Northumberland-wise. ..

Bamburgh (beach and castle) is very pretty. As with most beaches around it's usually quite windy.

Embleton Bay is beautiful - you can walk for miles north or south. At the top of the bay is The Ship Inn at Low Newton - they brew their own beer and it's fantastic - they do the usual crab sandwiches etc. The pub is in the corner of a horseshoe of cottages.

Seahouses reminds me of Cromer/Sheringham.They do trips to the Farne Islands here.

Holy Island very atmospheric obviously, few tacky shops also.

Craster (famous for the crabs) very good smokehouse.

Warkworth - fantastic castle well worth a visit, one street town

Amble - bit of a dive

Alnwick - small town reminds me of BSE (not the mad cow disease) Harry Potter castle, lots of little shops & pubs. Massive second-hand bookshop if you're into that sort of thing.

My favourite part is Dunstanburgh castle - mostly ruins tumbling into the sea but a really romantic setting. You have to walk from Craster or Embleton but it's well worth it.

Oh and Berwick Upon Tweed is worth a visit too. You can walk around the town along the Elizabethan defensive wall so there's nice views across the town and out to sea.

Sorry to waffle on - I've tried to be brief about each part!

Posted By: Wild Edric on July 25th 2014 at 14:45:37

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What are the best bits of the NE coastline? (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jul 25, 14:08:23
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- Northumberland-wise... (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Jul 25, 14:45:37
  - Wicked Eric - thank you (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Jul 25, 15:08:48
    - You're welcome. We've been going for years before it became more well known... (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Jul 25, 15:19:01
      - Also, don't forget to visit Beamish while you're up there (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jul 25, 15:26:32
        
        Beamish is good. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 25, 15:34:29
        
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    - What sort of kite? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 25, 15:05:24
      - I'm not sure what the technical name for it is but it's one that I have to run along with (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jul 25, 15:23:17
        
        Ah, I read that as "go to Bamburgh bridge by kite" :-( (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 25, 15:33:48
        
        It was pretty rubbish typing by me - at least two typos. I put it down to my zombie state. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jul 25, 15:37:50
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- ... (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 25, 14:14:22
- Whitby's nice. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jul 25, 14:12:22
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