Tours from Edinburgh · Run by Timberbush Tours

Holy Island, Alnwick Castle and the Kingdom of Northumbria

Holy Island · Alnwick · Flodden Field

How long: 8.45am to 6.15pm
On the road: About 5½ hours60% of the day
Group: Up to 37 on a coach
Runs: Daily, April to October
From: £58an adult

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Across the border to Holy Island and Alnwick Castle, a day in Northumberland from Edinburgh.

This day takes you over the border into Northumberland. The first stop is Holy Island, Lindisfarne, reached by a causeway the tide covers twice a day, with its priory ruins and castle on the rock. Then it's on to Alnwick, where the castle stood in for Hogwarts in the early Harry Potter films and the Alnwick Garden has its famous Grand Cascade. On the way home you stop at Flodden Field, where the Scots lost one of the bloodiest battles in their history. It runs every day from April to October and you're back in Edinburgh at about 6.15pm.

The route

The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.

The day

From Edinburgh and back

Where it starts
Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 8.45am
A stop
Holy Island (Lindisfarne)
Priory entry optional
A stop
Alnwick, Alnwick Castle and the Alnwick Garden
Lunch here; castle and garden entry optional
A stop
Flodden Field
If time permits
Seen from the coach
Coldstream
Where it ends
Back to Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park
Back at about 6.15pm

Photographs: Timberbush Tours

Where you meet

Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park

Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW

Leaves at 8.45am. Opens 15 minutes before departure and closes 5 minutes before.

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What’s included

Digital translations
Knowledgeable Driver-Guide
Luxury Modern air-conditioned coach

Not included

Children under 4
Entrance to attractions
Food and Drink

Extras you can add

Alnwick Castle, about £16.50, children £9.25 (tickets non-refundable)
Alnwick Garden, about £16.50, children £9.25
Alnwick combined castle and garden ticket, about £27.50, children £9.25
Lindisfarne Priory, about £11.50, children £7

Good to know

Luxury modern air-conditioned coach
From age 4
The guide speaks English; written notes in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin)
About 167 miles in all

Children aged 4 to 16 pay less; their price shows when you book.

Run by

Timberbush Tours has been taking visitors round Scotland since 1998. June and Gary Voy, a husband and wife team, started it with a single coach, and it now runs its own fleet, with driver-guides who have been with the company for years. Their tours leave every day from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, and from Portree on Skye, and you book with them directly.

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