Craster
Northumberland

Craster is famed as being the home of the Kipper, a smoked fish delicacy exported to food lovers across the country, and reputedly popular with the British Royal Family, too.

 However, there is more to this cheery village than its famous food delicacy, still prepared in the village the traditional way, in oak smoked barrels.

Go bird spotting in the Arnold Memorial Nature Reserve, owned by the Northumberland Wildlife Trust. Browse seaside inspired artwork and crafts at The Mick Oxley Gallery, or just sit and watch boating life go by. The spectacular ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle are a short walk along the coast. Work up an appetite and walk or cycle along the shore-skimming path to the Dunstanburgh, whose skeletal outline juts skyward from the sea. Incredible rock formations loom like prehistoric creatures from the coastline.