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The Fishing Boat Inn

A dog-friendly pub and small hotel right on Boulmer beach, known for excellent seafood, sea views and a handful of beautifully located rooms.

Address:

14-15 Boulmer Village, Alnwick, NE66 3BP
Call:
01665 577750

Hours:

Mon: 12pm - 6pm

Tue - Sat: 12pm - 7pm

Sunday: 12pm - 3pm

Map

Good to Know

The Fishing Boat Inn is the only pub in Boulmer, a small working fishing village between Alnmouth and Craster. It sits right on the shore, with a conservatory restaurant looking out over Boulmer Bay and a handful of rooms upstairs with balconies.

Tom's Notebook

Best for: Seafood with a view, and a lunch stop on the coast path.

Dog friendly: Yes.

Food: Steak with half a lobster, fish pie and French onion soup get the best mentions.

Best time: Lunchtime into early evening — check before planning a late dinner.

On Our List

The Fishing Boat kept turning up in searches around Heather & Sand, so we did some digging.

Why people seem to like it

Reviewers rave about the food and the setting: lobster pots, tractors and fishing boats on the beach outside, and the North Sea right beyond the window. Staff are described as friendly and attentive, and the rooms as stylish.

Not every visit is perfect

A few visitors mention some seating being kept for diners at busy times, and an occasional grumble about portion sizes.

So, would we go?

Yes. It makes a natural lunch stop on the coast path — Alnmouth to the south, and Craster around four and a half miles north past Howick.

But this isn't our review — not yet. When we've been, we'll replace it with what we found ourselves.

Heather & Sand verdict: On Our List. A seafood pub in a genuine working fishing village, with excellent reviews and a view to match.

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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