Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill.
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.
The rose-red ruin of the priory that made this island famous, with the celebrated rainbow arch still standing over the crossing. English Heritage lists it among its dog-friendly properties, dogs on leads. Time the visit around the causeway tides, and expect the whole village to be busy in the middle of the day.
The empty sand on the island's north-east shore, twenty minutes on foot from the village past the Lough and the lime kilns. No seasonal dog ban applies here, as nowhere on this coast outside Newbiggin and Blyth. It sits inside the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve, so keep well clear of roosting and feeding birds, and watch the causeway clock.
The pub in the middle of the village, with a garden looking over the priory ruins to the castle and three Northumbrian ales on. The bar is dog friendly; of the four en-suite bedrooms only Room 2 takes a dog. Check the causeway crossing times before you settle in, because the tide, not the landlord, decides when you leave.
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