Attractions in Lindisfarne (Holy Island)

Berwick Barracks

Former army barracks, also called Ravensdowne Barracks, with the King's Own Scottish Borderers regimental museum.

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Berwick Bridge

Grade I listed stone bridge over the Tweed built between 1611 and 1624, also called the Old Bridge.

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Berwick Castle

Remains of the medieval castle beside the railway station, cared for by English Heritage with the ramparts.

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Berwick Town Hall

Grade I listed town hall on Marygate with a tall steeple, once the headquarters of the borough council.

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Berwick town walls

Defences around the old town; you can walk much of the circuit on top of the ramparts, looked after by English Heritage.

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Emmanuel Head

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

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Gertrude Jekyll's walled garden

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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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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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Holy Island War Memorial

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

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Holy Trinity Church

Parish church in the town centre, a rare example of a church built in the Commonwealth period of the 1650s.

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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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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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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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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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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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Osborne's Fort

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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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Royal Border Bridge

Robert Stephenson's railway viaduct of 1847-50, opened by Queen Victoria and still carrying East Coast Main Line trains.

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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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St Cuthbert's Isle

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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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The Maltings

Cinema and live arts venue near the river in the town centre.

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