Holy Island & the causeway coast: Lindisfarne Castle on its rocky crag above green grass on Holy Island

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Holy Island & the causeway coast: things to do

Places worth your time in Holy Island & the causeway coast

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Things to do in Holy Island & the causeway coast

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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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Kasteel

Lindisfarne Castle

16th-century fort on a rocky crag, altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901 and now cared for by the National Trust.

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Parochiekerk

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.

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Tuin

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.

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Industrieel erfgoed

Lindisfarne lime kilns

Lime kilns built by a Dundee firm in the 1860s below the castle; lime was burnt here until about 1900.

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Oorlogsmonument

Holy Island War Memorial

First World War memorial cross on the Heugh, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens; grade II* listed.

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Navigation beacon

Heugh Hill beacon

Metal tower with a black triangle on the Heugh, one of three Trinity House beacons guiding boats into the harbour.

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Tidal islet

St Cuthbert's Isle

Tiny tidal islet off the village with the remains of a medieval chapel, linked by tradition to St Cuthbert.

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Natuurreservaat

Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve

Dunes, mudflats and salt marsh covering 3,541 hectares; the only regular UK wintering ground for pale-bellied brent geese from Svalbard.

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Landtong

Emmanuel Head

Headland at the north-east corner of the island, marked by a white pyramid-shaped daymark.

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Industrieel erfgoed

Holy Island Waggonway

Traces of the 19th-century waggonways that carried limestone from the north of the island to the kilns and jetties.

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Fort ruins

Osborne's Fort

Remains of a fort on the Heugh above the harbour, close to the war memorial.

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Historisch gebouw

Snook Tower

Listed tower and stable at Snook House at the west end of the island, passed on the causeway road.

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Tidal road

Lindisfarne causeway

Road over the sands from Beal, about three miles long; Wikipedia notes tide tables are posted at both ends.

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Wandelroute

Pilgrims' Way

Line of marker posts across the sands to the island; the council says to walk it only in daylight and never on a rising tide.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

England's northernmost town: the station, buses and walls for a Holy Island trip

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Fotoverantwoording

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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Official pages we opened while writing and checking this page. Details change, so check with the venue or operator before you travel.

Lindisfarne Priory: official site (english-heritage.org.uk)
Pilgrims Coffee House: own website (pilgrimscoffee.com)
1st Class Food: own website (1stclassfoodholyisland.co.uk)
The Ship Inn: own website (shipinnholyisland.co.uk)
The Barn at Beal: own website (thebarnatbeal.co.uk)
Bothy Bar: own website (thebarnatbeal.co.uk)
The Blue Bell Hotel: own website (bluebellhotel.com)
The Lindisfarne Hotel: own website (lindisfarnehotelholyisland.com)
Fenwick Bed & Breakfast: own website (fenwickbedandbreakfast.co.uk)
Market Cross: own website (marketcrossguesthouse.com)
National Rail Enquiries (nationalrail.co.uk)

Place names and map positions: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0). See credits.

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