View of Alnmouth – Boulmer Beach loop from Warkworth

View of Alnmouth – Boulmer Beach loop from Warkworth

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View of Alnmouth – Boulmer Beach loop from Warkworth

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26.0km

180m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Northumberland Coast National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.05 km

View of Alnmouth

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View from the road out of Warkworth

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4.44 km

View of Alnmouth

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Beautiful views of this but winds a killer on a bad day

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4.71 km

View of Alnmouth from the Carved Bench

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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.

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6.16 km

The Old School Gallery

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Art gallery and coffee shop in the coastal Northumbrian village of Alnmouth.

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11.1 km

Boulmer Beach

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Beautiful beach with lots of fishing boats on.

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12.7 km

RAF Boulmer Fighter Jet Display

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Nice if you like cold war figher-bombers. Good road down to Boulmer and round the coast to Lesbury. Avoids some of the traffic on the direct road past the base

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19.3 km

View of the meandering River Aln

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This is one of my favourite viewpoints in Britain - the meandering River Aln. It's particularly striking at sunset.

The River Aln runs through Northumberland from the Cheviot Hills to the North Sea, here at Alnmouth.

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21.9 km

View of Alnmouth and the Estuary

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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 …

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