Coastal walk… 1mile

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Enjoy a gentle walk alongside the with plenty of wildlife- Look out for oystercatcher spotting opportunities along the way. Remember to bring your binoculars as there (pictured) and other shore are great views and lots of birds to spot from the beach and wildlife hides. The first birds around the part of the walk (points 1 to 4) is an all-ability trail. Emblestones, an outcrop of hard volcanic rock protecting Newton Haven from the main Start: Car park (not NT) Grid ref: NU239248 ravages of the . Maps: OS Landranger 75 & 81 / Explorer 332 & 340 Sometimes seals can be How to get here & local facilities spotted basking at the far end of the rocks. By foot: Northumberland Coast Path (part of the North Sea Trail) passes through Newton Point from Bay in the north and in the south © www.northeastwildlife.co.uk By bike: National Cycle Network route 1 passes through Embleton village, then 2 miles along minor roads to start of walk. See www.sustrans.org.uk By bus: A bus service runs along the B1330 from to , passing The beach at point 7 is a Embleton and occasionally High Newton, Monday to Saturday. Links to buses from great place to go rock Berwick upon Tweed station, station, Morpeth and Newcastle pooling. Look for marine By train: Alnmouth station, 9 miles creatures such as sea By road: off A1, Newcastle to Berwick-upon-Tweed, then B1340 from Alnwick onto anemones, limpets, crabs B1339 which runs parallel to the coast. Minor roads lead to Newton and starfish.

Car park and two accessible car parking spaces in Low Newton Square; pub; WCs © NTPL / Paul Wakefield (including accessible WCs) behind the Ship Inn; National Trust holiday cottage

overlooking Newton Point, visit www.nationaltrustcottages.co.uk

Things to look out for… t Bird Reserve Savour the great views of the magnificent ruin of Stop off at the wildlife hides at point 4 to enjoy the great views and to see how many different birds you can recognise using the visual guides and your binoculars. One (pictured) to the south and, hide is fully accessible for wheelchairs; the other has steps to climb to enter. on a clear day, the distant to the north. t Low Newton Square

An 18th-century fishing hamlet, with white-washed cottages and an historic pub set © NTPL / Joe Cornish around a pretty village green.

Directions Distance, terrain & accessibility

Points 1 to 4 is an all-ability route. From point 5 the ground Allow about one hour for this 1 mile (1.6km) walk, following well made pavements and becomes uneven and has a steep set of steps. tracks from points 1 to 4, then an uneven grassy path. One steep hill at point 1 and steps leading down to the beach at point 5. Responsible dog owners are welcomed with 1. Start at the public car park above Low Newton. Head down the dogs on leads near to the bird hide at Newton Pool at point 4. hill to the village square – the road is quite steep. You can’t miss the spectacular view of the ruins of 14th-century Dunstanburgh

Castle straight ahead. © Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey. All rights reserved. Licence no. AL 100023974 2. As you arrive at the square in the village take the right hand turn, following the road behind the square by the National Trust information board. The first ½ km to Newton Pool hides has a surfaced track suitable for wheelchair access.

3. Turn left behind the Ship Inn and follow the road south past the back of the cottages, parallel with the sea shore. Continue past the Boat Park, checking the field to your right for visiting wetland and coastal birds on the muddy scrape.

4. Continue on the track past Risemoor Cottage, a former fisherman’s pub, through a small woodland path until you see the two wildlife hides on your right hand side facing into the waters at Newton Pool.

You can now reverse your route back to Low Newton or continue on to point 5.

5. Continue southward from the bird hide, and after about 30m the path forks. Take the left track past some beach bungalows in the dunes. Head for the centre of the green space where a way marker shows the path through bracken leading to wooden steps to the beach.

6. Take in the spectacular views of Dunstanburgh Castle across Contact us Embleton Bay before turning left on the beach and heading back

toward the village. As you arrive back in the village square of Low Telephone: 01665 576117 Email: [email protected] Newton by the Sea take time to relax on the beach, picnic on the village green or explore the shoreline and rock pools. Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/embletonewtonlinks

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