Craster Harbour

Craster Harbour

The tiny working harbour at the heart of Craster, with a coffee van, ice cream, and the smell of kippers smoking drifting from the nearby smokehouse.

Address:

Craster, Alnwick, NE66 3TR

Hours:

Always open

Map

Good to Know

Craster's tiny harbour is the heart of the village, built in the early 20th century and still home to a few working boats. The smell of oak smoke drifts across from Robson's smokehouse, famous for its Craster kippers.

Why it's on our list: it's one of the most characterful little harbours on the coast, and the starting point for the classic walk north along the shore to Dunstanburgh Castle.

Worth knowing: park in the main car park at the entrance to the village, as there's very little parking down by the harbour.

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.

A little about us...

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Through our Journal, Guide and Listed pages, we hope to help you discover somewhere new, revisit an old favourite or simply enjoy a little Northumberland from wherever you happen to be.

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