{"id":15214,"date":"2026-07-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=15214"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:50:48","slug":"northumberland-day-7-holy-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=15214","title":{"rendered":"Northumberland Day 7: Holy Island"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A bucket list trip today: a visit to Lindisfarne or Holy Island. It can only be reached at certain times of the day via a tidal causeway. The timings were better for us later in the week so decided to leave this trip until Friday. The causeway would open at 8.30am and close at 4pm. There’s around 20 vehicles each year that misjudge the tides and end up being stranded. Driver and passengers go to the escape hut and the car is pretty much written off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the causeway was actually a tarmacked road. Would have thought this would get washed away in time with the tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pilgrimage route by foot was across the sands and there were a couple of routes all marked by tall poles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once on Holy Island, the road takes you around the edge to the South of the Island. There’s a large car park on the outskirts of the village so you can just walk in. Our first stop was at the church and priory. These were under English Heritage so free admission as we were all members. <\/p>\n\n\n

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