2019/20 FREE ...to the Coast Area of Outstanding Front Cover

Natural Beauty. This year’s winning photograph was taken by Embleton Our much-loved annual visitor guide to the photographer, Andy Craig. Northumberland Coast AONB is now in a www.Northumberland360.com handy magazine format. With 48 pages full of features and useful information to help you Since we published our first Visitor discover this stunning part of the world, you’ll Guide way back in 2010, we’ve run be able to make the most of your visit in your a competition to find the front cover own way and at your own pace. image for the following year’s guide.

Last year saw us celebrate 60 years of our This year, the judges were looking for designation with a series of events to mark an image that not only summed up the special anniversary. It gave people the what the AONB ‘means’ to so many, chance to share their energy and enthusiasm but also one that would work with the

Welcome... for the area whilst helping us focus on how new A4 format of our Visitor Guide. we can all preserve the AONB in years to The perspective of Andy’s photograph come. Our front cover photo reminds us how along the beach towards Dunstanburgh to do this: Castle, with its human and canine footprints, met that brief perfectly. ‘Take only photos, leave only footprints’. Andy said: “This photograph summarises what Northumberland means to me. A quiet beach at sunrise with my footprints leaving their trail beside Daisy’s paw prints ... I have seen Cllr Jeff Watson many such sunrises and I try to find Chair of the something unique to photograph every Northumberland Coast day so I can share those moments on AONB Partnership my blog. This beautiful and fragile coast, that is so well protected by its status as Photo Credits: Ian Kille, Claire Thorburn, an AONB, is my inspiration”. Iain Robson, Gavin Duthie, Andy Craig, David Feige, Grace Darling Museum The runner up was Margaret Whittaker. Highly commended was awarded to Published by Norma McKellar. Their images can be viewed on our website, along with the terms and conditions for next year’s photographic competition: Offstone Publishing, Unit 1, Bearl Farm, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7AL. 01661 844 115 www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org [email protected]

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Beadnell Bay

The Northumberland Coast Area of further protection because of the rarity of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) their features; even the shallow seas have covers an area of 138 sq km along 64km been designated a European Marine Site of the coastline between Berwick-upon- because of their outstanding marine wildlife. Tweed and the Coquet Estuary. It contains some of Britain’s most important historic We hope you enjoy your free copy of and cultural sites, and some of the most the Northumberland Coast AONB Visitor dramatic coastal scenery in the country. Guide. If you have any comments or There is solitude on even the sunniest days suggestions, please contact the AONB of summer, contrasting with thriving villages team on 01670 620306 or email with pubs and restaurants which serve [email protected] excellent food. Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, Explore Amidst this striking landscape is the NE61 2EF evidence of an area steeped in history, covering 9,000 years of human activity. It Information contained within this guide is is the home of Christianity in and deemed to be correct at the time of going the capital of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria. to print (February 2019). Every effort has The combination of fertile seas for fishing, been made to ensure that information given flat land for farming and good access for is accurate. Where appropriate, you should transport and trade, all combined with check the information is still valid before strategic locations for attack and defence, making a specific journey or completing has left a fascinating legacy of historic sites. final plans. The Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership accepts no responsibility These historic sites are set within the for loss, injury or inconvenience sustained stunning landscape of wide sandy beaches as a result of information contained in backed by high sand dunes and punctuated this guide. Inclusion in the guide is not a by rocky outcrops. There are internationally recommendation of the AONB Partnership. important sea bird colonies, thousands of birds feeding on the rich mudflats in winter Advertisements are included on a and one of the largest grey seal colonies commercial basis. The AONB Partnership in Britain. The dunes and whinstone cannot therefore hold itself responsible for outcrops are a blaze of colour in spring, the accuracy, quality or suitability of goods and large areas of the AONB receive or services provided.

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The Northumberland coast is a special place. Here are some ways that you can help to keep it special during your visit.

Follow the Countryside Code Respect other people: • Consider the local community and other people enjoying the outdoors Beach clean at Seahouses • Leave gates and property as you find them and follow paths unless wider access is available Turning the tide on beach litter Protect the natural environment: The 2018 Great British Beach Clean • Leave no trace of your visit and take results from the Marine Conservation your litter home Society revealed that in comparison to • Keep dogs under effective control the national picture, the beaches of the Enjoy the outdoors: Northumberland Coast AONB are some of • Plan ahead and be prepared the cleanest in the country. • Follow advice and local signs We mustn’t think we’ve solved the problem Stay local, buy local though and become complacent. We must Your visit to these places can help to all work together to stop litter, especially keep them special – the money you plastics, from getting into the sea and onto spend buying local products and using our beaches in the first place. local services helps to sustain local communities - the communities that What can you do? help to give the countryside its local • Reduce your use of single-use plastics Being a good visitor character. Also, more often than not you and packaging. Take reusable cups and can enjoy these stunning landscapes and water bottles with you. Put your picnic in all they have to offer without having to reusable containers take your car. By supporting local public • Most of the businesses on the coast will transport instead, you’ll do yourself and refill you water bottle for you - to be sure, the countryside the power of good. download the REFILL app. It shows which businesses are happy to give Jump on the bus you a refill Taking the bus is an excellent way of • Always take your litter home or put enjoying the views without having to it in a bin worry about keeping your eyes on the • Join in with a Coast Care beach clean or road. It also helps reduce congestion if there isn’t one near you, pick up some and parking problems, and opens up the litter from the beach when you visit possibility of some fantastic linear walks. www.coast-care.co.uk • Take a reusable bag with you to the shops Working with Arriva North East, we’ve • Reuse - can other people make use of created a new sightseeing tour on the things you’ve bought for your holiday, the Coast and Castles X18 bus which like a leaflet or a site guide for instance … provides a guided commentary to help even this visitor guide? people learn more about the heritage • Recycle - for more information on of the beautiful landscape through recycling in Northumberland, visit which they are passing. There is also a www.northumberland.gov.uk/waste collection of journey planners available • Refuse plastic straws, stirrers and cutlery to give visitors all the information they and encourage your accommodation need to easily explore the area by bus. provider to cut out single-use plastics

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Monday 8 April Saturday 18 May Wednesday 5 June Pollinators - crafts and bug hotel Introduction to Wildflowers - ID Pipes and Fiddle - Summer at Window on Wild Lindisfarne. workshop at Hauxley Wildlife Concert, Memorial Hall, Craster, 10am - 12pm. More information on Discovery Centre. Charges apply. 7.30pm. Admission charges apply. 01289 381470 For more information, visit www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk www.nwt.org.uk/events Thursday 11 April Thursday 13 June Family Beach Day - beach clean, Saturday 25 – Monday 27 May Pipes and Fiddle - Summer games, rocky shore rambles Knights’ Tournament at Concert, The Crossman Hall, and more. Meet at Cocklawburn. Warkworth Castle and Holy Island 7.30pm (safe crossing

2019 11am - 3pm. More information on Hermitage. Immerse yourself in 15.20-22.55). Admission charges 01289 381470 medieval life in an encampment apply. www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk where the family can try on Saturday 13 April a knight’s armour. Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 June Dawn Chorus Walk. www.english-heritage.org.uk Big Wild Weekend - walks, trails Events Hauxley Wildlife Discovery and activities for all the family. Centre. Charges apply. Saturday 25 – Monday 27 May Hauxley Wildlife Discovery There’s always lots to do in and www.nwt.org.uk/events The Alnwick Joust at Alnwick Centre. Charges apply. around in the AONB. We can’t Castle - your chance to see For more information, visit list everything, but we’ve tried Friday 19 - Monday 22 April one of medieval Alnwick’s most www.nwt.org.uk/events to give you an idea of some of Woodcraft Workshop and thrilling spectacles as armoured the exciting events happening demonstrations at Bamburgh knights engage in full combat Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 June in 2019. Many of the events Castle. Entry charges apply. For on horseback. Great fun and Alnmouth Arts Festival - enjoy are scheduled more than once, all events at the castle, visit excitement for all the family. more than 70 artists, live music, so make sure you check the www.bamburghcastle.com www.alnwickcastle.com/events/ street food and children’s websites here or contact the the-alnwick-joust workshops. Sponsored by attraction so that you don’t Monday 22 April Northumberland Coast & Country miss anything! Easter Coastal Trail - Easter Saturday 25 - Monday 27 May Cottages Ltd. eggs and rockpooling! No Amble Puffin Festival. Celebrate www.alnmouthartsfestival.co.uk booking required. Meet at everything puffin with a craft March Low Newton Village Green. fair, guided nature walks, bird Monday 17 June 9 February to early March For more information, visit watching, local history talks, Natural Walk - guided walk of the Snowdrop Festival at Howick Hall www.nationaltrust.org.uk arts and crafts, watersports and nature trail. Meet at Window on Gardens. As the garden awakens live music throughout the bank Wild Lindisfarne. 10am - 12pm. from winter, wander through Late April - Late May holiday weekend. More information on huge drifts of snowdrops. Rhododendron Riot at Howick www.amblepuffinfest.co.uk 01289 381470 Entry charges apply. Hall Gardens and Arboretum - 01665 577285. magnolias, rhododendrons Monday 27 May Friday 21 June www.howickhallgardens.com and azaleas provide a Seal Watch. Meet at The Heugh, Summer Solstice Walk - watch riot of spring beauty. Holy Island. 1pm - 3pm. the sunset at Long Nanny and April Entry charges apply. More information on explore woodland at Tughall Mill. 1 April - 3 November 01665 577285. 01289 381470 Booking required. Meet at Now You See Me - a family www.howickhallgardens.com High Newton Car Park. friendly exhibition at Lindisfarne June For more information, visit Castle. Charges may apply. May Sunday 2 June www.nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ Sunday 4 May Shorebirds - crafts at Window on lindisfarne-castle Riding of the Bounds, Berwick- Wild Lindisfarne. 10am - 12pm. Sunday 29 June upon-Tweed. Traditional ride More information on Armed Forces Day, Berwick- Saturday 6 April out to check the ancient 01289 381470 upon-Tweed. Drumhead service Spittal Spring Fair - stalls, boundaries of the town. www. and parade through town and tombola, raffle and refreshments. berwickridersassociation.co.uk Sunday 2 - Sunday 30 June event at the Guidhall. www.spittalisgreat.co.uk Open Gardens at Blagdon Saturday 4 - Monday 6 May Hall, Hedgeley Hall, The Friary, 29 June - 30 August Saturday 6 – Saturday 22 April The Time Bandits - bringing Mindrum House and Crookham Dave the Moneyer - Anglo- Easter Adventure Quest at Belsay history to life. Viking/Saxon Village. Supporting the charity Saxon camp with a forge and a Hall, Castle and Gardens. Join themed weekend. Dress up, Northumberland Hospice Care. workshop to make, mend and the hunt for dragon eggs on this interact and enjoy the fun at Please check website for sell goods and strike your own legendary quest taking place this Bamburgh Castle. Entry charges dates and opening times of mint at Bamburgh Castle. For all Easter holiday. apply. For all events at the castle, all open gardens - events at the castle, visit www.english-heritage.org.uk visit www.bamburghcastle.com www.hospicecare-nn.org.uk www.bamburghcastle.com

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July Monday 22 July September October Thursday 4 July Bees and Butterflies - crafts at Saturday 7 September Wednesday 2 October Lego Artist - workshops in the Window on Wild Lindisfarne. A day of mindfulness at Hauxley Pipes and Fiddle - Late Summer stables - invent, build and create More information on Wildlife Discovery Centre. Concert at The Memorial Hall, at Bamburgh Castle. For all 01289 381470 Charges apply. For more Craster, 7.30pm. Admission events at the castle, visit information, visit charges apply. www.bamburghcastle.com Thursday 25 July - Thursday www.nwt.org.uk/events www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk 30 August Sunday 7 July Summer Holiday Family Fun. Friday 6 - Sunday 8 September Tuesday 8 October BARK dog show and fun day, Every Thursday and Friday. Berwick Food and Beer Festival - Migratory Bird Watch, Budle Bay Berwick-upon-Tweed. A fun day Hauxley Wildlife Discovery enjoy a feast of culture, heritage, white railings. 10am - 12pm. More out for all the family, Castle Hills Centre. Charges apply. and food and drink. www. Information on 01289 381470 Farm. 01289 306299 For more information, visit berwickfoodandbeerfestival. www.nwt.org.uk/events co.uk Saturday 12 October Sunday 7 July Spittal Autumn Fête, St Paul’s Armstrong Siddeley Collection of August Saturday 14 September Church Hall. Stalls, tombola, vehicles. Bamburgh Castle. For Thursday 1 August Beach Clean - North Shore, raffle and refreshments. all events at the castle, visit Meet the first Lord Armstrong at Holy Island. Meet at the Snook www.spittalisgreat.co.uk www.bamburghcastle.com Bamburgh Castle and hear about Car Park. 10am - 12pm. his restoration plans! For all More information on Thursday 17 - Sunday Wednesday 10 July events at the castle, visit 01289 381470. 20 October Curfew Fun Run - aim to beat the www.bamburghcastle.com Berwick Literary Festival - the time it takes the curfew bell to Friday 13 - Sunday small, friendly book festival in an toll! The Parade, Berwick-upon- Monday 5 August 15 September historic walled town. Tweed. www.tweedstriders.org Rocky Shore - morning crafts, Heritage Open Days - England’s www.berwickliteraryfestival.com afternoon rockpooling at Window largest festival of heritage and Wednesday 10 July on Wild Lindisfarne. 11am - 12pm; culture. Free. Various attractions Monday 28 October Pipes and Fiddle - Summer 1pm - 3pm. More information on throughout the country - check Mini pony hire, themed cart concert, The Pavilion, Bamburgh 01289 381470 the website for details of events rides and caring for your pony. 7.30pm. Admission charges. in our region. Bamburgh Castle. For all events www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk Thursday 8 August www.heritageopendays.org.uk at the castle, visit Pipes and Fiddle - Late www.bamburghcastle.com Saturday 13 July Summer Concert, St. Mary’s Thursday 19 - Sunday Introduction to Moths and Church, Low Newton, 7.30pm. 22 September Thursday 31 October moth trapping. Hauxley Wildlife Admission charges apply. Berwick Film and Media Arts Hallowe’en Bats and Bones Discovery Centre. Charges apply. www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk Festival - the UK’s leading - crafts at Window on Wild For more information, visit festival for new cinema and Lindisfarne. 10am - 12pm. More www.nwt.org.uk/events Wednesday 14 August artists’ moving image. information on 01289 381470 Pipes and Fiddle - Late www.bfmaf.org Sunday 14 July Summer Concert, St. Aidan’s December Tea in the Park - music and Church, Bamburgh, 7.30pm. Tuesday 24 September Sunday 8 December entertainment. Seafield Park, Admission charges apply. Pipes and Fiddle - Late Summer Berwick Rotary Dickensian Spittal. www.spittalisgreat.co.uk www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk Concert, The Crossman Hall, Christmas Market, Marygate. Holy Island 3.00pm (safe Christmas Market with stalls, Thursday 18 July Thursday 22 August crossing 13.30-22.05). entertainment, refreshments Mouth of the Tweed Festival - Pipes and Fiddle - Late Summer Admission charges apply. and Santa! www.facebook.com/ local producers’ market, activities Concert, The Crossman www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk berwickrotary and displays. The Quayside, Hall, Holy Island 3.00pm Berwick-upon-Tweed. (safe crossing 10.25-18.20). Late September - mid November Sunday 15 December www.mouthofthetweed.co.uk Admission charges apply. Brilliant Autumn Colour at Howick Christmas wreath making at www.pipesandfiddle.co.uk Hall Gardens. Hauxley Wildlife Discovery Saturday 20 – Wednesday 24 July Roses are red, birches are yellow, Centre. Charges apply. Wizarding Week at Alnwick Saturday 24 – Saturday 31 Aug vines are purple, berries are ripe For more information, visit Castle: Put on your best robes, Wizarding Week at Alnwick and the cercidiphyllums smell www.nwt.org.uk/events summon your wand and join Castle: Put on your robes and like cinder toffee! wizarding professors for a join wizarding professors for a Enjoy the season at Howick Hall Thursday 26 December magical week. Inspired by the magical week. Inspired by the Gardens and Arboretum. Boxing Day Dip, Spittal Beach. enchanting world of Harry Potter. enchanting world of Harry Potter. Entry charges apply. Annual dip in the for www.alnwickcastle.com/events/ www.alnwickcastle.com/events/ 01665 577285. charity. wizarding-week wizarding-week www.howickhallgardens.com www.visitberwick.com

7 We want the Northumberland Coast to be a place where everyone can choose to go and where it’s easy and enjoyable to do so.

We hope that this page will provide you and there will be areas that are inaccessible. with a range of information that will help you However, Bamburgh Castle offers a virtual plan your visit. If you require assistance with tour for those who cannot access all areas. any accessibility issue, one of our Tourist There are also a limited number of spaces Information Centres will be able to help you. available within the castle grounds for any visitor who is unable to walk up the hill to Every accommodation and attraction that the castle from the main car park. has been assessed by VisitEngland has an Access Statement, designed to give disabled If you would like to see wildlife along the travellers thorough information on where coast, then head to Embleton and Newton they are planning to visit. So if you want to Links. A wide gravel path suitable for know anything, from how many steps lead pushchairs and wheelchairs leads from up to your hotel’s front door to the frequency behind Low Newton Square to the hide at of the local bus service, ask to see the Newton Pool.

Accessibility access statement before you travel. www. Hides at Lindisfarne Nature Reserve visitengland.com/plan-your-visit/access-all also provide visitors with large print information, seats and disabled parking. Things to do: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/embleton-and- There are many accessible walks around newton-links Berwick-upon-Tweed, from Spittal Promenade to the Elizabethan walls that Coquet Shorebase Trust in Amble, just encircle the town. Good surfaces ensure that outside the AONB, has two sites from which they are accessible by wheelchair, buggy or you can experience water based activities. mobility scooter. See p26 for more details. Both sites have excellent accessible and disabled changing and toilet facilities. Find As you would expect with some historic more information at buildings, mobility issues can be a problem www.coquetshorebase.org.uk

Location Opening Dates Opening Times Disabled Radar Charges Facilities Facilities Key Facilities

ALNWICK Shambles 6.30am - 6.30pm Yes Yes Baby change

AMBLE TIC 6am - 6.30pm Yes Yes Baby change Broomhill Sheet Closed Nov-Mar Yes No

BAMBURGH Church Street 24hr Yes Yes 20p Links Car Park Good Friday to end of Sept 24hr Yes Yes

BEADNELL Car Park Good Friday to end of Sept 24hr Yes Yes

BERWICK Eastern Lane 24hr Yes Yes 20p Woolmarket 24hr Yes Yes 20p Castlegate Car Park Yes Yes 20p East Ord Picnic Area Closed Nov-Mar 24hr Magdalene Fields Yes Yes The Promenade 24hr Yes Yes

BOULMER Coastguard Cottage 24hr Yes Yes

CRASTER Tourist Information Centre 24hr Yes Baby change

HAGGERSTON Caravan Park layby on A1 24hr

HOLY ISLAND Green Lane Car Park 24hr Yes Yes Crossgates Closed Nov-Mar

NEWTON BY THE SEA Rear of Ship Inn 24hr Yes No

SEAHOUSES Main Car Park 24hr Yes Yes Baby change - Reduced facilities Oct-Apr

WARKWORTH New Town Car Park Closed Nov-Mar 8am - 5pm Yes No Brewery Lane Closed Nov-Mar 24hr Yes No

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The Tourist Information Centres along the

Northumberland coast Craster Tourist Information Centre are an essential first port Craster of call for getting the most Open 7 days (April - Oct) from your visit. Weekends (Nov - Mar) February half-term holiday 2020 The welcoming staff will be happy to provide Tel: 01665 576007 you with the benefit of their local knowledge, Email: [email protected] advice, free literature, maps and guides to make your visit to our spectacular coast both Seahouses memorable and enjoyable. Open 7 days (April - Oct) Weekends (Nov - Mar) In Seahouses, we can give you an February half-term holiday 2020 insight into the Farne Islands and provide Tel: 01670 625593 information on boat trips and excursions, Email: [email protected] whilst at Craster the staff can give advice on a range of scenic circular walks. All our Alnwick information centres can provide suggested Open 7 days itineraries for days out, public transport Tel: 01670 622152 details, point you in the direction of great Email: [email protected] eating and drinking experiences, tell you about a superb range of places to stay and Berwick assist in planning your onward exploration Open Monday to Saturday of Northumberland and beyond. You Tel: 01670 622155 can also buy tickets, some at discounted Email: [email protected] rates, for a range of attractions, including Bamburgh Castle, Alnwick Castle and the Website: www.visitnorthumberland.com/ Alnwick Garden, amongst others. tourist-information-centres Tourist Information Centres Tourist

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9 That night, only Grace and her parents were in the lighthouse. It wasn’t until 7am that it was bright enough for Grace to see Model of Longstone Lighthouse Grace Darling Museum survivors moving on the rock. William Darling at the Grace Darling Museum expected the storm to prevent the launching of the North Sunderland lifeboat, so he decided to go himself. The only one who could help him was Grace. The tide and wind were so strong that they had to row for nearly a mile to avoid the jagged rocks and reach the survivors safely. There were nine people still alive on the rocks but the coble could only take five Grace Darling by in the first rescue. William leapt out of the Thomas Brooks boat and on to the rocks, which left Grace Grace Darling – to handle the boat alone. Grace’s father and three of the men rowed the boat back Northumberland’s Heroine. to the lighthouse, taking with them Grace, an injured man and the only woman. Grace Heritage A lighthouse keeper’s family stayed at the lighthouse and looked after the Grace Horsley Darling was born on 24 survivors with her mother. Her father and two November 1815 as the seventh of nine of the crew returned for the other four men. children of William and Thomasin Darling. When Grace was three weeks old, she was In the limelight taken to live at Brownsman Island, where her Soon the story of the daring rescue was father was the lighthouse keeper. front-page news and Grace Darling became Unfortunately, the lighthouse at a national celebrity. Everyone wanted Brownsman Island was not the best position to know all about her, and she was sent for guiding ships past the dangerous rocks. hundreds of letters. Both Grace and her That’s why a new lighthouse was built at father were awarded gold medals from the Longstone, the furthest out of the Farne Royal Humane Society and Silver Gallantry Islands in 1826. The Darling family moved Medals from the RNLI. here when Grace was 10 years old. Only four years after the famous rescue, Longstone Lighthouse was built on bare Grace became ill with tuberculosis. She rock and exposed to the full fury of the North died on 20 October 1842. The funeral in Sea. By the time Grace was 19, all but one of Bamburgh was attended by hundreds of her brothers and sisters had left home. people.

The rescue RNLI Grace Darling Museum On 5 September 1838 the steamship This museum dedicated to Grace opened Forfarshire set off from Hull to Dundee, in 1938 in Bamburgh, the place where she carrying about 60 crew and passengers. was born and died. It explores her life and On the second day of the journey, the ship’s upbringing in the lighthouse, the events boiler began to leak. On the morning of 7 of the rescue that propelled her into the September a fierce storm was blowing and limelight and her status as a national heroine. the engine broke down. The Forfarshire The Grace Darling Museum is located began to drift, hit Big Harcar rock and broke in Bamburgh village, opposite St Aidan’s in two. The back half was swept away and Church and a short walk from the Castle. sank, with more than 48 people on board. www.rnli.org/gracedarling

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Northumbrian Earth has been running geo-walks led by geologist Dr Ian Kille on behalf of the AONB since 2010: Solitary coral • Thursday 25 April, 14:00-17:00 Farenheight 2019: Meet by the war memorial Fossil collecting under Bamburgh castle. Grid reference NU182350 • Saturday 25 May, 14:00-17:00 Life’s a Beach: Meet at beach exit from main car park, Beadnell. Grid Reference NU234287 • Wednesday 19 June, 10:00-13:00 Ley of a Liminal Landscape: Meet at Window on Wild Lindisfarne. Grid Reference NU129419 • Wednesday 17 July, 10:00-17:00 Corals and : Meet at the south end of Spittal promenade. Grid Reference NU010509 • Thursday 8 August, 14:00-17:00 Storm and Stress. Meet at parking area by Seahouses Farm. Grid Reference NU258173 • Sunday 1 September, 10:00-13:00 Cocklawburn Beach Fossil Hunt: Meet in the car park at the south end of the beach. Grid Older than the Jurassic Coast Reference NU027485 Much older. The rocks of the Northumberland Coast are of Carboniferous More information on 07713 893845 age, 150 million years older than the or www.northumbrianearth.co.uk Jurassic, and formed 350 million years ago when the first of our ancestors were colonising the land. Whilst the fossils of these primitive amphibians are extremely rare, there are many other different types of fossil to be found within the layers of rock underpinning the Northumberland landscape. The most characteristic of these is a creature called a crinoid or sea-lily; not

Geology a plant, but an animal related to sea-urchins and starfish. It evolved a mini-column supporting it above the sea-bed to collect passing food. The column is made of lots of tiny discs which you can find on several beaches, including on Lindisfarne, where their similarity to rosary beads has earned Blagdon Hall Hedgeley Hall them the name Cuthbert’s Beads. Seaton Burn Powburn There are lots of other fossils to be found NE13 6DE NE66 4HZ on the coast, including corals, many varieties Sunday 2nd June Sunday 2nd June of shells including brachiopods, and more 1-5pm 2-6pm rarely trilobites and nautiloids. Along with these sea creatures, you can also find The Friary Mindrum House plant fossils, which lived in the hot steamy Alnmouth NE66 3NJ Cornhill on Tweed swamps of the Carboniferous period and Saturday 15th & TD12 4QN which formed the seams which thread Sunday 16th June Sunday 23rd June their way through Northumberland and out 11am-4pm 2-5pm onto the coast. There are many other rocks to explore on Crookham Village Open Gardens the coast telling stories of our distant past, Crookham TD12 4SY including the Whin Sill, an igneous rock Sunday 30th June 11.30-4.30pm whose durability has left its upstanding crags the perfect location for building castles. www.hospicecare-nn.org.uk [email protected] HospiceCare North Northumberland 01665 606515

11 Coastal wildlife through to their northern breeding grounds. Some of them will start to show their summer the Seasons... plumage, and so March-April can be a good time to see species such as black-tailed January godwit, dunlin, grey plover and turnstone Light-bellied brent geese are at their peak transformed from subdued winter hues to around Lindisfarne. The pale-bellied form of their colourful best. this small goose breeds only on the Arctic islands of Svalbard and Franz Joseph Land, April with the majority of the population wintering Look out for returning sea birds, with around Lindisfarne. They feed on eelgrass common, Arctic, sandwich, little and roseate

Nature growing on the mudflats, and winter barley terns all appearing along the coast. The in surrounding fields. Arctic tern has completed an especially impressive journey, having spent the winter February wandering around the South Atlantic, as far Eider ducks start to display in February. This south as the edge of the Antarctic ice sheet. is the largest duck in the UK and feeds on shellfish such as mussels. It is known locally as the Cuddy duck after St. Cuthbert, who was said to have great affection for this beautiful sea duck. You can get close views of them in Seahouses Harbour at this time of year. Fulmars and kittiwakes also start to return to their nesting ledges. Arctic tern

May The distinctive and unusual grasslands that form over whinstone outcrops are often at their best in May; because the soil is so shallow and drought-prone many of the plants have burnt off by summer. Wild thyme, kidney vetch, common rock rose Eider duck and spring squill are among the more colourful species. A walk from Craster to March Dunstanburgh Castle is a great route to see Many of the waders that have spent many of these species, or have a look on winter in the area are preparing to return the heugh at Holy Island.

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Bloody Crane’s-bill wildflowers June October The varied wild flowers in dune grasslands Grey seals start to give birth in September, are at their most colourful from June to so October is a great time to take a boat August. Look out for the vivid pink of bloody trip to see the pups and their mothers cranesbill, the yellows of bird’s-foot trefoil hauled up on the rocks around the Farne and lady’s bedstraw and the blues and Islands, where several thousand seals can purples of viper’s bugloss, purple milk-vetch be found. and common knapweed. November Pufflings (baby puffins) are starting to hatch Having bred up on the moors, short-eared on the Farne Islands, along with Arctic, owls can be seen hunting low over dune common and sandwich terns. The cliffs grasslands and saltmarshes through around the island are packed with nesting the winter, where they are joined by shags, kittiwakes, razorbills and guillemots. owls avoiding the harsher winter on the continent. Unusually for owls, short-eared July owls are active through the day, and can In July we see peak numbers of many of our often be seen in low quartering flights as butterflies, including dark green fritillary and they hunt for small mammals. grayling. Dune grasslands are the best places to look for these species and many others, December including small copper and common blue. As numbers of wildfowl reach their peak, December can be a great month August for sea ducks such as the long-tailed Having nested on Coquet Island, eider ducks duck and common scoter, along with bring their young to the sheltered waters of wintering grebes and divers. Stag Rocks at the Coquet Estuary, where they assemble in Bamburgh can be a good place to see crèches looked after by so-called ‘aunties’ - red-necked and Slavonian grebes and female eiders that haven’t bred. red-throated and great northern divers.

September A variety of dragonfly and damselfly species can be found around freshwater ponds by the coast. The most abundant of the autumn species is the common darter, a beautiful red dragonfly that can often be approached quite closely as it basks in the sun on fence posts and gates. Common darter

13 With miles of quiet Spur to / from Alnmouth country lanes, traffic- free cycle routes and

bridleways, two wheels TAKE EXTRA CARE crossing A1068 1 are better than four.

Long distance routes Easy to miss The principle long distance cycling route through the AONB is the Coast and Castles Cycling Route, which is part of national Cycle START/END Network Route 1. The Way, a newly created multi-day MTB route, starts Turn right at telegraph in Berwick and passes through the north pole of the AONB before heading south to Northumberland National Park and Hexham. Turn right into Watershaugh Road Short/circular trails With miles of quiet lanes, bridleways and At ford (just over 1 mile west of Warkworth) traffic-free cycle routes and an Ordnance cross the River Coquet using the footbridge. Survey map, it is easy to plan your own route. DO NOT CYCLE ACROSS THE RIVER. Push your bike along a short section of footpath to rejoin the road © Crown copyright 2016 OS Licence 100056069 Cycle shops and hire -1 0 1 2 Whether you want to hire a bike when you STATUTE MILES KILOMETRES get here or get your own bike fixed, there -1 0 1 23 Warkworth Warkworth are a number of bike hire centres and (Car Park) Hart Law (Car Park) Old Barns Sturton Grange Dunes cycle repairers. Low Buston A1068 Birling Carrs Total distance 17 km Height (m) R Coquet (Ford) 100 m Total ascent / descent 180.7 metres 0 m 0 5.00 10.00 15.00 17.00 Distance (km) Repair centres Walk, Cycle Alnwick - Coquet Cycles 07599 350000 Northumberland (mobile repairs, delivery and collection can be arranged) Get on your bike, put on your walking boots and explore Northumberland with our collection of cycle and walking guides for all abilities. Cycle hire Beadnell – Boards and Bikes deliver to your home or accommodation. Amble – Pedal Power (delivery and collection can be arranged) Alnwick - The Bike Shop, Alnwick. E-bike hire. 07599 350000

Book Cycle hire at Alnmouth Station £6.99 Ringbound Arriving by train into Alnmouth? Why not Bike and Go? £9.99 Bike & Go is a totally new kind of bike hire scheme. You can hire a bike

Book from participating train stations for a daily fixed rental charge of just Ringbound £14.99 £3.80. There are five bikes available for hire at Alnmouth. £12.99

DVD £9.99

Map £4.99 Map £7.99 Ringbound £7.95 Available from Tourist Information Centres, CYCLE SALES • SERVICE & REPAIRS visitor attractions or our speedy mail-order BIKE HIRE • ELECTRIC BIKES Northern Heritage Services Ringbound Unit 7, New Kennels, Blagdon Estate, £12.99 Seaton Burn, Northumberland, NE13 6DB 07599 350 000 FREEPHONE: 0800 716 959 or 01670 789 940 Fax: 01670 789 930 www.northern-heritage.co.uk www.thebikeshopalnwick.co.uk

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Beadnell

The Northumberland from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Seahouses and Amble harbours. Beadnell Bay is the only Coast AONB provides area in the AONB suitable for activities such a venue for all sorts of as water and jet-skiing. water-based recreation. Kayaking Sea-kayaking is very popular on the Kite sport Northumberland Coast during the summer The most popular beaches for beach months. Sheltered bays are ideal for based kite activity are: Budle Bay (May beginners and families to practise their skills. to September only) Bamburgh, Beadnell, The more experienced paddlers might try a Embleton and outside the AONB at trip out to the Farne Islands or Coquet Island. Druridge Bay. Courses are available.

Surfing Coasteering These beaches are worthy of a mention: Coasteering is a relatively new activity on Spittal, Bamburgh, Seahouses, Embleton Bay the Northumberland coast. Coasteering and Warkworth usually involves a mixture of rock climbing, swimming, scrambling and jumping, all taking

Watersports Windsurfing place a few metres above or below sea level. The following beaches are recommended: Bamburgh, Beadnell, Low Newton by the Stand-up paddle boarding Sea, Boulmer and Seaton Point. Stand-up paddle boarding, or SUP, can be enjoyed by the whole family. It’s fun in Participants are encouraged to follow the both flat water and in surf. Stand-up paddle British Kitesport code of practice to ensure boarding can be booked through Northside their own and other beach users’ safety. Surf School on 01665 713146 or 07944398115. www.northside-surf-school.co.uk Diving The area around the Farne Islands has been Watersports Code of Conduct recognised as one of the best dive sites in the We have developed a code of UK. There are a number of dive centres and conduct for divers, powered craft and boat charters operating out of Seahouses. coasteering, which can be found at: www. northumberlandcoastoanb.org/watersports Powered craft There is only one launching point within the If you are undertaking any water sports AONB for small powered leisure craft, which remember that in an emergency you should is at Beadnell. Larger craft can be launched dial 999 and ask for the coastguard.

LEARN TO SURF AND STAND UP PADDLE BOARD with the original surf school in Northumberland, we cater for all ages and abilities, group sessions or one to ones. Offering adults and kids parties, corporate days, paddle fi t, kids club (summer only), stag and hen parties, and much more. Don't hesitate to give us a call or email us directly.

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15 The Northumberland coast offers some of the finest coastal walking in Europe. The Northumberland Coast Path follows this stunningly beautiful coastline for 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Cresswell in the south to Berwick-upon-Tweed in the north. Alongside sandy beaches, over rocky headlands, past dramatic castles and through attractive coastal villages, the Northumberland Coast Path offers a constantly changing landscape which is a pleasure to explore.

Walking The official Northumberland Coast Path Guidebook is an essential accompaniment on your walk. The guidebook breaks the route into six stages and provides information about the route, places to see and visit along the way and services for walkers. The guidebook includes OS mapping and is illustrated with beautiful photography. You can buy the official guidebook from Tourist Information Centres and shops on the coast. It is Northumberland also available online from Coast Path, north www.northumberlandcoastpath.org of Holy Island

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‘Welcome Port’ Locations

NAME PLACE TYPE

The Northumberland Coast Path Passport The Plough Inn Ellington Food, Accommodation is a must for walkers. The passport will end Cresswell Ices Cresswell Ice cream, snacks up being a treasured possession, a great reminder of all the places you have stopped The Drift Café Cresswell Food and drink

at or stayed overnight. Many of the cafés Druridge Bay Country Park Druridge Bay Food and drink and restaurants, shops and other businesses Information you will stop at along the way will have Harbour Guest House Amble Accommodation their own individual stamp and will stamp Spurreli Boutique Ice Cream Amble Food and drink your passport for you - they are known as ‘Welcome Ports’. They will also provide you Amble Pin Cushion Amble Sewing supplies with information about the trail, the weather Amble Tourist Information Centre Amble TIC and public transport. Some of the businesses Harbour Tea Rooms Amble Food and drink will also offer you a discount as a passport holder and most of them will fill up your The Old Post Office Warkworth Accommodation Food and drink water bottle for free. You will need to collect at least two Puffin Stores Alnmouth Snacks, Post Office stamps per day to claim your official Alnmouth (Foxton Hall) Golf Club Alnmouth Food and drink ‘Northumberland Coast Path Certificate’ at Accommodation the end of your walk. Craster Tourist Information Centre Craster TIC

The Jolly Fisherman Craster Food and drink Free beer! Walkers reaching the end of the Shoreline Café Craster Food and drink Northumberland Coast Path in Berwick-upon- Dunstanburgh Castle Craster Tourist Attraction Tweed can now celebrate with a beer on Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Club Embleton Food and drink the house at the Curfew micropub on Bridge Street. Walkers who can prove they have Castle Grill Room, Dunstanburgh Embleton Food and drink Castle Hotel completed the route by showing the stamps on their Passport can claim Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel Embleton Accommodation a free half-pint of beer courtesy of The Joiner’s Arms Newton-by-the-Sea Accommodation the owners of the Curfew micropub. Food and drink Seahouses Golf Club Seahouses Food and drink

Website The Links Hotel Seahouses Accommodation The Northumberland Coast Food and drink

Path has its own website: www. Seahouses Tourist Information Seahouses TIC northumberlandcoastpath.org Centre

The website provides information Bamburgh Castle Inn Seahouses Accommodation about the path including route Food and drink

changes and diversions, travel Springhill Farm Self-Catering Seahouses Self-catering advice and tourism information. Holiday Cottages Accommodation You can order official guidebooks Springhill Farm Camping, Caravan Seahouses Bunkhouse Northumberland and passport/certificate packs from & Wigwams and campsite Coast Path Passport the website too. St Cuthbert's House Seahouses Accommodation

Robert Carter & Son Bamburgh Food and drink

Grace Darling Museum Bamburgh Tourist Attraction Footsteps in Meadowhead's Waren Caravan and Nr Bamburgh Camping Camping Park Food and drink Northumberland Goswick Golf Club Goswick Food and drink Fenham Farm Bed & Breakfast Fenham Accommodation

For close encounters with wildlife, The Lindisfarne Inn Beal Accommodation history and landscape join a Food and drink Footsteps guided walk along the Pot-a-doodle-do Scremerston Accommodation Food and drink Northumberland Coast. Berwick-upon-Tweed Tourist Berwick-upon-Tweed TIC Information Centre Tel: 07847 506399 Email: [email protected] Alannah House Berwick-upon-Tweed Accommodation Web: www.footstepsnorthumberland.co.uk The Curfew Micropub Berwick-upon-Tweed Pub

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Local produce links people and places. By choosing locally produced food and drink you will be enjoying the distinctive tastes The Plough on the Hill, Berwick of Northumberland as well as making a positive contribution to the local economy. Enjoying locally produced food also The Jolly Fisherman, Craster Eating links you to the traditions and current farming and fishing practices that shape the landscape.

Knowing where your food comes from and how it’s produced makes your meals more personal. The challenge of using seasonal fruit and veg in your recipes leads to more interesting mealtimes and buying locally keeps money local – supporting restaurants that use local produce, farmers markets and local cooperatives, ensuring profits benefit producers rather than the big business supermarkets.

When you are staying in self-catering accommodation and are planning your breakfasts, picnic lunches and suppers, remember that buying direct from producers or local retailers and enjoying meals together can be a big part of the pleasure. It’s easy to cook a delicious meal Swallow Fish, Seahouses because when your ingredients are locally grown, in season and not travelled many miles, the taste is so good there is no need for fancy sauces or recipes.

Seafood Along our coast, you will find some of the finest seafood produce the country has to offer. With 80 miles of stunning coastline, sandy beaches, craggy castles and historic little harbours, Northumberland is an idyllic location to enjoy the bounty of the sea at its best. Whether it is a crab sandwich in a cosy bistro or fish wrapped in paper with a portion of chips, sitting overlooking the sea, there is something for everyone.

Vegetarian options There are plenty of options for vegetarians on the Northumberland coast. Even if you’re a fan of meat and fish, it can be wise to have a meat-free day or two each week for health reasons, so even if you’re not a full vegetarian, you might find somewhere

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Spurreli, Amble

The Old Boathouse, Amble

The Treehouse Restaurant, Alnwick

Scotts, Alnmouth on the coast to help you try something new. TripAdvisor has a comprehensive list of the best restaurants and cafés for a vegetarian option.

Dog friendly After a bracing walk along the beach with your dog, it’s great to find somewhere for you all to go for a bite to eat. Many restaurants, cafés and tea rooms are dog-friendly, so you can enjoy a day out together. Those that do accept our four- legged friends want to create a warm welcoming atmosphere for their two- legged customers too, some of whom may have a fear or allergy of dogs, so be mindful of others, then everyone can relax and feel comfortable.

Discounts and offers www.northumberlandeats.co.uk/meal-offers This page keeps you updated about special menus, steak and burger nights, afternoon teas etc., and any offers and discounts that are currently running.

19 A great day out on the Northumberland coast.

Once again we’ve produced itinerary planners to make bus travel easier for visitors to the North Northumberland coast.

The itinerary planners show, in an easy-to- use format, where you can travel to by bus from seven towns and villages. Each planner You can find out where they are valid by suggests outbound and return journeys, following this link: bit.ly/2tkn9SN explains when and how to change buses, provides links to timetables and gives more Arriva Young Persons’ Discover tickets detailed itineraries for each place. Valid on Arriva, Travelsure and Border Buses The planners are available for Berwick- starting from a one-day ticket at £3.20. upon-Tweed, Belford, Seahouses, Beadnell, Arriva Family Day Ticket Embleton, Alnmouth and Warkworth. Great value for a family day out at only www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org/ £13.50. Valid on all Arriva services for two getting-around adults and up to three children. Travelsure Family Day Ticket We’ve teamed up with Arriva NorthEast to Great value for a family day out at only £15. create a new sightseeing tour on the X18 Valid on Travelsure services for two adults Coast and Castles bus. and up to three children.

Explore by bus This spectacular tour runs every day between Amble, Alnwick and Berwick from *Discover North Northumberland are valid April until October 2019. On one of the most on all Arriva, Travelsure, PCL and some scenic bus routes in the country, the X18 Borders Buses services north of Amble. Buy follows the Northumberland coast, passing from the driver. Prices correct at the time of sandy beaches, six different castles, nature going to press. reserves and coastal villages. Commentary is provided on selected journeys, highlighting Holy Island the history and heritage of this beautiful The causeway to Holy Island is flooded at landscape. high tide, so buses run at different times each day. Two return journeys run on each Discounts day of operation. To find out the bus times to Show your Arriva, PCL or Travelsure bus Holy Island, visit www.borderbuses.co.uk or ticket to receive a 20% discount off the ask at a Tourist Information Centre. full admission price at Bamburgh Castle, Warkworth Castle, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick 477 Berwick - Holy Island Garden, Lindisfarne Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Adult single £4.50 Berwick Barracks and Dunstanburgh Castle. Adult unlimited day £8 These offers are not available in (children under 16 half fare) connection with any other offer or concessionary rate. Terms and Conditions Holy Island Hopper may apply and should be checked with the Woody’s Taxis operate a minibus service attraction beforehand. linking Holy Island to the mainland and a Castle Shuttle between the Chare Ends Car Great tickets Park and Lindisfarne Castle. There are now three great ‘Discover North The mainland service connects Northumberland’ tickets to save you money Haggerston Castle with Holy Island via Beal on your visit to the coast: Road Ends, where it will connect with Arriva One day - £6.70 - A day ticket valid on all X15 and X18 services. services north of Amble* Amazing value for a The services are obviously subject to day out on the coast. the tides. Please check the website: www. Three day - £15.00 - Perfect for making the berwickupontweedtaxis.co.uk for full details. most of your short break or long weekend. If you are a large group, please give Seven day - £23.00 - Ideal for a longer stay Woody’s Taxis a call on 01289 547009 so on the Northumberland Coast or if you are that additional vehicles or a personalised walking the Northumberland Coast Path. service can be provided.

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Newcastle - A1 - Morpeth - Amble - Alnwick - Bamburgh - Belford - Berwick X18 Mondays to Fridays (14 April to 28 September 2019)

SERVICE NUMBER X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 NOTES A B NEWCASTLE HAYMARKET …. 06:43 08:03 09:08 10:08 11:08 12:08 13:08 14:08 15:08 16:13 17:13 18:18 19:18 20:18 21:18 22:18 23:18 REGENT CENTRE METRO …. 06:53 08:13 09:18 10:18 11:18 12:18 13:18 14:18 15:18 16:25 17:25 18:28 19:28 20:28 21:28 22:28 23:28 MORPETH BUS STATION (ARRIVE) …. 07:15 08:35 09:40 10:40 11:40 12:40 13:40 14:40 15:40 16:50 17:50 18:50 19:50 20:50 21:50 22:50 23:50 MORPETH BUS STATION (DEPART) 06:30 07:20 08:45 09:45 10:45 11:45 12:45 13:45 14:45 15:45 16:55 17:55 18:55 19:55 20:55 21:55 22:55 23:55 PEGSWOOD, STORES 06:37 07:27 08:52 09:52 10:52 11:52 12:52 13:52 14:52 15:52 17:02 18:02 19:02 20:02 21:02 22:02 23:02 00:02 WIDDRINGTON STATION 06:49 07:39 09:04 10:04 11:04 12:04 13:04 14:04 15:04 16:04 17:14 18:14 19:14 20:14 21:14 22:14 23:14 …. RED ROW 06:56 07:46 09:11 10:11 11:11 12:11 13:11 14:11 15:11 16:11 17:21 18:21 19:21 20:21 21:21 22:21 23:21 …. HMP NORTHUMBERLAND, BUS CIRCLE 07:03 07:53 09:18 10:18 11:18 12:18 13:18 14:18 15:18 16:18 17:28 18:28 19:28 20:28 21:28 22:28 23:28 …. BROOMHILL, TOGSTON CRESCENT 07:07 07:57 09:22 10:22 11:22 12:22 13:22 14:22 15:22 16:22 17:32 18:32 19:32 20:32 21:32 22:32 23:32 …. AMBLE, FOURWAYS 07:16 08:06 09:31 10:31 11:31 12:31 13:31 14:31 15:31 16:31 17:41 18:40 19:40 20:40 21:40 22:40 23:40 …. WARKWORTH, MARKET PLACE 07:22 08:12 09:37 10:37 11:37 12:37 13:37 14:37 15:37 16:37 17:47 18:46 19:46 20:46 21:46 22:46 23:46 …. ALNMOUTH, METHODIST CHURCH 07:31 08:21 09:46 10:46 11:46 12:46 13:46 14:46 15:46 16:46 17:56 18:55 19:55 20:55 21:55 22:55 23:55 …. ALNMOUTH STATION …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 18:59 19:59 20:59 21:59 22:59 23:59 …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (ARRIVE) 07:45 08:45 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:10 19:10 20:10 21:10 22:10 23:10 00:10 …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) 07:50 …. 10:05 …. 12:05 …. 14:05 …. 16:05 …. 18:15 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP 08:07 …. 10:22 …. 12:22 …. 14:22 …. 16:27 …. 18:32 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. CRASTER, HEUGH 08:21 …. 10:36 …. 12:36 …. 14:36 …. 16:46 …. 18:46 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. EMBLETON, GREYFIELD 08:31 …. 10:46 …. 12:46 …. 14:46 …. 16:56 …. 18:56 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS 08:42 …. 10:57 …. 12:57 …. 14:57 …. 17:07 …. 19:07 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) 08:48 …. 11:03 …. 13:03 …. 15:03 …. 17:13 …. 19:13 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) 08:51 …. 11:06 …. 13:06 …. 15:06 …. 17:16 …. 19:16 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. NORTH SUNDERLAND 08:54 …. 11:09 …. 13:09 …. 15:09 …. 17:19 …. 19:19 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BAMBURGH, THE GROVE 09:01 …. 11:16 …. 13:16 …. 15:16 …. 17:26 …. 19:26 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE 09:08 …. 11:23 …. 13:23 …. 15:23 …. 17:33 …. 19:33 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BELFORD, MARKET CROSS 09:17 …. 11:32 …. 13:32 …. 15:32 …. 17:42 …. 19:42 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BEAL, HOLY ISLAND ROAD END 09:26 …. 11:41 …. 13:41 …. 15:41 …. 17:51 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. HAGGERSTON CASTLE 09:28 …. 11:43 …. 13:43 …. 15:43 …. 17:53 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SCREMERSTON, WAR MEMORIAL 09:34 …. 11:49 …. 13:49 …. 15:49 …. 17:59 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BERWICK, GOLDEN SQUARE 09:42 …. 11:57 …. 13:57 …. 15:57 …. 18:07 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BERWICK, RAILWAY STATION 09:45 …. 12:00 …. 14:00 …. 16:00 …. 18:10 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….

Berwick - Belford - Bamburgh - Alnwick - Amble - Morpeth - A1 - Newcastle X18 Mondays to Fridays (14 April to 28 September 2019)

SERVICE NUMBER X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 NOTES C BERWICK, RAILWAY STATION …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:05 …. 12:05 …. 14:05 …. 16:15 …. 18:15 …. …. …. BERWICK, GOLDEN SQUARE …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:12 …. 12:12 …. 14:12 …. 16:22 …. 18:22 …. …. …. SCREMERSTON, WAR MEMORIAL …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:20 …. 12:20 …. 14:20 …. 16:30 …. 18:30 …. …. …. HAGGERSTON CASTLE …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:26 …. 12:26 …. 14:26 …. 16:36 …. 18:36 …. …. …. BEAL, HOLY ISLAND ROAD END …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:28 …. 12:28 …. 14:28 …. 16:38 …. 18:38 …. …. …. BELFORD, MARKET CROSS …. …. …. …. 07:08 …. 08:28 …. 10:38 …. 12:38 …. 14:38 …. 16:48 …. 18:48 …. …. …. BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE …. …. …. …. 07:16 …. 08:36 …. 10:46 …. 12:46 …. 14:46 …. 16:56 …. 18:56 …. …. …. BAMBURGH, THE GROVE …. …. …. …. 07:23 …. 08:43 …. 10:53 …. 12:53 …. 14:53 …. 17:03 …. 19:03 …. …. …. NORTH SUNDERLAND …. …. …. …. 07:30 …. 08:50 …. 11:00 …. 13:00 …. 15:00 …. 17:10 …. 19:10 …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. 07:33 …. 08:53 …. 11:03 …. 13:03 …. 15:03 …. 17:13 …. 19:13 …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) …. …. …. …. 07:35 …. 08:55 …. 11:05 …. 13:05 …. 15:05 …. 17:15 …. 19:15 …. …. …. BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS …. …. …. …. 07:41 …. 09:01 …. 11:11 …. 13:11 …. 15:11 …. 17:21 …. 19:21 …. …. …. EMBLETON, GREYFIELD …. …. …. …. 07:52 …. 09:12 …. 11:22 …. 13:22 …. 15:22 …. 17:32 …. 19:32 …. …. …. CRASTER, HEUGH …. …. …. …. 08:02 …. 09:22 …. 11:32 …. 13:32 …. 15:32 …. 17:42 …. 19:42 …. …. …. LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP …. …. …. …. 08:16 …. 09:36 …. 11:46 …. 13:46 …. 15:46 …. 17:56 …. 19:56 …. …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. 08:43 …. 09:53 …. 12:03 …. 14:03 …. 16:03 …. 18:13 …. 20:13 …. …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) …. …. 06:53 08:08 …. 09:08 10:08 11:08 12:08 13:08 14:08 15:08 16:13 17:18 18:19 19:19 20:19 21:19 22:19 23:19 ALNMOUTH STATION …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 18:30 19:30 20:30 21:30 22:30 23:30 ALNMOUTH, METHODIST CHURCH …. …. 07:05 08:22 …. 09:22 10:22 11:22 12:22 13:22 14:22 15:22 16:27 17:32 18:34 19:34 20:34 21:34 22:34 23:34 WARKWORTH, MARKET PLACE …. …. 07:14 08:31 …. 09:31 10:31 11:31 12:31 13:31 14:31 15:31 16:36 17:41 18:43 19:43 20:43 21:43 22:43 23:43 AMBLE, FOURWAYS …. 06:22 07:22 08:39 …. 09:39 10:39 11:39 12:39 13:39 14:39 15:39 16:49 17:49 18:50 19:50 20:50 21:50 22:50 23:50 BROOMHILL, TOGSTON CRESCENT …. 06:29 07:29 08:46 …. 09:46 10:46 11:46 12:46 13:46 14:46 15:46 16:56 17:56 18:56 19:56 20:56 21:56 22:56 …. HMP NORTHUMBERLAND, BUS CIRCLE …. 06:33 07:33 08:50 …. 09:50 10:50 11:50 12:50 13:50 14:50 15:50 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 …. RED ROW …. 06:40 07:40 08:57 …. 09:57 10:57 11:57 12:57 13:57 14:57 15:57 17:07 18:07 19:07 20:07 21:07 22:07 23:07 …. WIDDRINGTON STATION …. 06:49 07:49 09:04 …. 10:04 11:04 12:04 13:04 14:04 15:04 16:04 17:14 18:14 19:14 20:14 21:14 22:14 23:14 …. PEGSWOOD, STORES 05:56 07:01 08:01 09:16 …. 10:16 11:16 12:16 13:16 14:16 15:16 16:16 17:26 18:26 19:26 20:26 21:26 22:26 …. …. MORPETH BUS STATION (ARRIVE) 06:03 07:08 08:08 09:23 …. 10:23 11:23 12:23 13:23 14:23 15:23 16:23 17:33 18:33 19:33 20:33 21:33 22:33 …. …. MORPETH BUS STATION (DEPART) 06:08 07:13 08:13 09:28 …. 10:28 11:28 12:28 13:28 14:28 15:28 16:28 17:38 18:38 19:38 20:38 21:38 22:38 …. …. REGENT CENTRE METRO 06:31 07:38 08:38 09:51 …. 10:51 11:51 12:51 13:51 14:51 15:51 16:51 18:01 19:01 20:01 21:01 22:01 23:01 …. …. NEWCASTLE HAYMARKET 06:41 07:51 08:56 10:01 …. 11:01 12:01 13:01 14:01 15:01 16:01 17:01 18:11 19:11 20:11 21:11 22:11 23:11 …. …. NOTES: A - THIS JOURNEY RUNS VIA WILLOWBURN AVENUE IN ALNWICK (FOR THE DUCHESS HIGH SCHOOL) AT 0835. B - THIS JOURNEY RUNS VIA BOULMER AT 1622. C - THIS JOURNEY RUNS VIA BOULMER AT 0821 AND WILLOWBURN AVENUE IN ALNWICK (FOR THE DUCHESS HIGH SCHOOL) AT 0836 21 Newcastle - A1 - Morpeth - Amble - Alnwick - Bamburgh - Belford - Berwick X18 Saturdays (20 April to 28 September 2019)

SERVICE NUMBER X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 NOTES NEWCASTLE HAYMARKET …. …. 08:08 09:08 10:08 11:08 12:08 13:08 14:08 15:08 16:08 17:13 18:18 19:18 20:18 21:18 22:18 23:18 REGENT CENTRE METRO …. …. 08:18 09:18 10:18 11:18 12:18 13:18 14:18 15:18 16:18 17:23 18:28 19:28 20:28 21:28 22:28 23:28 MORPETH BUS STATION (ARRIVE) …. …. 08:40 09:40 10:40 11:40 12:40 13:40 14:40 15:40 16:40 17:45 18:50 19:50 20:50 21:50 22:50 23:50 MORPETH BUS STATION (DEPART) …. 07:30 08:45 09:45 10:45 11:45 12:45 13:45 14:45 15:45 16:45 17:55 18:55 19:55 20:55 21:55 22:55 23:55 PEGSWOOD, STORES …. 07:37 08:52 09:52 10:52 11:52 12:52 13:52 14:52 15:52 16:52 18:02 19:02 20:02 21:02 22:02 23:02 00:02 WIDDRINGTON STATION 06:49 07:49 09:04 10:04 11:04 12:04 13:04 14:04 15:04 16:04 17:04 18:14 19:14 20:14 21:14 22:14 23:14 …. RED ROW 06:56 07:56 09:11 10:11 11:11 12:11 13:11 14:11 15:11 16:11 17:11 18:21 19:21 20:21 21:21 22:21 23:21 …. HMP NORTHUMBERLAND, BUS CIRCLE 07:03 08:03 09:18 10:18 11:18 12:18 13:18 14:18 15:18 16:18 17:18 18:28 19:28 20:28 21:28 22:28 23:28 …. BROOMHILL, TOGSTON CRESCENT 07:07 08:07 09:22 10:22 11:22 12:22 13:22 14:22 15:22 16:22 17:22 18:32 19:32 20:32 21:32 22:32 23:32 …. AMBLE, FOURWAYS 07:16 08:16 09:31 10:31 11:31 12:31 13:31 14:31 15:31 16:31 17:31 18:40 19:40 20:40 21:40 22:40 23:40 …. WARKWORTH, MARKET PLACE 07:22 08:22 09:37 10:37 11:37 12:37 13:37 14:37 15:37 16:37 17:37 18:46 19:46 20:46 21:46 22:46 23:46 …. ALNMOUTH, METHODIST CHURCH 07:31 08:31 09:46 10:46 11:46 12:46 13:46 14:46 15:46 16:46 17:46 18:55 19:55 20:55 21:55 22:55 23:55 …. ALNMOUTH STATION …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 18:59 19:59 20:59 21:59 22:59 23:59 …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (ARRIVE) 07:45 08:45 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:10 20:10 21:10 22:10 23:10 00:10 …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) 07:50 …. 10:05 …. 12:05 …. 14:05 …. 16:05 …. 18:15 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP 08:07 …. 10:22 …. 12:22 …. 14:22 …. 16:22 …. 18:32 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. CRASTER, HEUGH 08:21 …. 10:36 …. 12:36 …. 14:36 …. 16:36 …. 18:46 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. EMBLETON, GREYFIELD 08:31 …. 10:46 …. 12:46 …. 14:46 …. 16:46 …. 18:56 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS 08:42 …. 10:57 …. 12:57 …. 14:57 …. 16:57 …. 19:07 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) 08:48 …. 11:03 …. 13:03 …. 15:03 …. 17:03 …. 19:13 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) 08:51 …. 11:06 …. 13:06 …. 15:06 …. 17:06 …. 19:16 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. NORTH SUNDERLAND 08:54 …. 11:09 …. 13:09 …. 15:09 …. 17:09 …. 19:19 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BAMBURGH, THE GROVE 09:01 …. 11:16 …. 13:16 …. 15:16 …. 17:16 …. 19:26 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE 09:08 …. 11:23 …. 13:23 …. 15:23 …. 17:23 …. 19:33 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BELFORD, MARKET CROSS 09:17 …. 11:32 …. 13:32 …. 15:32 …. 17:32 …. 19:42 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BEAL, HOLY ISLAND ROAD END 09:26 …. 11:41 …. 13:41 …. 15:41 …. 17:41 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. HAGGERSTON CASTLE 09:28 …. 11:43 …. 13:43 …. 15:43 …. 17:43 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SCREMERSTON, WAR MEMORIAL 09:34 …. 11:49 …. 13:49 …. 15:49 …. 17:49 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BERWICK, GOLDEN SQUARE 09:42 …. 11:57 …. 13:57 …. 15:57 …. 17:57 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BERWICK, RAILWAY STATION 09:45 …. 12:00 …. 14:00 …. 16:00 …. 18:00 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….

Berwick - Belford - Bamburgh - Alnwick - Amble - Morpeth - A1 - Newcastle X18 Saturdays (20 April to 28 September 2019)

SERVICE NUMBER X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 NOTES BERWICK, RAILWAY STATION …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:05 …. 12:05 …. 14:05 …. 16:15 …. 18:15 …. …. …. BERWICK, GOLDEN SQUARE …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:12 …. 12:12 …. 14:12 …. 16:22 …. 18:22 …. …. …. SCREMERSTON, WAR MEMORIAL …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:20 …. 12:20 …. 14:20 …. 16:30 …. 18:30 …. …. …. HAGGERSTON CASTLE …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:26 …. 12:26 …. 14:26 …. 16:36 …. 18:36 …. …. …. BEAL, HOLY ISLAND ROAD END …. …. …. …. …. …. 10:28 …. 12:28 …. 14:28 …. 16:38 …. 18:38 …. …. …. BELFORD, MARKET CROSS …. …. …. …. 08:28 …. 10:38 …. 12:38 …. 14:38 …. 16:48 …. 18:48 …. …. …. BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE …. …. …. …. 08:36 …. 10:46 …. 12:46 …. 14:46 …. 16:56 …. 18:56 …. …. …. BAMBURGH, THE GROVE …. …. …. …. 08:43 …. 10:53 …. 12:53 …. 14:53 …. 17:03 …. 19:03 …. …. …. NORTH SUNDERLAND …. …. …. …. 08:50 …. 11:00 …. 13:00 …. 15:00 …. 17:10 …. 19:10 …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. 08:53 …. 11:03 …. 13:03 …. 15:03 …. 17:13 …. 19:13 …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) …. …. …. …. 08:55 …. 11:05 …. 13:05 …. 15:05 …. 17:15 …. 19:15 …. …. …. BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS …. …. …. …. 09:01 …. 11:11 …. 13:11 …. 15:11 …. 17:21 …. 19:21 …. …. …. EMBLETON, GREYFIELD …. …. …. …. 09:12 …. 11:22 …. 13:22 …. 15:22 …. 17:32 …. 19:32 …. …. …. CRASTER, HEUGH …. …. …. …. 09:22 …. 11:32 …. 13:32 …. 15:32 …. 17:42 …. 19:42 …. …. …. LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP …. …. …. …. 09:36 …. 11:46 …. 13:46 …. 15:46 …. 17:56 …. 19:56 …. …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. 09:53 …. 12:03 …. 14:03 …. 16:03 …. 18:13 …. 20:13 …. …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) …. 07:08 08:08 09:08 10:08 11:08 12:08 13:08 14:08 15:08 16:13 17:18 18:19 19:19 20:19 21:19 22:19 23:19 ALNMOUTH STATION …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 18:30 19:30 20:30 21:30 22:30 23:30 ALNMOUTH, METHODIST CHURCH …. 07:22 08:22 09:22 10:22 11:22 12:22 13:22 14:22 15:22 16:27 17:32 18:34 19:34 20:34 21:34 22:34 23:34 WARKWORTH, MARKET PLACE …. 07:31 08:31 09:31 10:31 11:31 12:31 13:31 14:31 15:31 16:36 17:41 18:43 19:43 20:43 21:43 22:43 23:43 AMBLE, FOURWAYS 06:39 07:39 08:39 09:39 10:39 11:39 12:39 13:39 14:39 15:39 16:49 17:49 18:50 19:50 20:50 21:50 22:50 23:50 BROOMHILL, TOGSTON CRESCENT 06:46 07:46 08:46 09:46 10:46 11:46 12:46 13:46 14:46 15:46 16:56 17:56 18:56 19:56 20:56 21:56 22:56 …. HMP NORTHUMBERLAND, BUS CIRCLE 06:50 07:50 08:50 09:50 10:50 11:50 12:50 13:50 14:50 15:50 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 …. RED ROW 06:57 07:57 08:57 09:57 10:57 11:57 12:57 13:57 14:57 15:57 17:07 18:07 19:07 20:07 21:07 22:07 23:07 …. WIDDRINGTON STATION 07:04 08:04 09:04 10:04 11:04 12:04 13:04 14:04 15:04 16:04 17:14 18:14 19:14 20:14 21:14 22:14 23:14 …. PEGSWOOD, STORES 07:16 08:16 09:16 10:16 11:16 12:16 13:16 14:16 15:16 16:16 17:26 18:26 19:26 20:26 21:26 22:26 …. …. MORPETH BUS STATION (ARRIVE) 07:23 08:23 09:23 10:23 11:23 12:23 13:23 14:23 15:23 16:23 17:33 18:33 19:33 20:33 21:33 22:33 …. …. MORPETH BUS STATION (DEPART) 07:28 08:28 09:28 10:28 11:28 12:28 13:28 14:28 15:28 16:28 17:38 18:38 19:38 20:38 21:38 22:38 …. …. REGENT CENTRE METRO 07:51 08:51 09:51 10:51 11:51 12:51 13:51 14:51 15:51 16:51 18:01 19:01 20:01 21:01 22:01 23:01 …. …. NEWCASTLE HAYMARKET 08:01 09:01 10:01 11:01 12:01 13:01 14:01 15:01 16:01 17:01 18:11 19:11 20:11 21:11 22:11 23:11 …. …. NOTES: N/A 22 www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org

Newcastle - A1 - Morpeth - Amble - Alnwick - Bamburgh - Belford - Berwick X18 Sundays and Public Holidays (14 April to 22 September 2019)

SERVICE NUMBER X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 NOTES NEWCASTLE HAYMARKET …. …. 09:18 10:18 11:18 12:18 13:18 14:18 15:18 16:18 17:18 18:18 19:18 20:18 21:18 22:18 23:18 REGENT CENTRE METRO …. …. 09:28 10:28 11:28 12:28 13:28 14:28 15:28 16:28 17:28 18:28 19:28 20:28 21:28 22:28 23:28 MORPETH BUS STATION (ARRIVE) …. …. 09:50 10:50 11:50 12:50 13:50 14:50 15:50 16:50 17:50 18:50 19:50 20:50 21:50 22:50 23:50 MORPETH BUS STATION (DEPART) …. 08:55 09:55 10:55 11:55 12:55 13:55 14:55 15:55 16:55 17:55 18:55 19:55 20:55 21:55 22:55 23:55 PEGSWOOD, STORES …. 09:02 10:02 11:02 12:02 13:02 14:02 15:02 16:02 17:02 18:02 19:02 20:02 21:02 22:02 23:02 00:02 WIDDRINGTON STATION …. 09:14 10:14 11:14 12:14 13:14 14:14 15:14 16:14 17:14 18:14 19:14 20:14 21:14 22:14 23:14 …. RED ROW …. 09:21 10:21 11:21 12:21 13:21 14:21 15:21 16:21 17:21 18:21 19:21 20:21 21:21 22:21 23:21 …. HMP NORTHUMBERLAND, BUS CIRCLE …. 09:28 10:28 11:28 12:28 13:28 14:28 15:28 16:28 17:28 18:28 19:28 20:28 21:28 22:28 23:28 …. BROOMHILL, TOGSTON CRESCENT …. 09:32 10:32 11:32 12:32 13:32 14:32 15:32 16:32 17:32 18:32 19:32 20:32 21:32 22:32 23:32 …. AMBLE, FOURWAYS …. 09:40 10:40 11:40 12:40 13:40 14:40 15:40 16:40 17:40 18:40 19:40 20:40 21:40 22:40 23:40 …. WARKWORTH, MARKET PLACE …. 09:46 10:46 11:46 12:46 13:46 14:46 15:46 16:46 17:46 18:46 19:46 20:46 21:46 22:46 …. …. ALNMOUTH, METHODIST CHURCH 09:55 10:55 11:55 12:55 13:55 14:55 15:55 16:55 17:55 18:55 19:55 20:55 21:55 22:55 …. …. ALNMOUTH STATION …. 09:59 10:59 11:59 12:59 13:59 14:59 15:59 16:59 17:59 18:59 19:59 20:59 21:59 22:59 …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (ARRIVE) …. 10:10 11:10 12:10 13:10 14:10 15:10 16:10 17:10 18:10 19:10 20:10 21:10 22:10 23:10 …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) 08:15 …. …. 12:15 …. …. …. 16:15 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP 08:32 …. …. 12:32 …. …. …. 16:32 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. CRASTER, HEUGH 08:46 …. …. 12:46 …. …. …. 16:46 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. EMBLETON, GREYFIELD 08:56 …. …. 12:56 …. …. …. 16:56 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS 09:07 …. …. 13:07 …. …. …. 17:07 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) 09:13 …. …. 13:13 …. …. …. 17:13 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) 09:16 …. …. 13:16 …. …. …. 17:16 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. NORTH SUNDERLAND 09:19 …. …. 13:19 …. …. …. 17:19 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BAMBURGH, THE GROVE 09:26 …. …. 13:26 …. …. …. 17:26 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE 09:33 …. …. 13:33 …. …. …. 17:33 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BELFORD, MARKET CROSS 09:42 …. …. 13:42 …. …. …. 17:42 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BEAL, HOLY ISLAND ROAD END 09:51 …. …. 13:51 …. …. …. 17:51 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. HAGGERSTON CASTLE 09:53 …. …. 13:53 …. …. …. 17:53 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SCREMERSTON, WAR MEMORIAL 09:59 …. …. 13:59 …. …. …. 17:59 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BERWICK, GOLDEN SQUARE 10:07 …. …. 14:07 …. …. …. 18:07 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. BERWICK, RAILWAY STATION 10:10 …. …. 14:10 …. …. …. 18:10 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….

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SERVICE NUMBER X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 X18 NOTES BERWICK, RAILWAY STATION …. …. …. …. …. 10:15 …. …. …. 14:15 …. …. …. 18:15 …. …. …. BERWICK, GOLDEN SQUARE …. …. …. …. …. 10:22 …. …. …. 14:22 …. …. …. 18:22 …. …. …. SCREMERSTON, WAR MEMORIAL …. …. …. …. …. 10:30 …. …. …. 14:30 …. …. …. 18:30 …. …. …. HAGGERSTON CASTLE …. …. …. …. …. 10:36 …. …. …. 14:36 …. …. …. 18:36 …. …. …. BEAL, HOLY ISLAND ROAD END …. …. …. …. …. 10:38 …. …. …. 14:38 …. …. …. 18:38 …. …. …. BELFORD, MARKET CROSS …. …. …. …. …. 10:48 …. …. …. 14:48 …. …. …. 18:48 …. …. …. BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE …. …. …. …. …. 10:56 …. …. …. 14:56 …. …. …. 18:56 …. …. …. BAMBURGH, THE GROVE …. …. …. …. …. 11:03 …. …. …. 15:03 …. …. …. 19:03 …. …. …. NORTH SUNDERLAND …. …. …. …. …. 11:10 …. …. …. 15:10 …. …. …. 19:10 …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. …. 11:13 …. …. …. 15:13 …. …. …. 19:13 …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) …. …. …. …. …. 11:15 …. …. …. 15:15 …. …. …. 19:15 …. …. …. BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS …. …. …. …. …. 11:21 …. …. …. 15:21 …. …. …. 19:21 …. …. …. EMBLETON, GREYFIELD …. …. …. …. …. 11:32 …. …. …. 15:32 …. …. …. 19:32 …. …. …. CRASTER, HEUGH …. …. …. …. …. 11:42 …. …. …. 15:42 …. …. …. 19:42 …. …. …. LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP …. …. …. …. …. 11:56 …. …. …. 15:56 …. …. …. 19:56 …. …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. …. 12:13 …. …. …. 16:13 …. …. …. 20:13 …. …. …. ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) …. …. 09:19 10:19 11:19 12:19 13:19 14:19 15:19 16:19 17:19 18:19 19:19 20:19 21:19 22:19 23:19 ALNMOUTH STATION …. …. 09:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30 19:30 20:30 21:30 22:30 23:30 ALNMOUTH, METHODIST CHURCH …. …. 09:34 10:34 11:34 12:34 13:34 14:34 15:34 16:34 17:34 18:34 19:34 20:34 21:34 22:34 23:34 WARKWORTH, MARKET PLACE …. …. 09:43 10:43 11:43 12:43 13:43 14:43 15:43 16:43 17:43 18:43 19:43 20:43 21:43 22:43 23:43 AMBLE, FOURWAYS …. 08:50 09:50 10:50 11:50 12:50 13:50 14:50 15:50 16:50 17:50 18:50 19:50 20:50 21:50 22:50 23:50 BROOMHILL, TOGSTON CRESCENT …. 08:56 09:56 10:56 11:56 12:56 13:56 14:56 15:56 16:56 17:56 18:56 19:56 20:56 21:56 22:56 …. HMP NORTHUMBERLAND, BUS CIRCLE …. 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 …. RED ROW …. 09:07 10:07 11:07 12:07 13:07 14:07 15:07 16:07 17:07 18:07 19:07 20:07 21:07 22:07 23:07 …. WIDDRINGTON STATION 08:14 09:14 10:14 11:14 12:14 13:14 14:14 15:14 16:14 17:14 18:14 19:14 20:14 21:14 22:14 23:14 …. PEGSWOOD, STORES 08:26 09:26 10:26 11:26 12:26 13:26 14:26 15:26 16:26 17:26 18:26 19:26 20:26 21:26 22:26 …. …. MORPETH BUS STATION (ARRIVE) 08:33 09:33 10:33 11:33 12:33 13:33 14:33 15:33 16:33 17:33 18:33 19:33 20:33 21:33 22:33 …. …. MORPETH BUS STATION (DEPART) 08:38 09:38 10:38 11:38 12:38 13:38 14:38 15:38 16:38 17:38 18:38 19:38 20:38 21:38 22:38 …. …. REGENT CENTRE METRO 09:01 10:01 11:01 12:01 13:01 14:01 15:01 16:01 17:01 18:01 19:01 20:01 21:01 22:01 23:01 …. …. NEWCASTLE HAYMARKET 09:11 10:11 11:11 12:11 13:11 14:11 15:11 16:11 17:11 18:11 19:11 20:11 21:11 22:11 23:11 …. …. NOTES: N/A 23 Newcastle - A1 - Morpeth - Amble - Alnwick - Bamburgh - Belford - Berwick 418 Mondays to Fridays (15 April to 27 September 2019) Saturdays (20 April to 28 September 2019)

SERVICE NUMBER 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 NOTES A ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) …. 09:00 11:00 13:08 15:08 17:08 09:00 11:00 13:08 15:08 …. 17:08 ALNMOUTH STATION …. 09:10 11:10 …. …. …. 09:10 11:10 …. …. …. …. ALNMOUTH VILLAGE …. 09:13 11:13 …. …. …. 09:13 11:13 …. …. …. …. LESBURY …. 09:16 11:16 …. …. …. 09:16 11:16 …. …. …. …. DENWICK …. …. …. 13:16 15:16 17:16 …. …. 13:16 15:16 …. 17:16 LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP …. 09:20 11:20 13:20 15:20 17:20 09:20 11:20 13:20 15:20 …. 17:20 HOWICK …. 09:28 11:28 13:28 15:28 17:28 09:28 11:28 13:28 15:28 …. 17:28 CRASTER, HEUGH …. 09:34 11:34 13:34 15:34 17:34 09:34 11:34 13:34 15:34 …. 17:34 DUNSTAN VILLAGE …. 09:37 11:37 13:37 15:37 17:37 09:37 11:37 13:37 15:37 …. 17:37 EMBLETON, GREYFIELD …. 09:44 11:44 13:44 15:44 17:44 09:44 11:44 13:44 15:44 …. 17:44 HIGH NEWTON …. 09:49 11:49 13:49 15:49 17:49 09:49 11:49 13:49 15:49 …. 17:49 BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS 07:43 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 …. 18:00 SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) 07:49 10:06 12:06 14:06 16:06 18:06 10:06 12:06 14:06 16:06 …. 18:06 NORTH SUNDERLAND 07:51 10:10 12:10 14:10 16:10 18:10 10:10 12:10 14:10 16:10 …. 18:10 BAMBURGH, THE GROVE 07:58 10:17 12:17 14:17 16:17 18:17 10:17 12:17 14:17 16:17 …. 18:17 BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE 08:04 10:23 12:23 14:23 16:23 18:23 10:23 12:23 14:23 16:23 …. 18:23 BELFORD, MARKET CROSS 08:10 10:29 12:29 14:29 16:29 18:29 10:29 12:29 14:29 16:29 …. 18:29

Berwick - Belford - Bamburgh - Alnwick - Amble - Morpeth - A1 - Newcastle 418 Mondays to Fridays (15 April to 27 September 2019) Saturdays (20 April to 28 September 2019)

SERVICE NUMBER 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 418 NOTES B BELFORD, MARKET CROSS 08:10 09:38 11:38 13:38 15:38 16:20 08:10 09:38 11:38 13:38 15:38 16:20 BUDLE BAY CAMPSITE …. 09:44 11:44 13:44 15:44 16:26 …. 09:44 11:44 13:44 15:44 16:26 BAMBURGH, THE GROVE …. 09:50 11:50 13:50 15:50 16:32 …. 09:50 11:50 13:50 15:50 16:32 NORTH SUNDERLAND …. 09:55 11:55 13:55 15:55 16:37 …. 09:55 11:55 13:55 15:55 16:37 SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (ARRIVE) …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. SEAHOUSES, KING STREET (DEPART) …. 09:59 11:59 13:59 15:59 16:41 …. 09:59 11:59 13:59 15:59 16:41 BEADNELL, CRASTER ARMS …. 10:05 12:05 14:05 16:05 16:47 …. 10:05 12:05 14:05 16:05 16:47 HIGH NEWTON …. 10:16 12:16 14:16 16:16 16:58 …. 10:16 12:16 14:16 16:16 16:58 EMBLETON, GREYFIELD …. 10:21 12:21 14:21 16:21 17:03 …. 10:21 12:21 14:21 16:21 17:03 DUNSTAN VILLAGE …. 10:28 12:28 14:28 16:28 17:10 …. 10:28 12:28 14:28 16:28 17:10 CRASTER, HEUGH …. 10:31 12:31 14:31 16:31 17:13 …. 10:31 12:31 14:31 16:31 17:13 HOWICK …. 10:37 12:37 14:37 16:37 17:19 …. 10:37 12:37 14:37 16:37 17:19 LONGHOUGHTON, SPAR SHOP …. 10:45 12:45 14:45 16:45 17:26 …. 10:45 12:45 14:45 16:45 17:26 DENWICK …. 10:49 12:49 14:49 16:49 17:29 …. 10:49 12:49 14:49 16:49 17:29 ALNWICK BUS STATION (ARRIVE) 08:45 10:57 12:57 14:57 16:57 17:37 08:45 10:57 12:57 14:57 16:57 17:37 ALNWICK BUS STATION (DEPART) 09:00 11:00 …. …. …. 17:40 09:00 11:00 …. …. …. 17:40 ALNMOUTH STATION 09:10 11:10 …. …. …. 17:50 09:10 11:10 …. …. …. 17:50 ALNMOUTH, METHODIST CHURCH 09:13 11:13 …. …. …. 17:53* 09:13 11:13 …. …. …. 17:53*

NOTES: A - THIS JOURNEY RUNS FROM BELFORD ALONG A1 DIRECT TO DUCHESS HIGH SCHOOL. B - THIS JOURNEY RUNS FROM ALNWICK @ 15:45 VIA DUCHESS HIGH SCHOOL TO BELFORD *THIS JOURNEY PICKS UP AT ALNMOUTH STATION AT 17:53, THEN RETURNS TO ALNWICK BUS STATION ARRIVING AT 18:03

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The explorers’ guide to Berwick-upon-Tweed…

Outdoor adventures: Walk the Elizabethan Walls for spectacular views. Stroll the Pier or Riverside to the ruins of Berwick’s Medieval castle. Cross the river to Spittal beach and Prom. Take a boat trip for the chance to spot seals and dolphins! Don’t miss: Nature trails and sculptures in Berwick Museum & Berwick’s Castle Parks. Art Gallery

Family fun: Build sandcastles or go rock- pooling on sandy beaches. Enjoy the Pictorial Photography Berwick Dolphin Watch splash-park, leisure centre & swimming pool, tennis courts, theatre & cinema, pottery and craft activity centre. Don’t miss: Spittal Seaside Festival this August.

Fascinating history: Did you know, Berwick has changed hands between England and Scotland at least 13 times? Visit the Darren Chapman 18th Century Barracks, Main Guard, and the Town Hall’s old courtroom and jail cells. Don’t miss: Heritage Open Doors Day to see hidden parts of bygone Berwick.

Art: Visit exhibitions at the Granary, Gymnasium and Berwick Museum. Walk in the footsteps of ‘matchstick men’ painter L.S. Lowry on the Lowry Trail, and visit independent art shops. Don’t miss: Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, Berwick Literary Festival and Berwick-upon-Tweed entertainment at The Maltings.

Berwick is so easy to reach - right beside the A1, with a train station and excellent bus links.

Find out more: Berwick Tourist Information Centre, Walkergate, TD15 1DB Tel: 01670 622155. Email: [email protected] www.visitberwick.com

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Spittal

The AONB is a place to St. Bartholomew was built here in the of traditional friendly Middle Ages to take care of lepers. villages and lively historic Good for towns. Wherever you go Family fun, traditional beach days, picnics. you are sure of a warm Nature notes Look out for divers, grebes and sea ducks welcome. offshore during the winter. If you fancy wandering inland, the Tweed Valley is

Spittal Standing on the south bank of the river a great place to see wintering flocks of Tweed, Spittal has long been known as geese and swans. At low tide, explore the a holiday resort. During the 18th Century, exposed rock pools and discover fossils, visitors were keen to bathe in the sea there shells and stones. The amazing geology and drink from the spa well. The Victorian of the area is impressive, particularly the promenade and ‘Venetian’ pavilion give sloping rock slabs of Middle Skerr. the beach a traditional feel and it is a popular place for a classic beach day. Stretch your legs There’s a kids’ play park, a swimming pool, Follow the National Cycle Route or an ice cream shop, an arcade, and a big Northumberland Coast Path south and patch of grass for ball games. you’ll reach Cocklawburn - a beautiful quiet beach backed by grassy dunes Did you know? which make it an ideal spot for long, The name Spittal derives from a shortened windswept walks. It‘s a great place for form of ‘hospital’ - a hospital dedicated relaxation and solitude.

27 The Holy Island of Lindisfarne is often described as the “Jewel of the Northumberland Coast”.

In the 7th Century, it was one of the great seats of Christian learning in Western Europe and where the beautiful Lindisfarne Gospels Holy Island causeway were written. Pilgrim’s Path Holy Island is only accessible by crossing a tidal causeway from the mainland. This causeway is only accessible at LOW TIDE. It is essential to check the safe crossing times before you travel. Holy Island Holy Did you know? The Lookout Tower, a familiar Island landmark perched above the village on the outcrop of volcanic rock known as the Heugh, was built for use by the coastguard in the 1940s but was disused for many years. Now the building has been transformed into a new observation point.

Nature notes Holy Island is situated at the heart of the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, which is an internationally important area for birds on migration and as winter quarters. Extensive dunelands, intertidal sand and mud flats, saltmarsh and ancient raised beaches support a wide variety of plant life and attract vast numbers of birds. Bar-tailed godwits, knots and redshanks can be seen on the extensive mudflats in both spring and autumn, whilst fields and gardens on the island gather large numbers of thrushes and warblers during migration times, especially autumn. In winter, the mudflats hold large populations of wildfowl including thousands of wigeon and a significant proportion of the world’s light-bellied brent goose population.

Stretch your legs Walking across the Pilgrim’s route onto Holy Island is a very different walking experience and unlike any other country walk in Northumberland. The three-mile walk should take you about two hours. Only use the Pilgrim’s Path during the middle of the safe crossing times. If you are not confident, there are professional walk leaders that lead guided walks across the mud.

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Lindisfarne Castle

Lindisfarne Priory

Don’t leave here without Visiting Gertrude Jekyll’s garden below the castle. The Arts and Crafts garden designer, writer and artist created this small walled garden in 1911; it still creates wonderful colour and scent every year in July and August.

Beware! Pirri pirri bur is a plant species native to Australia and New Zealand which was first recorded on Holy Island in the early 1930s and is found throughout the dune system. The barbed burrs of the pirri pirri detach from the plant in mid to late summer onto anything that passes – boot laces, socks, dogs and livestock. You can help prevent the further spread of pirri pirri by keeping to the main paths through the dunes between June and November. Check your shoes, clothing and dogs too for seeds, removing them and putting them into a bin.

29 Ford & Etal, near the Northumberland Coast - one destination, over 20 attractions…

A short drive inland from the coast, this privately owned rural estate in the north of the county offers a fascinating day out. Set amid stunning Borderlands countryside and centred around the picturesque villages of Ford and Etal, the estate is home to a host of attractions, activities, tearooms and accommodation.

With red squirrels and otters both resident here, it’s worth exploring the area by Explore, Experience, Discover... & Etal Ford following one of the many footpaths and Heatherslaw Cornmill bridleways that criss-cross the estate, Get hands-on in this 19th century restored working watermill! either on foot or bicycle, or if you’re feeling adventurous, book a canoe trip with Lady Waterford Hall Active 4 Seasons or go horse riding from Once the village school, this Victorian building is full of surprises! Kimmerston Stables. Two fascinating, family friendly, independent museums situated on the picturesque Ford & Etal Estates

Mill: 01890 820488 | Hall: 07971 326 177 Take a peaceful stroll around historic www.ford-and-etal.co.uk Ford village, where you’ll discover rare books, antiques, collectables and a choice of tearooms. You can even hire Dogs Welcome! a bike to continue your travels around the villages. Finally, be sure to visit Lady Waterford Hall. Built in 1860 as the village school and housing an unique collection A wide range of silhouette papercut of 19th Century murals and artworks, the art and semi-precious jewellery. Hall tells the inspiring story of Louisa, Ideal for gifts or a Marchioness of Waterford. treat for yourself. Earrings Bracelets All handmade at Necklaces At nearby Heatherslaw, cross the Heatherslaw! footbridge to the Visitor Centre and watch the short film about the estates before April to October: Open Daily 10am to 4pm November to March: Open Wed to Sun - 11am to 3pm

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visiting Heatherslaw Corn Mill. Here you can explore this amazing working watermill, follow the journey from grain to flour, experience the world of the Victorian Miller, get hands-on during school holiday baking days and much more besides. Heatherslaw Corn Mill Follow your visit with delicious home-made Old Forge Antiques and John Marrin Rare Books scones and cakes in the adjoining tearoom and take some freshly milled flour home from the Gift Shop. Finally, don’t miss the fabulous papercut artist and jewellery maker opposite the mill.

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magnificent Clydesdale horses and other rare breed animals. Check out the website for the centre’s special events, including carriage rides which, in 2019, will combine with tours of the estate’s Cheviot Brewery.

From Heatherslaw take a steam train ride to Etal with Heatherslaw Light Railway. The village, distinctive by its white painted cottages, is home to the Black Bull, the only thatched pub in the county, as well The Dough Zone at as a bustling tearoom. Enjoy a tranquil Heatherslaw Cornmill walk by the river then discover the bloody history of Borders warfare with a visit to Etal Castle. Follow this with a visit to Flodden Battlefield, central to the Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum, where a King and 10,000 Scots died in battle in only a few hours.

With so much to see and do, you may want to spend more time exploring the Special places deserve special adventures! area, booking into one of the quality guest With over 20 years experience working at: The Coast - sea kayak or coasteering houses or self-catering cottages around The River - by open canoe or river kayak the estates. The Land - rock climbing or mountain biking We specialise in made to measure adventures for Events held throughout the year – tel 01890 820338 individuals, families, couples & small groups. email [email protected] or visit Licensed for under 18’s, schools & youth groups. www.ford-and-etal.co.uk for more information M: 07941 450 064 (6.00pm - 7.00pm is best!) E: ollie@acti ve4seasons.co.uk www.acti ve4seasons.co.uk @FordandEtal fordandetal fordandetal

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Inner Farne, Farne Islands

The Farne Islands lie off the Northumberland Coast between Seahouses and Bamburgh.

There are between 15 and 28 islands, depending on the tide when you visit. The islands are owned and protected by the National Trust and are roughly divided into two groups - the Inner Farnes and the Outer Farnes. They are designated as a National Nature Reserve and Special Protection Area for their important sea bird colonies, and as a Billy Shiel’s Special Conservation Area for the grey seals which breed and rest there. Nature notes FARNE ISLAND Farne Islands Farne To see the breeding sea birds, the best time to visit the Farne Islands is between May and late July when the birds are BOAT TRIPS feeding their growing chicks. During this Onboard Glad Tidings time, two islands are open to the public Licensed by the National Trust to land on the Farne Islands. for birdwatching: Staple island and Inner Farne. Boats sail regularly from Seahouses harbour.

Don’t leave here without Visiting Longstone Lighthouse, which is famous for the daring rescue of survivors of the Forfarshire shipwreck by the Lighthouse Keeper William Darling and his daughter, Grace, in 1838. Read more on page 10. Daily sailings from 10am onwards with a Don’t forget! choice of half & full day landing trips, 1.5 hr If you are visiting during the breeding Grey Seal Cruises & sailings to Lindsinfarne. season, the Arctic terns will be defending their eggs and chicks and will Reservations Tel: 01665 720 308 / 720316 dive-bomb passing humans. Be sure to wear a hat! Visit www.farne-islands.com for all trips and schedules

33 Once the capital of the 7th Century Kingdom of Northumbria, it is now a seaside village dominated by the magnificent Bamburgh Castle. Good for Don’t leave here without Beaches, a stunning castle, dunes rich in Visiting St Aidan’s Church. A place of flowers, rockpools and a place to learn the worship was founded on the site of the amazing story of Grace Darling. present church in 635 by Saint Aidan. St. Aidan was called to Bamburgh Nature Notes from Iona by King Oswald to establish Countryfile voted the rock pools at Bamburgh Christianity in his newly some of the best in Britain. Bamburgh of Northumbria. Lighthouse at Harkess Rocks is ideal for The church building that you can now rockpooling, offering a string of plunge pools see at the site dates from the end of the just 10 minutes walk from Bamburgh Castle. 12th Century. Bamburgh

Bamburgh Castle

Seahouses is a busy little port which grew up in the late 19th Century, when the harbour was built to serve the inland village of North Sunderland.

Today, potting boats share the harbour with holidaymakers and the village is given over to catering for visitors and passers-by.

Stretch your legs The fascinating history of Seahouses and North Sunderland can be discovered on

Seahouses three Heritage Walks. A leaflet explaining the walks is available at the Tourist Information Centre.

Don’t leave here without Seahouses is well known for its excellent fish and chips. The oldest working smokehouse in Northumberland can be found at ‘Swallow Fish’, where you can buy Seahouses Harbour kippers and other smoked fish and seafood.

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Beadnell The charming village of Beadnell lies a couple of mile south of Seahouses.

Stretching from the harbour is the long golden sweep of Beadnell Bay with ruined Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance. Beadnell is a very popular destination for holidaymakers in the summer.

Good for The sheltered bay makes an ideal location for some of the best sailing and windsurfing rangers who look after them. To visit the Beadnell on the Northumberland coast. The harbour Long Nanny tern colony you must walk the itself provides an excellent spot to launch mile or so from either High Newton-by-the- boats from, though it can get very busy in Sea or Beadnell along the Northumberland summer. Find out more on page 15. Coast Path.

Nature notes Did you know? In the middle of Beadnell Bay, where the The 18th Century harbour and lime kilns Long Nanny Burn runs out onto the beach, were once the haunt of herring fishermen there is a colony of nesting terns during and smugglers. The harbour is still used by the summer. Some 2,500 hundred pairs a few local fishermen today. The entrance of nesting Arctic terns and a few pairs of to Beadnell Harbour actually faces west - the very rare little tern make it their home the only west-facing harbour on the east each summer, as do the National Trust coast of England.

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35 Low Newton-by-the-Sea is a delightful village with a lovely sandy beach and fine views across Embleton Bay to Dunstanburgh Castle.

The National Trust owns most of the village and surrounding countryside. The ‘square’ is the heart of the old village, where low Low Newton buildings surround a large grass square. whose backdrop of Dunstanburgh Castle Nature notes makes this fine sandy beach one of the The area is renowned for bird watching. most spectacular in England. Visit Newton Pool, a freshwater Nature Reserve just 80 metres from the shore. Don’t leave here without With its accessible hides, it is a good place Look out for the unusual St Mary’s to observe migrating birds. Church, which dates from the end of the 19th Century. The church, originally

Low Newton Stretch your legs purchased in kit form, is constructed from Take a short walk to Newton Point for corrugated steel sheeting and features fantastic views out to sea and the Farne pretty stained glass windows. It is known Islands on a clear day, or Embleton Bay, locally as the ‘Tin Church’.

Craster Harbour The fishing village of Craster, with its charming harbour, is a popular destination for those seeking peace and quiet in a spectacular setting. Good for Don’t leave here without Take a walk along the Coast Path to the Buying some kippers from L Robson & dramatic ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle. Son’s smokery and make some Craster kipper toasties when you get home Nature Notes The unique ‘whin sill’ grasslands on the There is limited parking in Craster and way to the castle are home to field garlic, in the summer it can fill up quickly so if Craster forget-me-nots and wild thyme. Or visit the you can, leave the car behind and catch Arnold Memorial Northumberland Wildlife the bus to Craster. There is an hourly Trust Reserve (an old quarry) and see if you service from May to September can spot breeding or rare migrating birds. from the north and south.

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Howick

Boulmer is a traditional Nature notes Explore Howick Hall Gardens, the home fishing village where the of Earl Grey. Great for snowdrops in local cobles are still used February, daffodils and crocuses in March, camellias and rhododendrons in to catch crab, lobster April and spectacular formal gardens and salmon. in June.

The village has changed little in the last Stretch your legs 100 years. Boulmer is perhaps best known Take a walk or a bike ride along the the for its RAF base. Nearby Howick Hall, section of Coast Path or Cycle route to the owned by the Grey family since the 1300s, north of Boulmer. It is virtually traffic-free all is popular with garden enthusiasts. the way to Craster. Boulmer and Howick

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Alnmouth’s most impressive feature is the stunning natural beauty of its wide, sandy beaches.

The beach is easily accessible with a car leafy red seaweeds cover the bedrock. park on the sea front. It’s the perfect place The thick marine canopy provides a safe for a family day out. haven for juvenile fish, while blue rayed limpets cling to the sawing fronds. In Did you know? the darker depths, reef ledges, crevices, The Ferryman’s Hut used to give shelter gullies and boulder slopes are covered to the ferry-man who rowed passengers with a carpet of white tube worms, hairy across the River Aln; a service now sea firs, spiny brittle stars, pulpy sea lapsed, sadly. The Hut was rented from squirts, colourful sea anemones and fleshy Northumberland Estates, restored, and dead man’s finger sponges. turned into a museum of local history and memorabilia. It is open each day, entry Stretch your legs is free and it is looked after, paid for, and Walk the Northumberland Coast Path north

Alnmouth maintained by a local resident. towards Boulmer, past the remains of the Percy Volunteers battery built to defend Nature notes against Napoleon and the fourth oldest golf As the rocky shore extends beneath the course in England. If you get as far as Craster waves, dense kelp forests smothered in or Howick, you can catch the bus back.

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Warkworth Castle

Warkworth is dominated Nature notes by its magnificent castle Go birdwatching in the Coquet Estuary, an important migration staging post. that stands at the top of Or take a boat trip around Coquet the village. Island (no landing allowed), which is an important breeding colony for many The Castle is now owned by English sea birds including the very rare Heritage. Visiting it is a must! roseate tern.

At the other end of the village, by the banks Don’t leave here without of the River Coquet, is the parish church of Visit the Medieval Hermitage (a chapel St Lawrence. A church has stood on this site carved into the stone) hidden away on the for almost 13 centuries, and you can feel its South bank of the river Coquet - it is only amazing history in its walls. accessible by boat! Warkworth

39 Amble Harbour

Amble and Druridge Bay Amble is known as the ‘friendliest port’ • Research the Bay’s history - from and is the gateway to the AONB from St. Cuthbert being offered the Bishopric the south. Druridge Bay has ten miles of of Lindisfarne at Coquet Island to fantastic sandy beaches, dunes and pools resistance to a nuclear power station in to explore, a rich history and amazing the 1980s. The area has a past of open freshwater birdwatching reserves. cast coal mining and was fortified against invasion during WW2 (anti-tank measures What can I do? can still be seen along the coast). • Visit Druridge Bay Country Park, with • Go rock-pooling at Hadston Carrs or its beautiful beach and sand dunes, Marden rocks along the beach to the north as well as the 100 acre Ladyburn Lake or from Hauxley Wildlife Discovery Centre surrounded by woods and meadows. • Hire a bike from Amble. There are many • Between May and September take a options for circular and linear routes from boat trip out of Amble Harbour around the town. the RSPB reserve of Coquet Island (no • Go fishing - there are charter boats landing is allowed), home to colonies operating out of the harbour. of puffins, eider ducks and the sole UK • Visit the many nature reserves: Hauxley, stronghold for roseate terns, Britain’s East Chevington, Druridge Pools, rarest breeding sea bird. Cresswell Pond and Ellington Pond. Around the AONB

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Eyemouth and St Abbs Eyemouth is a vibrant fishing community with a rich history, families of seals and a sandy beach. St Abbs has a spectacular marine reserve, cliff-dwelling sea bird colonies and a rocky harbour.

What can I do? • Research the history of the town at Eyemouth Museum, and explore the tapestry commemorating the fishing disaster of 1881. • Visit Eyemouth Maritime Centre. Many of the craft are unique and are the last known examples of their kind anywhere in the world. • Visit Gunsgreen House and find out about 18th Century smuggling along this part of the coast. • Check out the working harbour – the second largest inshore fishing port where fishing remains the mainstay of the local economy. You can often see seals hoping for easy fish! • Do a seashore safari with staff from the St. Abbs and Eyemouth Marine Reserve. • Take the Eyemouth town trail. • St Abb’s Bay’s crystal clear water and diverse marine life make this 8km stretch of the and North Northumberland Coast European Marine Site a great place for snorkelling and scuba diving. St Abb’s Head offers panoramic views, a small Nature Centre and a great view of the breeding sea bird colony at the National Trust for Scotland’s St Abb’s Nature Reserve.

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Grand Cascade, the enormous tree house Alnwick sitting high in the trees for a magical Historic Castle with Harry Potter dining experience, and the intriguing connections, famous garden and the best Poison Garden. shopping street in Britain (according • Call in at Barter Books, one of the largest to Google). secondhand bookshops in Britain, located within a listed Victorian former What can I do? railway station. Browse through the • Visit Alnwick Castle, home to the Duke books and have a coffee or something to of Northumberland’s family, the Percys, eat in one of the old waiting rooms. for over 700 years. The second largest • Bailiffgate Museum presents the history inhabited castle in England and often of Alnwick and district. Six specially referred to as ‘The Windsor of themed displays capture the unique the North’. heritage of this historic region. • The Alnwick Garden has something for • Have a stroll around the town with its families and gardeners alike. Explore its beautiful cobbled streets and variety of wonderful water features including the individual shops and eating places.

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The wide sandy beaches of the Northumberland Coast are an excellent place to exercise your dog and as such, dog walking is perhaps the most popular activity on the coast.

Tips on walking with your dog Roosting and feeding birds - • Keep your dog under close control Large flocks of birds on the shore at all times. will either be roosting or feeding. • Do not allow dogs to disturb birds or It may be fun, but please do not livestock. Teach your dog to chase and allow your dog to run at flocks retrieve a toy instead. of birds on the shore. Regular • Never let your dog roam around the disturbance like this wastes coast unattended as dogs can disturb valuable energy and it could mean wildlife and cause a nuisance to the difference between life and other visitors. death for some birds. • Not everyone likes dogs. Some people, especially children, are very afraid of Stranded seals - Seals are often them. Try to prevent your dog from found on the Northumberland running up to people even if the dog is Coast. If you find a seal pup that ‘just being friendly’. looks fit and healthy, it is best to • Always clean up after your dog. Bag leave it where it is, at least for two the faeces and use bins where they are high tides. Do not allow your dog provided. Otherwise, take it home. to go near a seal and do not try to • Your dog should have a collar and tag. handle one yourself, they bite! If you are on holiday, it is a good idea to have a temporary tag with your holiday Coquet Cottages offer a dog- address on it or mobile phone number. sitting service. Their details can be • Never leave a dog unattended in a car. found in the advert below.

Dogs on the Coast Dogs Beaches with dog restrictions None of the beaches in the AONB have dog bans. There are a couple of seasonal exceptions: There is a seasonal restriction for breeding shorebirds in the middle of Beadnell Bay during the summer months. Please observe signs and put your dog on a lead before you reach the site. Within the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, dogs must be kept on a short lead or at heel at all times. Outside the AONB, there are restrictions at Blyth and Newbiggin. We have produced some straightforward guidance for dog owners who bring their dogs to the coast. Pick up our leaflet from any Tourist Information Centre or download it from www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org

How to keep your dog safe around: Livestock - If you can see farm animals, keep your dog on a short lead. Don’t pass between and separate adult sheep or cows from their young. There’s no need to panic if a cow approaches you gently - walk away calmly. If, however, you and The Finest Collection of Luxury your dog are chased or charged at, let go of your dog’s lead. Holiday Homes in Northumberland 01665 710700 www.coquetcottages.co.uk

43 Competition

Tell us about your visit and WIN a two-night bed and breakfast break for two at Northumberland’s newest place to eat, drink, sleep and explore - The Amble Inn.

Newly opened in 2019, The Amble Inn at the inn’s nautical-style bar with local is the place that’s making waves in real ales and artisan gins to cocktails Northumberland as the place to eat, drink, and mocktails. Hot drinks include local sleep and explore from. Located in the favourite Ringtons speciality teas jolly fishing town of Amble at the southern and coffees. gateway to the Northumberland Coast AONB and close to Coquet Island and Part of the award-winning Inn Collection Druridge Bay, the 30-bedroom Amble Inn Group, The Amble Inn’s warm welcome is open all day, every day. extends to families, walkers and cyclists. It’s also a dog-friendly place to visit and Included in this fantastic prize is a stay, with its designated pet friendly three-course evening meal so you can rooms and dining areas guaranteed to experience the inn’s delicious homemade get tails wagging. fare. And, as you would expect from this friendly seaside town, seafood features For more information see heavily on the inn’s menu. Raise a glass www.theambleinnamble.co.uk

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To enter, complete the following questionnaire:

1. Which of the following best describes your trip: ❏ Local resident (living within the AONB) ❏ Day trip from home (living outside the AONB) ❏ Staying overnight in holiday accommodation within the AONB ❏ Staying overnight in holiday accommodation outside of the AONB ❏ Day trip from staying with friends or relatives

2. If you are away from home, how long are you staying?

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3. How many are in your party?

Adults: ...... Children: ...... Dogs: ......

4. What age bracket do you fit into (the person filling the form in)? ❏ 16-24 ❏ 25-34 ❏ 35-44 ❏ 45-59 ❏ 60+

5. We would like to know how reading this visitor guide has changed your visit. Please tell us about up to three things your have done (or done differently) as a result of reading this guide. (For example, “we took the bus to Craster” or “we visited Warkworth Castle”).

1: ......

2: ......

3: ......

6. Overall, what three areas of service provision would you like to see improved upon in the next five years within the AONB? Rank your answers in terms of importance

1: ......

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Your details:

Name: ...... Address: ......

Email: ......

The information supplied will be used by the Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership and our partner organisations to help us manage tourism in a sustainable way. Please tick this box if you do not want to receive information from the Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership or Amble Inn. We will not share your information with any other third parties. ❏

Entrants must be aged 18 or over. Prize valid for six months upon winning notification. Prize includes a two night dinner, bed and breakfast stay for two people, a three course evening meal or lunch for two people. Prize excludes travel to or from The Amble Inn. The prize excludes Bank Holidays. Subject to availability and choice. Management decision is final.

Enter online at www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org/visitorguide Or post your completed questionnaire to: Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF

The closing date for this competition is Friday 1 November 2019 and winner will be announced Friday 8 November 2019

45 An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is exactly what it says it is: An outstanding landscape whose distinctive character and natural beauty are so precious that it is safeguarded in the national interest.

These areas are living, working And did you know…. landscapes, much loved and valued by all • No other country in the world has Areas who enjoy them. of Outstanding Natural Beauty – it is a They are powerful symbols of our uniquely British designation that belongs to national pride: Places of motivation, a worldwide Protected Landscape Family inheritance, excitement, pleasure and • There are 46 AONBs in the UK (33 wholly profit. The flora, fauna, history and culture in England, four wholly in Wales, one which of our AONBs’ lowland heath, wild moor, straddles the English/Welsh border and towering peaks, dramatic gorges, eight in Northern Ireland) sheer cliffs, gently rolling hills, • AONBs cover about 18% of the UK countryside sandy beaches, spectacular cliffs, • 66% of people live within ½ hr of an AONB quiet coves, rocky shores, sand • Just over ⅕ of the English Coast is AONB dunes, saltmarsh and shimmering • AONBs protect some of the UK’s most estuariesAreas ensure theyof remainOutstanding importantNatural and sensitive Beauty habitats ‘Landscapes for Life’. www.landscapesforlife.org.uk

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by bus Explore the Northumberland Coast with Arriva’s Berwick-upon-Tweed BERWICK- UPON-TWEED X18 hop-on Berwick Castle & Ramparts

Scremerston hop-off Northumberland Coast attractions sightseeing tour

Haggerston Castle Safe crossing times only Beal Holy Island

Lindisfarne Priory & Lindisfarne Heritage Centre Castle

Kyloe Woods Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve

Farne Garce Darling Museum & Armstrong Museum Bamburgh Castle Islands Budle Bamburgh Beach Belford Bay Bamburgh

Farne Islands Boat Trips Seahouses

Beadnell

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Northumberland coastal ad 276x198mm.indd 1 25/02/2019 15:53 WARKWORTH CASTLE AND HERMITAGE Explore this mighty Northumberland fortress crowning the hilltop above the River Coquet and see how the powerful Dukes of Northumberland, the Percy family lived. Explore the fl oors and rooms in the magnifi cent cross-shaped keep which was once home to ‘Harry Hotspur’, immortalised as a rebel lord by Shakespeare. See spectacular river and coastal views from the castle walls. Continue your adventure by taking a walk half a mile upriver followed by a boat trip to discover the Hermitage, a unique religious building carved out of the rock.

Warkworth Castle is open every day from 1st April to 3rd November. Please check the website for Hermitage opening times, winter opening hours and admission prices. www.english-heritage.org.uk/warkworth • 01665 711423