A day out in Seahouses (Seahouses)

Member Name: bluejules

Product:	Seahouses
Date:	11/06/09 (100 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Pretty place, quite a bit to do, nice area

Disadvantages: A bit on the expensive side

Last week, my friend and I decided we wanted to go out for the day in my car as I'm finished university for the summer. We didn't know where we wanted to go but I thought it would be nice if we headed north along the coast from where I live (South East Northumberland). We saw a signpost for Seahouses on our journey, and as neither of us have been there in years we thought it would be a nice place to visit.

~ Where is it? ~
Seahouses is a large fishing village on the coast of Northumberland and is approximately 20km from Alnwick. It attracts lots of regional tourists every year, as well as national and international tourists.

~ Our Visit ~
Unfortunately, despite all the nice weather we've had recently the day we picked for our day trip was freezing cold and windy! On arrival to Seahouses, we parked the car in a large carpark near the seafront. It cost £2.40 for up to 3 hours (which is what we selected) or about £4.60 for the full day.

We decided to head towards the coast and take a look at the sea, which was rough due to the wind! We came across a crazy golf course, and as my friend has never played before we decided it would be fun. The course has 18 holes and cost £3 per adult to play. Some of the holes were quite boring but some of them were shaped like places in the local area for example Holy Island and The Farne Islands. We were playing for a good hour and it was fun although would have been even better if it hadn't been so cold! There were smaller golf clubs for children and I believe it cost £2 for children to play. The crazy golf course also had a cafe inside the building where you pay, as well as a soft play area for children.

After we finished playing crazy golf we decided we wanted something to eat. As Seahouses is a fishing village there are lots of fish and chip shops to choose from. I know lots of people in my area that go to Seahouses for the day just to have fish and chips. We picked a chip shop that we thought looked nice and that we could sit in. All of the fish and chip shops seem to be expensive and I think the prices are much about the same whichever chip shop you choose, but we didn't look at all the prices. We had 2 soft drinks, one plate of chips with gravy and an adult portion of sausage and chips and it came to just over £10.

We headed to the amusement arcade after our chips and like most amusement arcades there was quite a lot to do in there. There were lots of slot machines, games, machines where you can win prizes, little rides for children and an air hockey game. We spent about half an hour in here, finishing the visit with a couple of games of air hockey!

There are also lots of souvenir shops and we looked in quite a few of these before we left. Some of the souvenirs are really nice and there are things which I've not seen in other souvenir shops, but lots of the items are the sorts of things you get wherever you go.

We were tempted to finish our visit with a trip to an ice cream shop but decided we couldn't eat any more after the large portions of chips (and sausage) that we had eaten for lunch! Despite the weather being quite cold, lots of people were buying ice cream. Just as we headed back to the car before our parking ticket ran out the sun began to shine - typical!

~ Other things about Seahouses ~
Seahouses is located across the water from the Farne Islands and there are regular boat trips across there. I've never been to the Farne Islands but I'd like to at some point.

There is a local history museum which costs around £3 to visit. We didn't go in here but we went in the shop that was with it and it looked like the museum would be quite interesting.

There are places to stay in Seahouses so you could use this village as a base for a holiday to explore Northumberland.

~ Overall ~
I really like Seahouses and will definitely be going back again at some point, as although we spent a few hours there I think there is still lots more we could do. It is nice to visit for a day but would also be a good location to base a holiday in Northumberland. There is quite a lot to do and is located in a nice area.
Thank you for reading! xx

Summary: A nice place for a day out