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Priory ruins and museum
Lindisfarne Priory
English Heritage's ruined priory with the 'rainbow arch', a museum with Anglo-Saxon name stones and a family trail; check the tide before visiting.
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Holy Island & the causeway coast
The tidal island of Lindisfarne, its priory and castle, and the mainland villages by the causeway
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The tidal island of Lindisfarne, its priory and castle, and the mainland villages by the causeway
Holy Island, also called Lindisfarne, is a tidal island off the Northumberland coast. A road causeway about three miles long joins it to the mainland at Beal, and the tide covers it twice a day. Northumberland County Council publishes safe crossing times and asks drivers to allow an extra 30 minutes for weather.
The village sits at the south-west corner of the island, between the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory and the harbour. Lindisfarne Castle stands on a rock to the east, with Gertrude Jekyll's walled garden and the lime kilns nearby. The rest of the island is dunes and shore inside the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. Places to stay on the mainland side are in Beal, Fenwick and Belford.
Highlights
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Burg
Lindisfarne Castle
16th-century fort on a rocky crag, altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901 and now cared for by the National Trust.
Pfarrkirche
St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island
Parish church beside the priory on the site of St Aidan's wooden church of AD 635; restored in 1860.
Garten
Gertrude Jekyll's walled garden
Small walled garden laid out by Gertrude Jekyll in 1911, north of the castle and looked after with it by the National Trust.
Industrielles Erbe
Lindisfarne lime kilns
Lime kilns built by a Dundee firm in the 1860s below the castle; lime was burnt here until about 1900.
Kriegerdenkmal
Holy Island War Memorial
First World War memorial cross on the Heugh, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens; grade II* listed.
Orientierung
Auf der Karte
The map shows Holy Island & the causeway coast and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Insidertipps
Vor der Reise
1
Check the crossing times first
The tide covers the causeway twice a day. Use Northumberland County Council's table and allow 30 minutes extra, as the council advises.
2
The Pilgrims' Way is different
The road times do not apply to the walking route over the sands. The council says to walk it in daylight, with local knowledge, and to finish before the middle of the safe period.
3
If you are caught out
Visit Northumberland says not to drive into rising water: wait for the next safe window, and call HM Coastguard if you are stranded on the causeway.
4
Parken
Visitors park in one of the two island car parks, which charge a small fee; there is no charge to visit the island itself.
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- Holy Island & the causeway coast (area photo): matthew Hunt, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lindisfarne Priory: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lindisfarne Castle: Urbral, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island: David Smith, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gertrude Jekyll's walled garden: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Lindisfarne lime kilns: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Holy Island War Memorial: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Heugh Hill beacon: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Cuthbert's Isle: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Emmanuel Head: Roger D Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Holy Island Waggonway: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Osborne's Fort: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Snook Tower: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lindisfarne causeway: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pilgrims' Way: James T M Towill, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Berwick-upon-Tweed: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
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