Bamburgh
Bamburgh is a village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England.
Bamburgh is a village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England. It had a population of 454 in 2001, decreasing to 414 at the 2011 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Bamburgh
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle, on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland, is a Grade I listed building. The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia from its foundation c.
900 m · Grade I listed historic house museum in Bamburgh, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Bamburgh Lighthouse
Bamburgh Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1910 to guide shipping both passing along the Northumberland coast and in the waters around the Farne Islands. It was extensively modernised in 1975 and is now monitored from the Trinity House Operations and Planning Centre in Harwich.
1.4 km · lighthouse at Black Rocks Point, Bamburgh, England · Wikipedia - 03St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh
St Aidan's Church is a Grade I listed Church of England building in the Diocese of Newcastle.
500 m · Grade I listed church in Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Monument To Grace Darling Circa 30 Yards West Of Church Of St Aidan
The Monument to Grace Darling, in the churchyard of St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland is a Victorian Gothic memorial. The monument was designed by Anthony Salvin, with later renovations by Frederick Wilson, C. R. Smith and W. S. Hicks.
500 m · monument in the churchyard of St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Seahouses harbour is busy with small craft at high tide, but dries at low tide.
- 01Bamburgh Castle
Dramatic castle on an outcrop of dolerite, the same formation underlying the Farne islands and Hadrian's Wall on Whin Sill.
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Things to do
Beaches are long, sandy between outcrops, and almost deserted. There's surf when the wind is nor'easterly. Some sections are almost covered at high tide but you can retreat to the sandhills and coast path. Boat trips go out to the Farne islands. Operators are Billy Shiel, Golden Gate and Serenity. Golf: courses are Bamburgh Castle and Seahouses GC, with Dunstanburgh GC further south.
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Where to eat
Seahouses has Harbour Kitchen, Bamburgh Castle Inn (below), Olde Ship Inn, Black Swan Inn, Neptune, Lewis, Indian Brasserie, Insieme and Élan pizzeria. Olde Ship Inn, Main St, Seahouses NE68 7RD (by harbour),. Food daily 8AM – 8PM. Lively bistro in a 17th century coaching inn, has rooms. B&B double £140. Black Swan Inn, 2 Union St, Seahouses NE68 7RT (facing harbour),. Daily noon-11PM. Upmarket bistro and pub.
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Getting to Bamburgh
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 63 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 110 km · Glasgow (GLA), 172 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Bamburgh71 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £7–10
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Bamburgh109 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £12–16
- Glasgow → Bamburgh162 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bamburgh
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- Get inA day trip is possible in either direction, giving you four hours before return.
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