The Area

Tarn Flatt cottage has a cliff-top location on St Bees Head Heritage Coast. Panoramic views of the Solway and the Scottish coastline. Quiet location close to the historic port of Whitehaven. (See the St. Bees Virtual Tour)

There is a superb website dedicated to St. Bees that will tell you more about the area (View stbees.org.uk)

Tarn Flatt is a working farm which also includes St Bees lighthouse, RSPB bird reserve on the 100 metre cliffs and access to Fleswick Bay a secluded single cove. There is also climbing, and boulders at the base of the cliff are superb. The area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. St Bees with its sandy beach is 3 miles away or can be easily reached along the coastal path, which is part of the famous Coast to Coast walk.

Other places of interest close by are Muncaster castle, Ravenglass and Eskdale miniature railway, The Lakes of Ennerdale, Loweswater, Crummock, Buttermere and the valleys of Eskdale and Wasdale are waiting to be explored including the romanfort of Hardnott and the bathhouse at Ravenglass.