23 places from our Lindisfarne (Holy Island) guide, from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Holy Island & the causeway coast. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.
Attractions
23 places
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MuseumFormer army barracks, also called Ravensdowne Barracks, with the King's Own Scottish Borderers regimental museum.
Other sightGrade I listed stone bridge over the Tweed built between 1611 and 1624, also called the Old Bridge.
CastleRemains of the medieval castle beside the railway station, cared for by English Heritage with the ramparts.
Other sightGrade I listed town hall on Marygate with a tall steeple, once the headquarters of the borough council.
Other sightDefences around the old town; you can walk much of the circuit on top of the ramparts, looked after by English Heritage.
Park or natureHeadland at the north-east corner of the island, marked by a white pyramid-shaped daymark.
Garden
Other sightMetal tower with a black triangle on the Heugh, one of three Trinity House beacons guiding boats into the harbour.
Other sightTraces of the 19th-century waggonways that carried limestone from the north of the island to the kilns and jetties.
Other sightFirst World War memorial cross on the Heugh, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens; grade II* listed.
Cathedral or churchParish church in the town centre, a rare example of a church built in the Commonwealth period of the 1650s.
Castle16th-century fort on a rocky crag, altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901 and now cared for by the National Trust.
Other sightRoad over the sands from Beal, about three miles long; Wikipedia notes tide tables are posted at both ends.
Other sightLime kilns built by a Dundee firm in the 1860s below the castle; lime was burnt here until about 1900.
Park or natureDunes, mudflats and salt marsh covering 3,541 hectares; the only regular UK wintering ground for pale-bellied brent geese from Svalbard.
MuseumEnglish Heritage's ruined priory with the 'rainbow arch', a museum with Anglo-Saxon name stones and a family trail; check the tide before visiting.
Other sight
Other sightLine of marker posts across the sands to the island; the council says to walk it only in daylight and never on a rising tide.
Other sightRobert Stephenson's railway viaduct of 1847-50, opened by Queen Victoria and still carrying East Coast Main Line trains.
Other sightListed tower and stable at Snook House at the west end of the island, passed on the causeway road.
Other sight
Cathedral or churchParish church beside the priory on the site of St Aidan's wooden church of AD 635; restored in 1860.
Other sightCinema and live arts venue near the river in the town centre.
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More about Lindisfarne (Holy Island): the Lindisfarne (Holy Island) guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.
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