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Sugar Sands Beach – Boulmer Beach loop from Warkworth

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Sugar Sands Beach – Boulmer Beach loop from Warkworth

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Sugar Sands Beach – Boulmer Beach loop from Warkworth

04:19

37.5km

240m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 20, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 15.5 km for 294 m

Open: • 10:00 AM-6:00 PM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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6.28 km

View of Alnmouth from the Carved Bench

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a beautiful bench with leaf carvings on the bend of a traffic-free section of NCN 1 near to the village of Alnmouth.

The spot offers fantastic views over Alnmouth Estuary.

Tip by

8.36 km

View of Riverside Road Beach

Highlight • Beach

Takes you to a dead end so have to turn around but such a beautiful View. Well worth it.

Tip by

11.2 km

Beach

15.6 km

Howdlemont Sands

Beach

19.4 km

View of the Northumberland Coast

Highlight • Beach

19.4 km

Swine Den and Cullernose Point

Highlight • Gorge

Swine den is a rocky bay situated below Cullernose point. The cliff at Cullernose point is stained white due to the many nesting seabirds who call it home.

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22.4 km

Sugar Sands Beach

Highlight • Beach

great tracks for riding - watch out for walkers

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24.9 km

Boulmer Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful beach with lots of fishing boats on.

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31.8 km

View of Alnmouth and the Estuary

Highlight • Settlement

This section of NCN1 drops down towards Alnmouth, and as it does so reveals lovely views across the estuary, to the town itself. Many of the houses in view are …

Tip by

32.1 km

Alnmouth is famed for its seaside views, tranquil beach, and stone-built houses. Sitting in one of Northumberland's Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it makes for a beautiful scene seeing it from across the Aln estuary here just off the A1068.

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37.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.6 km

13.6 km

2.77 km

2.12 km

2.02 km

325 m

Surfaces

18.1 km

8.06 km

6.26 km

2.98 km

1.30 km

823 m

Elevation

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Saturday 9 May

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Sugar Sands Beach – Boulmer Beach loop from Warkworth

View of Alnmouth from the Carved Bench

View of Riverside Road Beach

View of the Northumberland Coast

Swine Den and Cullernose Point

Sugar Sands Beach

Boulmer Beach

View of Alnmouth and the Estuary

View of Alnmouth

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