Boulmer Beach

Boulmer Beach

A quiet, unspoilt sandy beach with a natural harbour, popular for birdwatching and dog walks, with limited parking and no facilities beyond the pub.

Address:

Boulmer, Alnwick, NE66 3BU

Hours:

Always open

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Good to Know

Boulmer is a small fishing village between Alnmouth and Howick, once notorious for smuggling, with a quiet sandy beach and a natural rocky harbour where cobles still pull up on the shore.

Why it's on our list: it's one of the most unspoilt bits of this coast, lovely for dog walks and birdwatching, and it sits on the coast path between Alnmouth and Craster.

Worth knowing: parking is limited and there are no facilities beyond the village pub.

A Little Note From Heather & Sand

We haven't quite made it here ourselves yet, but it's on our list!

We're working our way around Northumberland, personally visiting and reviewing as many of the places featured in our Listed section as we can. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

In the meantime, we do our homework. Before adding somewhere to Heather & Sand, we research it, look at what other visitors have to say and check that it has a good reputation. If the feedback isn't encouraging, it generally doesn't make our list.

Of course, a little online research is no substitute for muddy boots, a decent coffee and seeing somewhere for ourselves. So until we've visited, we'll leave the personal review to one side.

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