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Name: | Lindisfarne |
Hill number: | 19087 |
Height: | 23m / 75ft |
Parent (Ma): | none |
RHB Section: | 33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne |
County/UA: | Northumberland |
Island: | Non Tump island (t) |
Class: | SIB (SIB) |
Grid ref: | NU 13607 41747 |
Summit feature: | outcrop |
Drop: | 23m |
Col: | Sea |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 75 (1:25k) 340 |
Observations: | outcrop is under floor of Upper Battery of Lindisfarne Castle |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 190 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Nearest free parking is at NU 1174 4321 (but probably not a good place during a big Spring tide). Walked from there to the castle, and used a free Autumn Pass from the National Trust in lieu of a ticket. An unexpectedly free visit to Holy Island! | PGCE | 09/10/2023 |
Glorious day following the Indian summer visitors… hot day. | N.Morters | 06/09/2023 |
Lovely place. Spent a few hours looking around the island. | Alan Caine | 07/08/2023 |
A lovely day spent on Lindisfarne. Visited castle and monastery. Great views from the upper battery. | Lazylizzie | 06/07/2023 |
Visit to NT Lindisfarne Castle | PeteF | 29/04/2023 |
W/I. Castle closed for winter. | Sedge | 30/01/2023 |
I ahould have checked the National Trust website: the castle is closed until March. On the plus side, at least I checked the tide times... | Pete R | 28/01/2023 |
Virtual Blag | BrotherOzwin | 02/01/2023 |
A lovely day spent on the island. Castle smaller than I expected. Impressive lime kilns. Great views from the upper battery. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 22/10/2022 |
Amazing views over the sea from the top of the castle. Including the seals across the bay. | Honcho41 | 22/10/2022 |
With Hannah, Megan, Sammy, Niamh and Matilda | benji_willy | 03/06/2022 |
Day trip to the island and National trust visit. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 03/05/2022 |
with Sue in ?2010 | HardenC | 29/10/2021 |
Final day of St Cuthbert's Way. Post-way wander with Frances, Gill & Rob. | langskill | 24/09/2021 |
Taken aback by how busy the island was. Although a notice declared that booking ahead was necessary for entry to the castle, admission was permitted subject to control on numbers. | summitsup | 09/09/2021 |
During a days geocaching on the island. | 3 kinnears | 15/05/2021 |
Visit to the island, circuit of south, castle. | CreakingHiker | 08/09/2020 |
With CreakingHiker | tim747 | 08/09/2020 |
A visit to Lindisfarne with Lesley exploring the Priory (from the boundary) the Coastguard lookout tower and then past the old fort and across the harbour to take the path leading to the castle. This is the only place i have seen where yoi can park your dog! We explored the Castle including setting foot all over the upper battery. We walked back into the village after a brief look at the walled garden. We stopped for a short walk beside the dunes near the Snook Tower before leaving. | Dazingdale | 02/10/2019 |
From main parking P&D, round Priory first then accross to Castle. bit late so ££pricey for 45 mins walk around to gain high point. Warm & dry great views. | apricorum | 23/09/2019 |
Parked at Fenham then followed RoW N past Lindisfarne Festival which was running in a field to S of causeway. At causeway followed the Pilgrims' Path across the sands to the island - water was no more than calf deep. National Trust membership meant access to castle was free. | Wheelsy | 30/08/2019 |
With Jo, after visiting the Priory. Weather; sunny, windy, good visibility. | amblerbob | 19/08/2019 |
Visited on a family visit to Holy Island from Seahouses | Kiltie | 18/08/2019 |
I walked up to the castle entrance, but didn't pay to go inside. | Alancache | 15/08/2019 |
Walked to castle after visiting priory. Interesting history. With AP&J. 6.5km. | PiranhaFish | 04/08/2019 |
Village car park is £3.50 for three hours (no shorter period allowed). An occasional shuttle bus runs to the castle but most people just follow the hordes through the village and then along the NT path. £9.90 entry (2019) | moorsman | 02/08/2019 |
Paid to go in and the high point is at the far end of the Upper Battery. | clivevilla | 21/06/2019 |
With Kath. | CJM | 29/05/2019 |
A bright and breezy day. With an ascent of the castle as well. | Shutterlag | 26/04/2019 |
Third time on the island, but first visit to the actual castle. One of those buildings that looks better from a distance away. | agentmancuso | 09/04/2019 |
Interesting island but a bit overrun. | Fred Windsor | 13/09/2018 |
Walked from the main car park, through the village and along the bay, with glorious views of the coast and the island that only improve as you get to the upper battery. | Nick Down1 | 27/07/2018 |
Straightforward visit to castle covered in scaffolding. Interesting crossing as I had misread tide times. You can make it within 90 minutes of high tide, though ankles might get wet. | Thearlaichdubh | 09/07/2018 |
With Liz | Paul_142_uk | 17/06/2018 |
Castle now open again, although still covered in scaffolding. Very busy. It's nowhere near as good as the similar St Michael's Mount in Cornwall - if you're not an NT member you're going to chafe a bit at the entry fee. We did see lots of seals from the courtyard though, basking on rocks out in the bay. And the drive out to the island is a bit surreal. Make sure you also make time to go and see the lime kilns near the castle. | wheresthepath | 08/04/2018 |
Castle shut for extended renovation work. Check NT website. | jimbloomer | 30/05/2017 |
With Mrs G. £7.30 entrance fee paid (each!). HP effectively the upper battery. A pair of bonus benchmarks on lower battery wall. | jonglew | 10/10/2016 |
Getting away from it all on a Bank Holiday weekend, with a few thousand others... and this was just the Friday! £2.40 to park a mile away, £7.30 to get in. | Aye Jimmy | 26/08/2016 |
Parked in the large carpark before Holy Island village and then walked up to and around Lindisfarne Castle. Busy but beautiful place. | JohRvs | 12/08/2016 |
Revisit.A grand spot. | catman | 19/02/2016 |
Made way to Upper Battery at west end of castle. High point lies at NE corner of battery, the floor of which is built on the whinstone below. (DB,LB,JW) | gerrybowes | 16/08/2015 |
Floor of upper battery sits directly on rock. GPS on top of wall at W end read 34m with highest visible rock c.2m below (natural HP presumably under floor and higher than this). My GPS typically reads 2-3m too high. If not P30m I bet it's close | RHW | 10/05/2015 |
With CP, DP and EM | garth87 | 26/04/2015 |
A very peaceful Christmas day visit | bardolph | 25/12/2014 |
Late afternoon visit to Geograph Holy Island. | Dugswell2 | 03/09/2014 |
Drab misty day, could see little more than 200m. Nice quiet remote place. | Nick | 29/04/2014 |
With G. Visit to castle. | RT1970 | 09/10/2012 |
With: hb sb ab; Visited Lindisfarne with family before returning SB to Berwick station for train to York. | Ian Baines | 26/05/2009 |
With: ib sb ab; | Helen Baines | 26/05/2009 |
With Patricia | arranc | 08/10/2008 |