSPB_reserve" title="St Bees Head RSPB reserve">St Bees Head RSPB reserve</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guillemots_at_St_Bees_Head.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Guillemots_at_St_Bees_Head.jpg/220px-Guillemots_at_St_Bees_Head.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Guillemots_at_St_Bees_Head.jpg/330px-Guillemots_at_St_Bees_Head.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Guillemots_at_St_Bees_Head.jpg/440px-Guillemots_at_St_Bees_Head.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Guillemots on the North Head</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Protection_of_Birds" title="Royal Society for the Protection of Birds">RSPB</a> maintains a reserve, which includes <a href="/wiki/Black-legged_kittiwake" title="Black-legged kittiwake">kittiwakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_fulmar" title="Northern fulmar">fulmars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_guillemot" class="mw-redirect" title="Common guillemot">guillemots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Razorbill" title="Razorbill">razorbills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_cormorant" title="Great cormorant">cormorants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_puffin" title="Atlantic puffin">puffins</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_shag" title="European shag">shags</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_herring_gull" title="European herring gull">herring gulls</a>. It is the only breeding place in England for <a href="/wiki/Black_guillemot" title="Black guillemot">black guillemots</a>. Several other birds are known to use this site regularly for breeding and these include the tawny owl, <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_sparrowhawk" title="Eurasian sparrowhawk">sparrowhawk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peregrine_falcon" title="Peregrine falcon">peregrine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_raven" title="Common raven">raven</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_rock_pipit" title="European rock pipit">rock pipit</a>, which is known to breed in only one other site in Cumbria. There are observation stations on the North Head footpath. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_Head">South Head</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Bees_Head&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: South Head"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The South Head is known locally as "Tomlin" and dominates the long sandy St Bees Beach. At the top of the footpath from St Bees are the remains of the coastguard lookout. This now has a viewing table in its ruins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleswick_Bay">Fleswick Bay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Bees_Head&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fleswick Bay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between the two headlands is Fleswick Bay. This is accessible only on foot or from the sea, and consists of a shingle beach on a wave-cut platform bounded by high sandstone cliffs. The Coast to Coast Walk descends to the bay en route to the North Head. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora">Flora</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Bees_Head&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limonium_perezii_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Limonium_perezii_3.jpg/220px-Limonium_perezii_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Limonium_perezii_3.jpg/330px-Limonium_perezii_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Limonium_perezii_3.jpg/440px-Limonium_perezii_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1390" /></a><figcaption>Sea Lavender</figcaption></figure> <p>The rugged cliff face supports diverse flora mainly due to the nature of the rock formations. Species found lower down are sea pink or thrift (<i><a href="/wiki/Armeria_maritima" title="Armeria maritima">Armeria maritima</a></i>), common scurvygrass (<i><a href="/wiki/Cochlearia_officinalis" title="Cochlearia officinalis">Cochlearia officinalis</a></i>), sea campion (<i><a href="/wiki/Silene_uniflora" title="Silene uniflora">Silene uniflora</a></i>), sea spleenwort (<i><a href="/wiki/Asplenium_marinum" title="Asplenium marinum">Asplenium marinum</a></i>), <a href="/wiki/Rock_samphire" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock samphire">rock samphire</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Crithmum_maritimum" class="mw-redirect" title="Crithmum maritimum">Crithmum maritimum</a></i>) and the rare rock sea lavender (<i><a href="/wiki/Limonium_binervosum" title="Limonium binervosum">Limonium binervosum</a></i>). Near the cliff top is bloody cranesbill (<i><a href="/wiki/Geranium_sanguineum" title="Geranium sanguineum">Geranium sanguineum</a></i>) wood vetch (<i><a href="/wiki/Vicia_sylvatica" title="Vicia sylvatica">Vicia sylvatica</a></i>), orpine (<i><a href="/wiki/Sedum_telephium" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedum telephium">Sedum telephium</a></i>) and soft shield-fern (<i><a href="/wiki/Polystichum_setiferum" title="Polystichum setiferum">Polystichum setiferum</a></i>). Along the cliff top, there can be found dyer’s greenweed (<i><a href="/wiki/Genista_tinctoria" title="Genista tinctoria">Genista tinctoria</a></i>), western gorse (<i><a href="/wiki/Ulex_gallii" title="Ulex gallii">Ulex gallii</a></i>), heather (<i><a href="/wiki/Calluna_vulgaris" class="mw-redirect" title="Calluna vulgaris">Calluna vulgaris</a></i>) and bracken (<i><a href="/wiki/Pteridium_aquilinum" title="Pteridium aquilinum">Pteridium aquilinum</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-st_b_sssi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st_b_sssi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_features">Physical features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Bees_Head&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Physical features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cliffs are composed of a red <a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">Permian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a> sandstone about 200 Million years old. St Bees sandstone was created by water-borne sand and has a very small grain size, making it a very workable stone still much in demand for building. The mica in the stone gives it a sparkling effect. St Bees sandstone occurs as far north as <a href="/wiki/Brampton,_Carlisle" title="Brampton, Carlisle">Brampton</a>, but it is named after its most prominent outcrop here at St Bees. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/SSSI" class="mw-redirect" title="SSSI">SSSI</a> citation carries a description of the interesting geological features. On the headland itself is evidence of erosional features, wave cut notch and a <a href="/wiki/Wave-cut_platform" title="Wave-cut platform">wave-cut platform</a>. On St Bees Beach to the south to lessen the effects of <a href="/wiki/Longshore_drift" title="Longshore drift">longshore drift</a>, a row of nine <a href="/wiki/Groyne" title="Groyne">groynes</a> have been put in place. Further south, St Bees Beach is backed by small mud cliffs which are a common place to study the <a href="/wiki/Glacial_moraines" class="mw-redirect" title="Glacial moraines">glacial moraines</a> that formed them.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The shingle both at St Bees and Fleswick bay show a huge variety of glacier-borne stones.<sup id="cite_ref-st_b_sssi_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st_b_sssi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Bees_Head&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 186px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fleswick_bay_from_the_St_Bees_path.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The North Head and Fleswick Bay seen from the St Bees path"><img alt="The North Head and Fleswick Bay seen from the St Bees path" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Fleswick_bay_from_the_St_Bees_path.jpg/276px-Fleswick_bay_from_the_St_Bees_path.jpg" decoding="async" width="184" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Fleswick_bay_from_the_St_Bees_path.jpg/414px-Fleswick_bay_from_the_St_Bees_path.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Fleswick_bay_from_the_St_Bees_path.jpg/552px-Fleswick_bay_from_the_St_Bees_path.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3841" data-file-height="2507" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The North Head and <a href="/wiki/Fleswick_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleswick Bay">Fleswick Bay</a> seen from the St Bees path</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fleswick_bay_St_Bees_head.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Fleswick Bay, looking south"><img alt="Fleswick Bay, looking south" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fleswick_bay_St_Bees_head.JPG/241px-Fleswick_bay_St_Bees_head.JPG" decoding="async" width="161" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fleswick_bay_St_Bees_head.JPG/361px-Fleswick_bay_St_Bees_head.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fleswick_bay_St_Bees_head.JPG/481px-Fleswick_bay_St_Bees_head.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fleswick Bay, looking south</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_cliffs_at_Fleswick_bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The north end of Fleswick Bay"><img alt="The north end of Fleswick Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/North_cliffs_at_Fleswick_bay.jpg/240px-North_cliffs_at_Fleswick_bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/North_cliffs_at_Fleswick_bay.jpg/360px-North_cliffs_at_Fleswick_bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/North_cliffs_at_Fleswick_bay.jpg/480px-North_cliffs_at_Fleswick_bay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The north end of Fleswick Bay</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isle_of_Man_seen_from_Fleswick_bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Isle of Man seen from Fleswick Bay"><img alt="The Isle of Man seen from Fleswick Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Isle_of_Man_seen_from_Fleswick_bay.jpg/240px-Isle_of_Man_seen_from_Fleswick_bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Isle_of_Man_seen_from_Fleswick_bay.jpg/360px-Isle_of_Man_seen_from_Fleswick_bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Isle_of_Man_seen_from_Fleswick_bay.jpg/480px-Isle_of_Man_seen_from_Fleswick_bay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> seen from Fleswick Bay</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_bees_head_fleswick_bay_wave_cut_platform.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Wave-cut platform at Fleswick Bay"><img alt="Wave-cut platform at Fleswick Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/St_bees_head_fleswick_bay_wave_cut_platform.JPG/241px-St_bees_head_fleswick_bay_wave_cut_platform.JPG" decoding="async" width="161" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/St_bees_head_fleswick_bay_wave_cut_platform.JPG/361px-St_bees_head_fleswick_bay_wave_cut_platform.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/St_bees_head_fleswick_bay_wave_cut_platform.JPG/481px-St_bees_head_fleswick_bay_wave_cut_platform.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wave-cut platform at Fleswick Bay</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fleswick_cave.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A cave at Fleswick Bay"><img alt="A cave at Fleswick Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fleswick_cave.JPG/240px-Fleswick_cave.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fleswick_cave.JPG/360px-Fleswick_cave.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fleswick_cave.JPG/480px-Fleswick_cave.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A cave at Fleswick Bay</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 158px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 156px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sandstone_Cliff_Formation_at_Fleswick_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_77300.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sandstone cliff formation at Fleswick Bay"><img alt="Sandstone cliff formation at Fleswick Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sandstone_Cliff_Formation_at_Fleswick_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_77300.jpg/234px-Sandstone_Cliff_Formation_at_Fleswick_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_77300.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sandstone_Cliff_Formation_at_Fleswick_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_77300.jpg/351px-Sandstone_Cliff_Formation_at_Fleswick_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_77300.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sandstone_Cliff_Formation_at_Fleswick_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_77300.jpg/468px-Sandstone_Cliff_Formation_at_Fleswick_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_77300.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="492" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sandstone cliff formation at Fleswick Bay</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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