Lindisfarne, an island off the N.E. coast of England with about 1400 years of history as a Christian site.

St. Aidan’s Statue, Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne was an early Christian centre founded by St. Aiden in AD 635. Viking raids caused much destruction from AD 793 onwards. A Norman priory was built on site of the early Anglo-Saxon Monastery and the ruins of this remain today.
The island is accessible by a tidal causeway which means that access is restricted for about 5 hours at a time.
Once on the island visitors are rewarded with a wide range of sites and sights which include:
- Birdlife
- Flora
- Public Art (sculptured beach stones)
- Castle
- Ruined Priory
- Churches including the Parish Church of St. Mary’s.
- Quaint cottages.
- A working farm landscape with sheep.
- St Aiden’s Winery, which produces mead.
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