Craster

📌 Village in Northumberland
★★

There’s pretty much a set itinerary if you visit Craster. Seafood, harbour, castle – once you’ve found a parking space, that is. This well-kept, Northumberland fishing village has a recent history of herring smoking: Robson & Sons still own a smokehouse here, and Craster kippers are somewhat famous. We loved them in a bun at Piper’s Pitch (an understated hut by the car park), and also enjoyed local crab at The Jolly Fisherman in the village centre. The mile’s walk to Dunstanburgh Castle is a straightforward one (particularly interesting at low tide if you like rockpooling), described in our separate walk page, listed below.

🌍 Location

📌 Northumberland

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NU 258199

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.472706,-1.593750

🚶 The village is tiny, but you’re probably here for Dunstanburgh Castle, just over a 1 mi walk each way.

🚌 There are infrequent buses from Berwick-upon-Tweed and Alnwick.

🚗 Village centre parking is extremely limited – use the visitor centre car park (charge, gets full) at 🧭 NU 256197 / 🛰️ 55.470774,-1.595925

<1 mi away

>> Walk: Craster & Howick – crabs without crowds ★★★

>> Walk: Dunstanburgh seaside safari ★★

<3 mi away

>> Dunstanburgh Castle ★★★ (1 mi ↑)

>> Dunstanburgh Castle seabird colony ★★★ (1 mi ↑)

>> Embleton Bay ★★★ (2 mi ↑)

>> Howick Hall Gardens ★★★ (2 mi ↓)

>> Holy Trinity Church (Embleton) ★★ (2 mi ←)