 Craster Harbour |  Situated in an AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), the village of Craster is situated around a small harbour built at the turn of the last century by the family in memory of Capt Charles Craster, who was killed on the Tibet expedition. The harbour served not only the local fishermen but also the quarries around the village. The structure at the end of the south pier is the base of the two silos in which the crushed rock was held prior to being discharged into the holds of the coasters moored alongside in the harbour entrance. The village is noted for its kippers and other smoked products, available from the kippering shed which also houses a fresh fish shop and a restaurant, and its pub, the Jolly Fisherman, whose crab soup and sandwiches have had rave reviews in a number of national travelogues over the years. The village provides a base for a number of excellent local walks, whether north to Dunstanburgh Castle (and, for the energetic, further on to Newton, where the Ship Inn by the beach at Low Newton is a very popular watering hole); or south to Howick via the point at Cullernose (look for the kittiwakes nesting in the cliff in the spring) and the dinosaur footprints in the rocks just south of the point. There is also the site of an Mesolithic encampment on the track leading south down from the farm at Howick Seahouses. The area provides something for everyone, of whatever age - click on a link below to find out more:
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