🌊Day 2 Craster to Seahouses 11 Mile Coastal Walk🦤Northumberland Holiday🌊

Day 2:
Thursday 28th August

Northumberland Coastal
11 mile Walk
Craster to Seahouses
Visit Scenic Seaside Towns and Villages Castles Beautiful Beaches

By Bus: Alnwick to Craster
Meet Alnwick Bus Station
Stand 5 at 9.50am
*Ticket £6 Return
X18 Bus leaves at 10.05
Arrive Craster 10.37
Toilets nearby
Walk starts by 11am
Craster to Seahouses 11 miles

Return By Bus: Seahouses to Alnwick
King Street Bus Stop Opp Crown Pub at 17.00
X18 Bus leaves at 17.19
Bus Arrives Alnwick Bus Station 18.20
*Evening Event: Pub (Optional)

Places Of Interest On The Walk

The fishing village of Craster with its charming harbour originally built to export whin sill stone from the local quarry is set within the Northumberland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Craster has a reputation for producing some of the best oak-smoked kippers in the country. The commercial fortunes of Craster have long depended on fishing. After the white fish trade declined, lobster and crab provided an alternative harvest.
Today kippers and tourism are the main part of Craster's economy.

Around a mile and a half to the north along the Northumberland Coast Path lies Dunstanburgh Castle, a romantic ruin today but first built as a defensive symbol of power and prestige in the 14th century by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, the wealthiest nobleman in England.
It is likely that Thomas only saw the castle once, on his way to the Siege of Berwick in 1319, before his capture and execution in 1322.
The castle declined in the 15th and 16th centuries, over time artists including JMW Turner were drawn to capture the dramatic ruins against the backdrop of the sea.

The next Coastal Village is Newton-by-the-Sea, a village with a grassy central square of low fishermen’s cottages built in the 18th century.
Much of the village and surrounding land is now owned and cared for by the National Trust.
The beach habitats for hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, sponges and anemones. Just inland lies Newton Pool, a freshwater nature reserve with hides to observe migrating birds.
On the promontory is Newton Point, offering beautiful views out to sea and to the Farne Islands on a clear day.

*Our End Of The Walk Finishes At The Quaint Fishing Village Of Seahouses..

Seahouses is a busy port which grew up in the late 19th century when the harbour was built to serve the inland village of North Sunderland.
Today, potting boats and leisure craft share the harbour with holidaymakers and wildlife spotters.
Next to the harbour the huge limekilns are a reminder of a busy trade in stone and lime in the 18th century, now used as storage by fishermen for their lobster pots.