The Arch

The Arch

A café and small gift shop in an old courtyard on the way into Craster, known for excellent coffee, home baking and a cosy wood-burning stove.

Address:

Craster, Alnwick, NE66 3SS
Call:
07885 983111

Hours:

Monday: Closed

Tue - Sat: 10am - 4pm

Sunday: Closed

Map

Good to Know

The Arch is a café and small gift shop in an old courtyard on the way into Craster, with a wood-burning stove.

Why it's on our list: it's known for excellent coffee and home baking, and it's a cosy stop before or after the walk to Dunstanburgh Castle.

Worth knowing: it's closed on Mondays and Sundays.

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...

Heather & Sand is our little corner of Northumberland — a collection of places, stories, walks and discoveries from a county we love.

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.

Tom, Lucy & the Heather & Sand crew.

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