St Bees, Cumbria Weather
About St Bees, Cumbria
St Bees holds the rugged edge of the Cumbrian coastline, where the land meets the Irish Sea in a sharp, salt-crusted communion. It lies 2.6 miles west-north-west of Egremont (from Egremont: bearing 287°T, OS grid NX 970 119), and is situated south-south-east of Sandwith village. The red sandstone cliffs here catch the low afternoon light, glowing with a warmth that seems to defy the biting winds blowing off the water. A short stroll leads to the St Bega Sculpture, a quiet stone sentinel that watches over the path with a gravity inherited from the ancient priory nearby. Below the village, the vast expanse of St Bees Beach stretches out in a mosaic of grey pebbles and dark sand, offering a stark contrast to the verdant fields that roll inland. The air carries the faint, bracing tang of brine, a constant reminder of the volatile tides that have shaped this littoral geography for centuries. Travellers often pause at the Old Coastguard look-out, where the horizon dissolves into a seamless wash of slate and silver. St Bees remains a place of enduring character, defined as much by the restless motion of the sea as by the enduring strength of its weathered stone architecture.
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About This St Bees, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Bees, Cumbria, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for St Bees includes coordinates 54.4922, -3.590319, in the county of Cumbria, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of St Bees is available on the St Bees map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cumbria weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.