Pilgrims' Path Walk to Holy Island

Experience the atmospheric Pilgrims’ Path Walk to Holy Island, encountering seals and ancient tales. Walk barefoot across sands to this sacred destination.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lindisfarne Priory - From the rocky outcrop on the island, we can enjoy a panoramic view of the Priory. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to explore the village and buy refreshments.
  • Lindisfarne Castle - We will observe the castle from afar, as there won’t be enough time for a visit.
  • Holy Island - The walk across the sands leads us to Holy Island.
What's Included
  • Historical stories
What's Not Included
  • Suitable clothing and footwear
Additional Information

Please be aware that the start times for each walk vary due to the tides, and the start time for your selected date will be provided to you.
The journey across the sands at low tide is enchanting, reminiscent of the era of Saxon Kings and Celtic Priests. Participants are likely to see and hear Grey seals as they rest on the sands. Stories from Roman…

Location
Barn at Beal Restaurant & Campsite
We meet in the car park or the coffee shop
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Henrymk4395jg
Sep 26, 2025
Inspirational walk to Holy Island - First visit to Holy Island; wonderful weather and a pleasant walk while enjoying Ray’s stories that suitably set the context of the visit and the island’s special place in history. Thoroughly recommended.
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Racheleu6804fy
Sep 26, 2025
Absolutely amazing!!! - What a five star experience!! Absolutely brilliant and highly recommended. Ray is a true genius and the whole walk was amazing, interactive and inspiring. I can’t express how good this trip is for getting over to the island safely and with a knowledgeable guide.. the journey was inspirational, thanks Ray !!! With warm regards Rach and Leanne
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Avisg04
Sep 26, 2025
Great experience - Fantastic, Ray, the guide, was brilliant - lots of information and history given in an interesting and humorous way. Highly recommend this experience.
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Megan_m
Sep 12, 2025
Excellent guide and experience - We absolutely loved this tour from start to finish. Thank you to our wonderful guide Ray - the stories, history and walk was excellent. A very well organised tour for a mixed group.
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G1304zgsarahc
Sep 5, 2025
A Magical Evening - We had a wonderful evening learning all about Cuthbert and Oswald from our knowledgeable guide Ray, whilst walking across the sands to Holy Island. This is definitely an experience not to be missed. In spite of a dodgy forecast the sands and sunset were magical. Thank you to Ray for being such a super guide and good company.
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D2312ywsheilas
Aug 19, 2025
A wonderful way to walk as a pilgrim to Holy Island with Ray who brings the history alive through story . - A wonderful way to walk as a pilgrim to Holy Island . Ray was a really friendly upbeat leader that brought the group together and shared stories along the way that were enjoyable and brought the whole experience alive with history. The weather was perfect. We stopped at one point to hear the seals in the distance- one of my highlights. I loved walking barefoot across the sand , it captured my pilgrims imagination. We had enough time on the island to discover the priory and gazed over to St Cuthbert island . A day like this creates a memorable experience and I would recommend to everyone. Thank you Ray , I’ll certainly recommend to my friends .
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Gabrielle_m
Aug 16, 2025
Excellent guided walk to Holy Island - Thoroughly enjoyable day. Ray gave a great guided walk across the sand to Holy Island. He is very knowledgable and entertaining.
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Soob2013
Aug 9, 2025
A lovely experience - A lovely few hours walking and hearing about the history of the island, and listening to seals and curlews calling. Its an easy walk with bare feet or water shoes for the wetter bits. Going with Ray makes the scheduling easy and relaxing - no worrying about tides or how to get back!
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Gill_r
Jul 26, 2025
Walk to Holy island - A safe way to cross the sand/mud to Holy island. Footwear was optional, most of use chose to go barefoot across. Nice small group. Guide was knowledgeable and informative. Stopped a few times with some history, but not too long. Open to further questions if you had some. After crossing and on Holy island, had about an hour and a half of free time before being driven back. NB: the walk is one way and car lift back. You can not walk back due to the tidal times.
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Jezny
Jul 19, 2025
Low tide alk across to Lindisfarne Holy Island - Ray met us and we set off on time across the causeway. We felt safe crossing as he has great knowledge of tides, ecology and the land and sea scape. We stopped a few times along the way and he recounted the fascinating history of the amazing saints and kings of old Northumbria. We saw seals and curlews. Definitely best to cross barefoot, a bit squidgy in places, you dont need walking boots on the land, trainers are fine, the paths are cinder or tarmac. We stayed on the island for a couple of hours and Ray picked us up in his car to take us back to the mainland. Brilliant day out
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