Farne Islands Ferry to Seahouses Coastal Walk

This dog friendly coastal walk leaves the Farne Islands ferry harbour at Seahouses and follows the wide sandy crescent of Seahouses to Bamburgh beach north along the dune backs, with the Farne Islands offshore for the entire distance and Bamburgh Castle growing on the horizon. You can stretch it into a half-day with lunch in Bamburgh village before retracing the beach.

Dogs love this one, it is one of the most reliably off-lead beach walks on the Northumberland coast with no seasonal dog ban from Seahouses up to Bamburgh and almost endless soft sand for fetch and swim. Watch the dunes for ground-nesting birds in spring and pop the lead on for the short stretch behind the Bamburgh Castle dunes where horse riders and golfers cross. Underfoot is firm tidal sand most of the way with one short stretch of dune path between St Aidan's Dunes and Bamburgh. Pay-and-display parking, full facilities, fish and chips and pubs in Seahouses, more pubs and cafes in Bamburgh.