St. Bees Beach Seafront

When the tides out there are various pools created in the sand for to kids to play and explore there is no 'dry' sand as such to play on,It has some impressive rock pools full of creatures to explore,Public toilets are in good condition and a cafe that's busy is reasonable for food and snacks.If you look carefully you'll find some really old and in some cases war time graffiti etched into the sandstone around the rock pools,Impressive looking walks up and over big hills too.Car park is large and reasonably priced pay and display HOWEVER just a short walk away coming into the beach area is a car park with £3 all day parking so look out for that.

Beautiful beach, lovely walk along the sea front and the cliffs. Tons of parking. Very clean beach too.

This is our new favourite beach when we visit our mum. It's nice and relaxing, plenty of places to sit. A nice cafe that does takeaway too. Public toilets but the cafe do not mind people using theirs. A good play area for children. Plenty of grassy area for people to sit and have a picnic if they want. We plan on doing a bit of a coastal walk next time we visit. There is a short pebbly section but then it's all sand that's good for sandcastles. Just be mindful of the tide times as it does come in fast. You pay for parking but it is reasonable. We paid £3.50 for 4 hours. We are planning a whole day for our next summer visit.A really lovely place with friendly locals ☺️

Beautiful beach, scenic walk along the cliff path towards the lighthouse. A relaxing place to sit and watch the waves. Good for bird watching.

Even when it was clouds ☁️ it was warm 24-28 July 2023.great just to walk along the beach or the nearby hills.

Lovely beach, but it can be better.Stone beach - I think the tides had risen and covered the sand when we went. Some hills around, play ground for kids, lots of parking around. You can buy ice creams around.

It's a great spot to stop by. It has a stoney beach, so not one for building sandcastles, but there is plenty of space to relax.A large grassy area also if you don't like the beach which has a park for the kids including a zip wire next to the life boat station.There is 1 cafe which does food and drink to eat in or take away.This is also the starting point for the famous Coast 2 Coast walk to Whitby.Large car park which is pay and display and currently (Aug 23) costs £1 per hour which takes card and cash.

So worth visiting and going to do the climb for the views. Beach is wonderful but be careful if you have a physical disability, especially on the stones

It is the start of the famous coast to coast hike that crosses from St Bees to Robin Hood's bay (~120 mile hike). There is a display board talking about the walk and Alfred Wainwright himself, so guess he was associated with St Bees? It is a large bay, which is sandy when the sea goes out making it a lovely walk & great place to walk the dog. The back of the beach has a heavy layer of rock/single that appears to be acting as a sea defence to prevent the earthen cliffs from eroding further. There is a cliff top walk to Whitehaven. You do have to pay for the car park (£2.70 for 2 hrs), but there a re free toilets at the car park too. Given the size of the car park (we visited in Nov 2023) I guess the place gets extremely busy in summer, but there were only a few people on the beach when we visited (which was a gorgeous sunny winters day).

Nice beach. There is sand further in and pabbles on the outer part. Good access with council parking. Good clean toilet nearby. The children really enjoyed playing and swimming. My daughter saw a couple of jelly fish.