Not quite ambling around Amble

Last Friday I went to the nearby seaside village of Amble.

Amble is a pretty village on the coast of Northumberland, it is on the south side of the River Coquet and from the small harbour you can get boat trips to nearby Coquet Island.

Coquet Island

There is ample parking near the harbour and small beach, although you do have to pay even if you have a parking disk. 

We didn't visit the shopping street on this occasion, but it's a nice shopping area with a variety of shops. The quayside has a market every Sunday, as we went on a Friday it wasn't on :). 

On our visit having parked up, we went to the Quayside cafe, which is in the harbour. This is a chip shop cafe, and I had a lovely cheese patty and chips, whilst my dad had haggis and chips. Haggis is actually a Scottish delicacy. The chips from here are lovely, and if you are visiting the area I would recommend them.

After we had eating we braved the weather outside, which was extremely windy. 

Amble has a lovely small harbour in the river, and you can look across to get some great views of Warkworth Castle. 

View to Warkworth Castle

We walked along the river, and than along the pier. The pier goes around in a circle, and offers some protection to the small beach. 

Amble Beach

Amble Pier

We walked all the way along and around the pier, it offers some lovely views back towards Amble. The first section has the river on one side and the small bay with the beach on the other, at the top end the pier is open to the sea, and has a great view of Coquet Island. 

We walked all the way around the pier, and then back along the houses in the bay, before walking across the small beach. 

Amble Beach and view looking back to the pier.

We finished up with a nice hot tea in a small cafe opposite the harbour. I can't remember it's name but it was friendly, if a little strange and cluttered. We got chatting to some locals about aeroplanes of all things.