SITE GUIDE

GRID REF: NU 127 420 POSTCODE: TD15 2SG HOW TO GET THERE: If you are travelling up the A1 turn off at Gulf Lindisfarne service station, 16 miles north of Alnwick and 8 miles south of Berwick on Tweed. Follow on across the railway line until you drop to the causeway. With the tide out drive onto the island taking the first left in the village after the large car park WHERE TO PARK: There is a National Trust car park as you rise up on the island on your left. A second car park is close the start of the Straight Lonnen. Both are pay and display TERRAIN: Sandy and wet if that makes sense. Beware of Pirri pirri growing in the dunes sticking to your’s and your dog’s feet. Best to use stout footwear and some days wellies ACCESSIBILITY: An all-year-round walk FACILITIES: Holy island and Berwick or service station on A1 by the turn PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Buses from Newcastle and Berwick stopping on the A1 (501). Trains stop at Berwick-upon-tweed, web: fixmytransport.com/routes/ north-east/501-bus Traveline, tel: 0870 6082608 LOCAL GUIDE: lindisfarne.org.uk CLUB CONTACT: Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club, honorary secretary Alan Tilmouth. Tel: 01670 512 013, email: ntbcorg@gmail.com COUNTY RECORDER: Tim Dean, 2 Knocklaw Park, Rothbury, Northumberland, NE65 7PW. Tel: 01669 621 460, email: t.r.dean@btopenworld.com MAPS: OS Explorer 340, OS Landranger 75