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Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is accessible from the mainland at low tide by means of a causeway.
Lindisfarne was the location for filming of director Roman Polanski's 1966 comedy thriller Cul-de-sac (starring Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran). The first trailer released in December 2024 for the film 28 Years Later shows Lindisfarne and the causeway (although the aerial view of the entire island is CGI).
That traditional causeway is nowadays commonly referred to as the "Pilgrim's Path". [13] In 1954 a second, much shorter metalled causeway was opened between Beal and the Snook. This, in turn, was joined to Chare Ends by a metalled road in 1966. [14] By 2015 the waggonway trackbed northwards from the site of the level crossing was a public ...
Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve is a 3,541-hectare (8,750-acre) UK national nature reserve. [1] It was founded to help safeguard the internationally important wintering bird populations, [ 2 ] and six internationally important species of wildfowl and wading birds winter here.
St Cuthbert's Way is a 100-kilometre (62 mi) long-distance trail between the Scottish Borders town of Melrose and Lindisfarne (Holy Island) off the coast of Northumberland, England. [1] The walk is named after Cuthbert , a 7th-century saint , a native of the Borders who spent his life in the service of the church.
From Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in the north, St. Oswald’s Way follows the Northumbrian coast south to Warkworth, before heading inland to Hadrian's Wall and Heavenfield, a distance of 97 miles (156 km). [2] Between the landward end of the Holy Island causeway and Warkworth the route coincides with the Northumberland Coast Path.
The Lindisfarne Association, however, was unable to raise the funds to restore this historical landmark, consequently, Lindisfarne moved to Crestone, Colorado, and returned the church to the Episcopal parish. The parish subsequently sold the building to Odyssey House, a drug rehabilitation program, in order to meet its fiscal obligations.
The Sweet Track is an ancient trackway, or causeway, in the Somerset Levels, England, named after its finder, Ray Sweet.It was built in 3807 BC (determined using dendrochronology - Tree-ring dating) and is the second-oldest timber trackway discovered in the British Isles, dating to the Neolithic.