Day 3 - Whitehaven

We caught the bus to Whitehaven this morning.  There was a very cold, strong wind but we had a fair bit of sunshine until early afternoon when showers started.  Whitehaven could be a lovely town if it was maintained a bit better.  The marina area is very nice with lots of historic buildings.  The town has a lot of lovely old buildings and modern statues but many shops have shut down and just left empty or boarded up and others really need to be painted or repaired. 

St Nicholas Church

St Nicholas Church graveyard.  Each stone is a grave with a huge flowered crammed with pansies and wallflowers

The marina

'End of an Era' statue at the marina

Public seating area over the marina

St Bees Head 

Seafront looking north

One of many pebble pavement artworks in King Street.

King Street, main shopping street

Seating area with statue

Market Hall


After a rest back at the hotel, we drove into St Bees village and had a walk along the main street.  From what we could see, there is just one shop (post office and general store) and at least 4 pubs.  There are a lot of roadworks works going on for a major resurfacing project and one workman told us we couldn't have picked a worse time to visit.  There are some nice old houses in the village.  It would be good to return when it is finished. 


Pretty cottage in the main street

Old houses with high steps

Houses in side street with views of patchwork fields.



View down to the sea from St Bees village

St Bees Station signal box - manned and operating the gates.

St Bees Station


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