St. Bees, Cumbria - St Bees Head - local postcard c.1980s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  St. Bees Head, St. Bees, Cumbria
• Publisher:  North of England Cancer Research
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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St Bees Head is a headland on the North West coast of the English county of Cumbria and is named after the nearby village of St Bees.

It lies on the Cumbria Coastal Way and Wainwright Coast to Coast long-distance footpaths, it is the only stretch of Heritage Coast on the English coastline between the Welsh and Scottish borders, and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Both long-distance footpaths follow the edge of the cliffs, which rise to 200 ft above sea level, and afford spectacular views of the Cumbrian mountains and coast.

The true geographical head is the North Head, which is the most westerly point of Northern England and is the site of St Bees Lighthouse. 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 very popular bouldering area for climbers and there are a number of bolted climbing routes on the cliff itself.

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.

Between the two headlands is Fleswick Bay. This is accessible only on foot or from the sea, and is a spectacular location consisting 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.

The rugged cliff face supports diverse flora mainly due to the nature of the rock formations. Species found lower down are: sea pink - Thrift armeria maritima, scurvygrass - Cochlaria officinalis, sea campion - Silene maritima, sea spleenwort - Asplenium marinum, rock samphire - Crithmum maritimum and the rare rock sea lavender - Limonium binervosum. Near the cliff top is bloody cranesbill - Geranium sanguineum, Wood vetch - Viccia sylvatica, Orpine - Sedum telephium and soft shield-fern - Polystichum setiferum. Along the cliff top, there can be found Dyer’s greenweed - Genista tinctoria, western gorse - Ulex gallii, heather - Calluna vulgaris and bracken - Pteridium aquilinum.

type=printed

city/ region=st bees

period=post-war (1945 - present)

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100mm)