Cocklawburn Beach
Cocklawburn Beach is located just a few miles south of Berwick-uponTweed. The meeting point is in the parking area on your left, where the road bends to the right at the top of a small rise just to the south of the beach where the ice cream van usually parks.
The beach is a lovely walk or cycle ride from Spittal across the cliff tops. By car turn off the A1167 (from Berwick) to Scremerston and then turn immediately and hard left onto a minor road. Follow for about a mile then turn left again just past Borewell Farm (with yurts and Pot a Doodle Do) following the sign to the beach; this road, bending to the right just after you cross the railway, will lead you to your desitination after a bit over a mile.
Grid reference NU027485
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Interesting items
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In Praise of Pentagonal
A sharp eyed walk along the beach at Cocklawburn or on Lindisfarne and with a bit of luck you may find a small disc, shaped like a tiny petrified polo mint.
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Where has Hadrian’s Wall Gone?
Before I answer that question, here is a little bit of background information from a manuscript fragment recently discovered in an obscure roman outpost at Ecclesia Novum-Oppidum near to the Fluvium Collegium (surprisingly close to where I live!) and published in the journal Falsus Nuntium.
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Northumberland Coast Rocks!
This project, which was completed during 2015 organised by the Howick Heritage Group and supported with HLF funding, delivered a book, some educational work with a local first and middle school and a series of walks and talks. In this section of geo-diversity resources you can have a look at the presentation given for the walks and talks as well as much of the material which was used in the educational work including lesson plans, activities and exercises. There is also a handy guide to fossils to be found on the beach at Seahouses (and elsewhere on the coast).
Testimonials
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"Ian Kille is an absolute authority on the geology of Northumberland. His knowledge is unmatched, his presentation is perfect and his enthusiasm is unbridled. Ian has lead a series of walks for us along the Northumberland Coast AONB over the last two years and every walk has been immensely enjoyable, thoroughly entertaining and incredibly educational. He is able to explain complex geological sequences across enormous timescales to young and old alike and has piqued a geological interest in many that has kept the audience coming back for all of his walks."
Jessica Turner
Historic and Built Environment Officer
Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership