Walk Emmanuel Head on Holy Island (Lindisfarne)
One of the centres of the ancient Christian world
This 5 mile, Grade 1 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Holy Island (Lindisfarne) Car Park & will take you about 2 hrs to complete.
Detailed walk route map PDF | ||
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | n103 | |
| Length: | 5 miles (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 180 ft (55m) | |
| Time: | 2 hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
Holy Island (Lindisfarne) is one of Northumberland's most popular tourist attractions & gets very busy in the summer months. The winter offers relative quiet & seclusion with a wealth of bird life
The Causeway is impassable 2 hrs before & 31/2 hrs after high tide. The tide comes in surprisingly quickly & no attempt should be made to cross during these times. Check locally for tide timings. If you do choose to walk across (following the line of posts that poke out of the water) make sure you have plenty of time. The tide time tables are for cars on the road, not for walkers on the sands which of course flood first. Knock 1hr off either end of the safe crossing time & allow at least 11/2 hrs for the crossing itself. Some of the 'going' is very soft & squelchy (and smelly) & therefore not fast walking. Despite wearing Wellington Boots the water is often deep enough to come over the top. If you go barefoot the water is very, very cold - even in Summer. This is the North Sea after all. Oh, & don't walk too close to the poles, the eddy effect of the tide swirling round them results in waist deep depressions.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The St Cuthbert's Way, a 100km (62 miles) linear footpath connecting Melrose Abbey in The Borders, Scotland with Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in Northumberland, England. The St Cuthbert's Way is waymarked by a Celtic Cross. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The St Cuthbert's Way.
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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Emmanuel Head on Holy Island (Lindisfarne)
In no particular order . . .
The Pilgrim's Path across Holy Island Sands to Holy Island (Lindisfarne) - the end of The St Cuthbert's Way
The St Cuthbert's Way Information Plaque at Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island
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