By car

Northumberland: Wooler to Lindisfarne

A drive up the north Northumberland coast. It starts at the Pin Well in Wooler and the Hurl Stone near Chillingham, calls at Chillingham Castle, Spindlestone Heugh and Bamburgh Castle, and ends on Holy Island at Lindisfarne Castle and the priory, where the ghost of St Cuthbert is said to walk. Check the causeway tide times.

8 stops · about 42.1 km · allow roughly 3 hrs 45 min

  1. 1
    Folklore & legend
    The Pin Well at Wooler

    Pin Well, Wooler

  2. 2
    Folklore & legend
    The Hurl Stone and the Chillingham fairies

    Hurl Stone, near Chillingham

  3. 3
    Hauntings
    The Blue Boy of Chillingham Castle

    Chillingham Castle, the Pink Room

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    The Torture Chamber Ghosts of Chillingham Castle

    Chillingham Castle, dungeon and Inner Pantry

  5. 5
    Folklore & legend
    The Laidly Worm of Spindlestone Heugh

    Spindlestone Heugh, near Belford

  6. 6
    Hauntings
    The Pink Lady of Bamburgh Castle

    Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh

  7. 7
    Beasts & cryptids
    The Phantom Hound of Lindisfarne Castle

    Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island

  8. 8
    Folklore & legend
    St Cuthbert's Ghost, Lindisfarne

    Lindisfarne Priory ruins and beach, Holy Island

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