The castle
On a volcanic rock.
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Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle on Holy Island, or Lindisfarne, off the Northumberland coast of northeast England, about 78 km north of Newcastle and 93 km southeast of Edinburgh in a straight line. The island can only be reached by a causeway across the sands at low tide. The castle was built in the 16th century as a coastal fort, using stone from the old Lindisfarne Priory after it closed. In 1901 the architect Edwin Lutyens turned it into a comfortable country house, with a small walled garden laid out beside it. The castle now belongs to the National Trust. The grey stone castle sits on top of a small volcanic outcrop rising alone above the green flats and the shore, so from afar it looks part of the rock. On the beach below, old upturned fishing boats have become sheds, and wide mudflats full of birds surround the island. Check the causeway crossing times before you go: the sea covers it twice a day, and you must not cross outside the published times. Then walk from the village to the castle, its garden and the ruins of the old priory.
On a volcanic rock.
On the shore.
In the village.
Holy Island, near Berwick, Northumberland, England
Only at the published low-tide times.
Yes, from Newcastle or Edinburgh.