Bamburgh

What can I do?

• Visit the Grace Darling Museum and the Grace Darling Monument in St Aidan’s Churchyard.
• Explore Bamburgh Castle and see how many Farne Islands you can count from the ramparts.
• Check out the Armstrong Museum, chronicling the life of Lord William Armstrong, inventor, industrialist and benefactor best known for his connection with Cragside, near Rothbury.
• Pick up the Bamburgh Clue Trail from any local shop and discover the village’s rich history.
• Go rockpooling below the lighthouse at Harkess Rocks with a copy of the EMS/AONB’s Exploring the Shore guide. During winter you may also see divers, grebe and seaduck.
• Explore the dunes to the north and east of the castle. They support a range of different plant communities as well as several nationally rare invertebrates.
• For the energetic, try surfing on Bamburgh beach or walk three miles south to Seahouses.

What do I need to know?

• Bamburgh Castle is open from March to October. Prebooked groups qualify for reduced entry and may also reserve a guide.
• Bamburgh Castle is one of the most important archaeological sites in England. Excavations have uncovered Mesolithic fints, Neolithic axe heads, Bronze Age graves, Iron Age pottery and evidence of Roman occupation.
• Bamburgh Lighthouse at Harkess Rocks (sometimes called Stag Rocks) is the most northerly land-based lighthouse in England.

Where can I find out more?

• The Grace Darling Museum
• The Grace Darling Monument
• Bamburgh Castle
• The Armstrong Museum
• Bamburgh Lighthouse
• Bamburgh Research Project (archaeology)
• Try the Circular cycle route
• Bamburgh five day weather forecast
• Visit the Northumberland Communities website for information about the history of Bamburgh

  Inspire me

  Try our specially designed family activities. Grace Darling, Zoom-in Photography Challenge and Castles are all great ways of getting to know Bamburgh. You can download pdf versions of these activities using the links to the right, or visit the Inspire me page to find a these and other activities in both pdf and Microsoft Word versions (for you to customise if you wish).