Dog-friendly walks in Holy Island

A four and a half mile circuit of the island in under two hours, past the priory and the Heugh to the castle and limekilns, north to the white pyramid at Emmanuel Head and back over the dunes by Coves Haven and Snipe Point. Park at the main pay-and-display car park at Chare Ends, the only car park on the island, and check the published safe crossing times before you set out because the causeway floods twice a day. Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve requires dogs to be kept on a short lead or at heel across the reserve, with the North Shore the one place they may be let off; the flats hold internationally important wintering geese and waders.