Holy Island by bus

Holy Island by bus
Give the car a holiday and visit Holy Island by bus. With great ticket offers and
discounts at the attractions on the Island, using the bus is fun and easy on your
pocket and easy on the fragile environment too.
Things to do on Holy Island
Visit Lindisfarne Priory, English Heritage
offer 20% off admission* with your 477
bus ticket
Visit Lindisfarne Castle, National Trust
offer 20% off admission* with your 477
ticket
Walk the National Nature Reserve Holy
Island Trail to the Lough and North
Shore (Pick up a leaflet on the Island)
Visit the Lindisfarne Centre and learn
about the history of the Island
Visit the ‘Window on the Wild’ to learn
about the Island’s wildlife and admire the
view from the Heugh
 Visit St. Aidan’s Winery – the home of
Lindisfarne Mead
Use Ordnance Survey Map 340 Holy
Island and Bamburgh to guide yourself
Perryman’s Buses 477 to Holy Island
Photo: Gary McBride
Walk to
Lindisfarne
Castle and get
20% off
admission
when you
show your bus
ticket
Photo: Gavin
Duthie
www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org
Bus Information
Because the causeway linking Holy Island to the mainland is tidal, the timetable has seven different permutations.
From 1st July until 2nd September, two return journeys operate on most days between Berwick-upon-Tweed and
Holy Island.
Outward to Holy Island
From Berwick-upon-Tweed
Perryman’s 477 bus from Berwick Railway Station via Beal. Two journeys operate on most days. Departure
coincides with the arrival of trains from Newcastle. Download the timetable
From Alnwick and Morpeth
Catch the Arriva X15 from Alnwick and Morpeth and change at Beal (West Mains) for the 477
From Seahouses and the coast
Catch the Arriva X18 and change at Beal (West Mains) for the 477
Return from Holy Island
To Berwick-upon-Tweed
Return on the Perryman’s 477 Service (see above)
To Alnwick and Morpeth
Catch the 477 off the Island and change at Beal (West Mains) for the Arriva X15 to Alnwick and Morpeth
To Seahouses and the coast
Catch the 477 off the Island and change at Beal (West Mains) for the Arriva X15 to Alnwick and Morpeth
If you have to wait for a
connecting bus at Beal, pop into
the Lindisfarne Inn.
They sell food and drinks and
will refill cups of tea and coffee
for bus passengers free-ofcharge. Just show your ticket.
Which Ticket is best for me?
Plan Your Journey…
Tickets to Holy Island from Berwick:
Adult Single £4.00
Adult Return £8.00
Under 16’s – half adult fare.
For services north of Amble on Arriva and
Travelsure buses:
North Northumberland Discover (Day ticket) £6.30
North Northumberland Passport (weekly ticket) £22.00
Arriva Day Ticket - travel all day for £7.70
Arriva Family Day ticket, two adults and up to three
children £13.50
NE Explorer – All day with any operator in NE £9.50
NE Family Explorer £19.10
Call at the Lindisfarne Centre for
information about the Island
Photo: Gavin Duthie
This Itinerary has been prepared by the Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership. If you have any suggestions or
comments regarding the itinerary or bus travel on the Northumberland Coast please call us on 01670 622306 or
email: [email protected] .
Although the information provided in this itinerary is currently correct services may be subject to change and the Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership
or Arriva cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies
We recommend that you check the bus and opening times of attractions before travel.