Wales
The village of Mumbles is named after the headland of the same name, and it is now part of the urban sprawl of Swansea that still retains its village atmosphere. The archaeological interest in the area is vast; there is evidence of now submerged ancient forests; there are bones of bears, wolves, rhinoceros, mammoth and more discovered there. The bones …
Formby is located on the west coast of England, just a few miles below Southport and above Liverpool. The beach is accessed via wind-blown sand dunes or alternatively through a coppice of pine trees, which is home to one of the few colonies of red squirrels in Britain. Formby is also one of the few sites in Britain where Natterjack …
Craster is within the Northumbria coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is about 7 miles from the town of Alnwick inland. Craster is famed as being the original home of the smoked fish delicacy known as the Kipper. The fish are smoked in their traditional Craster way in oak barrels, and the original smokehouses are still in use today. …
England
Boscastle is a charming little fishing port and village approximately 14 miles south of Bude and being just 5 miles from Tintagel to the west and a similar distance from Crackington Haven to the North. Boscastle is perhaps best known for the flooding it incurred in 2004 when the heavy rainfall led to flash floods. Cars and even buildings were …
Scotland
Gairloch is seventy miles from Inverness on the North West Coast of Scotland. The village is typical of highland villages being strung out mostly white houses. The fishing heritage is clearly evident too. There is evidence of population at least as far as back as the Iron Age. The Vikings used Gairloch as a safe haven too although, pretty much …
Scotland
Pittenweem is 25 miles south of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is a historic fishing port and the village of Pittenweem clusters around a small circular harbour. The village is named after the Celtic words for ‘town of the cave’, referring to the ancient cave of St Fillan on Cove Wynd there. Folklore has it that the …
England
Bamburgh is one of the villages and small towns that populate the coastline of northern Northumbria and is approximately fifty miles north of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne that is only accessible by road when the tide is out is a few miles to the north and a 30 minute road journey away. While, to the south and a …
England
Bacton on the Norfolk coast is 10 miles south of Cromer and approximately 20 miles from Norwich inland. Bacton is the home of Broomholm Priory, famous for possessing the relic “The True Cross” Broomham Priory was once a popular pilgrimage site for Christians. Founded in 1113 the priory was dissolved in 1536 and by the 1800s the site was being …
Porthgain is a few miles north of St David’s, and 12 miles from Fishguard within the Pembrokeshire Coastal National Park’s Conservation Area. The village grew out of the necessity of its industrial heritage. The machine house of the adjacent brickworks is now a trendy wine bar and the pub The Sloop Inn is reputed to have once been a smugglers …
England
Clovelly is about 20 miles from Barnstable on the Hartland Devon Heritage Coast, which is one of the prettiest areas of the North Devon coast. Clovelly is situated on a 122 metre cliff. The thoroughfare to the harbour at Clovelly is foot traffic only; it’s a narrow, very steep, stepped in places meandering mostly cobbled path, with occasional handrails, not …
