Lynemouth to Amble

(Our overall day number 66 - Part of The KC3 ECP Leg 56b and 57 - Seaham to Amble)

Lynemouth to Amble

7th October 2024 | Miles 11.5 | Elevation gain 277ft

An 11.5 mile walk up the gorgeous Northumberland coast line. From Lynemouth, we had to walk up the road for a bit - at the time of our walk, the path through the dunes was closed for around the first mile. After two miles we reached Cresswell, where we stopped for breakfast, and from there it's a fabulous six miles up the beach - easy flat walking on the wet sand at anything other than high tide, and a wonderful bit of coast. The last two miles into Amble run through some dunes and then into the town. Our favourite day so far in the North East!
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Getting there and back
We parked the car at the Amble Braid car park, slightly north of Amble, walked for five minutes into Amble and caught the X20 bus from Fourways to the Resource Centre in Lynemouth to start the walk.
Weather conditions
Partly cloudy, with sun later - very pleasant walking conditions - save this walk for a nice day
Walking difficulty
Easy and flat - the dunes were a little tricky at times so best to plan this walk when you can walk up the beach

The story of our day in photos

Setting off from Lynemouth
Looking back at Lynemouth Power Station
The path follows the dunes for some distance
The Drift Cafe in Cresswell - well worth a breakfast stop!
On the wonderful beach at last - looking forward to five miles of this!
Glorious!
Perfect coast walking
Coquet Island - nearing Amble
Amble
Walking into Amble
The path goes across South Jetty in Amble
Through the marina
To finish the day at The Braid, near the marina
Useful links
Little Lobo, Tynemouth
Awesome little place serving Mexican food, so good on our first night that we returned later in the trip for a second go!
Hidden on the Harbour, Seaham
A coffee each here before setting off for the first morning's walk
Barca, Tynemouth
We had a pre-dinner drink here on Friday, and then again later in the week. As the website describes, a quirky, cosy bar. Very good craft beer but the wine wasn't up to much.
Allards Lounge, Tynemouth
We had dinner here on Friday evening - a tapas sharing dish type place. This came with recommendations (and a discount code!) from our airbnb host, but Allards must have been having a bad day in the kitchen as, when it eventually arrived, the food was well over done and not particularly enjoyable. We'd been waiting a long time by then so we just put up with it. Oh well.
Michael's Cafe, South Shields
Not far from the ferry on the south bank of the Tyne, we had very welcome second breakfast here on the way to the start of our second walk. Not fancy and unexpected chips with our sausage butties - which went down very well! Ridiculously cheap and extra sausages for dogs.
Fishnet Tavern, North Shields
A pub in North Shields on the coast path near to the northern side of the ferry. A welcome cheese and ham toastie and a pint - looked like there were fancier places to dine on that road, but this did the job for us towards the end of a long day.
Iztuzu, Tynemouth
We ate here on Saturday evening - tasty Turkish food and welcoming service
The Beach House, Whitley Bay
The destination for breakfast, around a couple of miles into Sunday's long walk north from Tynemouth. Dog friendly and good food.
Castaways Tea Shop, Seaton Sluice
A quick coffee break here before walking up the beach towards Blyth
Lola Jeans, Tynemouth
Sunday night burgers here to recharge after our very long day's walking!
The Drift Cafe, Cresswell
Location for second breakfast on Monday morning, en route to Amble. Dog friendly and classy breakfasts.
Cafe Needles Eye, Newbiggin
Looked nice inside but not dog friendly so we sat outside in the semi-rain for a quick coffee and snack. Bit of a shame.
The Grand Hotel, Tynemouth
After dinner drinks here on our last night, after our second visit to the fabulous Little Lobo Mexican.
Crusoes, Tynemouth
Breakfast cafe on the beach, very close to our accommodation, highly recommended by our hosts. We'd been looking forward all week to leisurely breakfast here before the long drive south, but in the event it was a bit disappointing - might have been something to do with the 40 mile an hour gales lashing the beach, but the staff were less than welcoming, and the food was overcooked :(
National Glass Centre, Sunderland
The coast path runs right past this, we popped in for a little look and it would have been worth spending longer here
Shields Ferry
Timetable for ferry across the Tyne to link the coast path south to north