The Holy Island of Lindisfarne

A walk of about 12 miles from the mainland across the Holy Island Sands to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland. The island can only be accessed  at low tide. Access times are on the Lindisfarne web site.

• Car park on the mainland (NU079427)
• Holy Island Sands
• The Heugh
• Lindisfarne Castle, a National Trust property
• Emmanuel Head
• The Links
• Holy Island Sands
• Car park

The start of the causeway to Holy Island

The bridge on the causeway

Marker posts across the sands and the first of the refuges

The second refuge

Bamburgh Castle from Holy Island

Lindisfarne Priory

Lindisfarne Castle

Lindisfarne Castle

Lindisfarne Castle

Holy Island

Navigation Beacons at Guile Point on the mainland

Lindisfarne Castle

Lindisfarne Castle

Emmanuel Head

Lindisfarne Castle and Limekilns

The Heugh

Emmanuel Head

Farne Islands

Orchids

The north coast

Marker posts across the sands on the way back to the mainland

The bridge and refuge on the causeway