Discover a range of holiday cottages, farmhouses, barn conversions, and lodges, set on working farms near Amble ideal for families, groups of friends, or couples looking for an unforgettable getaway. A farm stay is a wonderful way to experience rural life first hand, meet friendly animals, and experience the fresh, local produce Northumberland is renowned for.
Situated on the beautiful Northumbrian coast, Amble is a working harbour town known as the ‘friendliest port in England’, a moniker said to date back to the 1930s after a message of goodwill from RMS Mauretania, an ocean liner built for the Cunard Line.
Today, the harbour is just as welcoming with pastel-coloured retail pods selling a range of local crafts, art, jewellery, and gifts. Grab a coffee or an ice cream and sit and watch the boats come and go, and look out for the resident seals bobbing about in the water. Wildlife cruises depart from the harbour to Coquet Island, an RSPB nature reserve that’s an important breeding ground for tens of thousands of seabirds including puffins, eiders, fulmars, razorbills, and the UK’s only colony of breeding roseate terns. The island is also home to a working lighthouse and the ruins of an ancient monastery.
At the mouth of the river, Amble has a small crescent-shaped beach with dunes and some beach huts, while about a mile further south is Amble Links, a large stretch of sand backed by cliffs that’s popular with walkers, families, and for water sports such as surfing and kayaking.
Amble is a great base for exploring Northumberland’s other coastal towns and villages, including Warkworth a historic market town with a magnificent 12th century fortress and a 14th century chapel carved into a sandstone cliff, and Hauxley, one of the best wildlife-watching spots in North East England.
About 15 miles inland from Amble, Morpeth is well worth a visit with charming cobbled lanes, scenic riverside walks, farmers’ markets, and a vibrant high street. Be sure to pop into the Chantry Bagpipe Museum, a 13th century Grade I listed building housing a collection of over 120 pipes from across Europe.
From Amble, Northumberland National Park, famous for its wild, unspoilt landscape, exceptionally dark skies, Roman ruins, and fantastic walking and cycling trails, can be reached in under an hour.
Whether you’re looking for a working livestock farm or smallholding with sheep, cows, pigs, goats, chickens, and horses, or a quiet arable farm surrounded by fields of crops, there are plenty of options to choose from. Enjoy a relaxing rural escape and experience the charm of farm life on your next holiday near Amble.
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