Alnmouth Village

From the Warkworth road there is a spectacular view of this pretty village as it stands beside the estuary where the Aln flows into the North Sea. Once an important grain shipping port, and reputedly smugglers haven, it is now a popular holiday village with beautiful sandy beaches.

It has one of the oldest golf courses in England, where golf can be played at extremely reasonable rates. Alnmouth used to be the port for Alnwick in the late 12th century, until a terrible storm on Christmas day in 1806 broke through the bank of the river, the Aln changed course and the harbour was left on the South side.