Walk · Northumberland

Spittal to Cocklawburn along the shore

Berwick upon Tweed · TD15 1RN

2.7MILES

1h 30mON FOOT

55mCLIMB

Linear — plan the returnSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 35%Road with traffic 5%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

The south end of Spittal promenade, off Sea Road TD15 1RN

Finishes at

Cocklawburn Beach roadside parking, on the Scremerston shore laneLinear — plan how you get back

Parking

Free promenade parking at Spittal; the Cocklawburn end is free unsurfaced roadside parking in three laybys, and the northernmost fills first on a sunny day

Directions to the start →

Two and three quarter miles south from the end of Spittal promenade, past the sandstone slabs at Huds Head and the old Scremerston colliery ground, to the dunes and limekilns at Cocklawburn. It is beach and low cliff-top path the whole way, dropping onto sand wherever the tide allows, and it is one of the few Northumberland walks where you can go the whole distance and meet nobody. There is no seasonal dog ban on any of it: the county dog control PSPO lists only Newbiggin and Blyth as restricted beaches. Time it round the tide, because the rock shelves below Huds Head cover on a big flood and force you up onto a narrow path above them.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTHUMBERLAND

GRID · 55.7551, -1.9860

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NORTHUMBERLAND.GOV.UK/PUBLIC-PROTECTION/ANIMAL-WELFARE-AND-DOG-CONTROL

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Spittal to Cocklawburn along the shore

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