Blog & Local Stories

Northumberland’s coast is so much more than sea and sand. Look beyond the rugged dunes and you’ll find one of the UK’s most intriguing coastlines, shaped by a fascinating, turbulent past.

Explore the English coast and you frequently notice small islands offshore, or local ferries that are heading from an unidentified ‘A’ to an unidentified ‘B’. Hop on board a coastal ferry and you can explore not only new lands but enjoy a unique perspective on the headlands and towns you have been visiting.

With a lifelong love of coffee, the founders originally lived above their shop on Lindisfarne, off the Northumberland coastline. Now they commute to this idyllic Island with life governed by the tides, but they wouldn’t have it any other way.

Few things on the English coast are as life-enhancing as a pub walk and the chance to take the air after - or perhaps before – settling into a cosy pub. England is strong on both coastal walks and cosy pubs by the sea, so by putting the two together you are guaranteed an extremely uplifting experience.

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Stay in a castle, sip mulled wine or spiced cider while present shopping at one of the many Christmas markets, nothing beats a festive break beside the sea.

​When art dealers Russell and Olga decided to open a new gallery in a former hardware store in the south coast town of St Leonards-on-Sea, they little expected to find the remains of a 1913 cinema in the back yard.

If you really want to soak up the sea air, there’s little better than experiencing the beauty of the English coastline than by bike.