Warkworth Castle
Dec 15, 2022 15:35:09 #
Recently spent a long weekend away in the small coastal town of Amble with some of my family, it has a working fishing harbour as well as a modern Marina, it is situated at the mouth of the river Coquet, and looking back up the river you can see Warkworth castle which dates back to the 11th century.
looking up the river Coquet through some Lobster traps on Amble quayside
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Entrance to the Castle
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looking up the high street of Warkworth Village towards the Castle.
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At the bottom of the Village high street is the medieval St Lawrence's church, where there was a Xmas fair taking place in the church itself and in the grounds. My youngest son and his wife are on the left, and my wife to the right
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The original wooden church was burnt down by the Vikings in the 9th century, they did a lot of pillaging on the North east coast of England as there was rich pickings in the rich monastic establishments.
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Part of Amble harbour and the Marina
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looking down the river Coquet from the grounds of Warkworth Castle towards Amble Marina and town
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Dec 15, 2022 15:47:58 #
Doddy wrote:
Recently spent a long weekend away in the small coastal town of Amble with some of my family, it has a working fishing harbour as well as a modern Marina, it is situated at the mouth of the river Coquet, and looking back up the river you can see Warkworth castle which dates back to the 11th century.
Dec 15, 2022 15:52:02 #
Doddy wrote:
Recently spent a long weekend away in the small coastal town of Amble with some of my family, it has a working fishing harbour as well as a modern Marina, it is situated at the mouth of the river Coquet, and looking back up the river you can see Warkworth castle which dates back to the 11th century.
Very beautiful scenes and castle.
Dec 15, 2022 16:15:51 #
Dec 15, 2022 16:24:30 #
therwol
Loc: USA
Doddy wrote:
Recently spent a long weekend away in the small coastal town of Amble with some of my family, it has a working fishing harbour as well as a modern Marina, it is situated at the mouth of the river Coquet, and looking back up the river you can see Warkworth castle which dates back to the 11th century.
Wow. I don't know how we've missed that one. On our trips to England, we've driven right past Amble a number of times. (I'm looking at a map.) We would typically drive to Holy Island or the Chillingham castle or other destinations up there before you get to Scotland, and then we'd drive the coastal route back to Newcastle on our way back to Cumbria. We never stopped there. We will next time. Thanks for the really nice pictures.
Dec 15, 2022 16:37:27 #
Very nice series. Thank you for the tour.
--Bob
--Bob
Doddy wrote:
Recently spent a long weekend away in the small coastal town of Amble with some of my family, it has a working fishing harbour as well as a modern Marina, it is situated at the mouth of the river Coquet, and looking back up the river you can see Warkworth castle which dates back to the 11th century.
Dec 15, 2022 17:51:46 #
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Dec 16, 2022 07:40:45 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Very beautiful scenes and castle.
Thanks for the nice comment Architect1776.
Dec 16, 2022 08:04:45 #
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Dec 16, 2022 09:31:30 #
yssirk123 wrote:
Very nice set Doddy!
Thanks for the nice comment yssirk123.
Dec 16, 2022 09:37:07 #
therwol wrote:
Wow. I don't know how we've missed that one. On our trips to England, we've driven right past Amble a number of times. (I'm looking at a map.) We would typically drive to Holy Island or the Chillingham castle or other destinations up there before you get to Scotland, and then we'd drive the coastal route back to Newcastle on our way back to Cumbria. We never stopped there. We will next time. Thanks for the really nice pictures.
Its easy done therwo. I have never been to Chillingham Castle, I would love to see their herd of rare wild cattle, apparently, they are quite dangerous if you get too close!...thanks for nice comment.
Dec 16, 2022 09:38:10 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice set of photos, Doddy. Thanks for posting these.
Cheers John, glad you like them.
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