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Craster to Seahouses Walk

9.94 miles (16 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This walk follows a lovely section of the Northumberland Coast Path from Craster to Seahouses. Along the way you'll pass lovely beaches, attractive sand dunes, a dramatic coastal castle and a nature reserve with excellent wildlife spotting opportunities. The route runs for about 10 miles, following a reasonably flat section of the long distance St Oswald's Way. As such there is scope for extending the walk if you have time.
Starting in Craster you head north past the pretty harbour with its little fishing boats. The route continues to the striking Dunstanburgh Castle. The fortification was built in the 14th century, being one of the largest and grandest castles in Northern England at the time. The dramatic ruins are now a popular tourist attraction, standing on a remote headland with fine views of Embleton Bay and Craster.
The walk continues north to the lovely Embleton Bay where there's a nice beach and a sand dune system. Near here you will also pass Newton Pool Nature Reserve where you can use the bird hides to look out for Herons and Barn Owls.
The next stage takes you past Newton Haven to Beadnell Bay where there is a lovely long beach. You then pass through the village of Beadnell before starting the final section to Seahouses. This passes the pretty Annstead Burn and Annstead Beach. It's a delightful finish to the walk with more sand dunes and wildlflowers such as Dog Rose and Marram Grass.
The walk finishes at Seahouses Harbour, a working fishing port, which also serves the tourist trade, being the embarkation point for visits to the Farne Islands.
You can extend your walk by continuing north along the St Oswalds Way to the dramatic Bamburgh Castle on the Seahouses to Bamburgh Walk.

Craster to Seahouses OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Craster to Seahouses Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Photos

Fishing boats at Craster Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 1224465

Fishing boats at Craster Harbour

Dunstanburgh Castle 1072017

Dunstanburgh Castle

Embleton Burn - geograph.org.uk - 683094

Embleton Burn

Bungalows on Embleton Bay (1) - geograph.org.uk - 683121

Bungalows on Embleton Bay (1)

Newton by the Sea and Newton Pool - geograph.org.uk - 117211

Newton by the Sea and Newton Pool

High Newton-by-the-Sea - geograph.org.uk - 1316186

High Newton-by-the-Sea

Dog Rose and Marram Grass, Annstead Links - geograph.org.uk - 426889

Dog Rose and Marram Grass, Annstead Links

Seahouses harbour - geograph.org.uk - 397721

Seahouses harbour

GPS Files

GPX File

Craster to Seahouses.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Craster to Seahouses.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)