Seahouses - A fun, friendly, fishy day out! (Seahouses)

Member Name: mrshez

Product:	Seahouses
Date:	06/08/09 (108 review reads)
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Advantages: Fresh air, fun and fresh fish!

Disadvantages: A lot depends on the weather

As the children are on school holidays we decide to visit Seahouses, its a place that i have been to many times as a child and have always had fond memories of the place.

Seahouses is a town in the northeast of england, just past Alnwick in Northumberland, the town itself it based around the fishing centre and the pier, its quite small and you can easily walk around it.

We live about an hour away so its a nice day or half day trip, if you live further away it is a lovely place to come for a weekend.

Where to stay-

There is the main hotel called the bambrough hotel and it sits right above the harbour at Seahouses, its a very pretty hotel and has its own resturant and bar.

There is also a hotel at the top of the main street in Seahouses called the Farne hotel.

There are many lovely small b&bs, there is a great campsite in the next town about five minutes away.
There is also a few caravan parks and one that is above the harbour.

Parking-

There is two main good sized car parks and the rates are good, for best value go for all day parking as its about £4.50 instead of the three hours as that it still £3.00

There is also limited parking on the pier itself and costs the same as the larger car parks.

What to do-

There is about four different companies on the pier offering trips to both the farne islands and holy island, they last about two hours with an hour spent on the islands themselves.
on the trips you get the chance to see lots of different birds, seals and the fabulous puffins.
They cost approx £4.00 per person and if you are a member of the national trust its free!
They leave every half hour so you can always catch one.

Right at the top of the pier is the crazy golf course called the 19th hole, it also has a licensied bar and a place to eat, there is also a childrens soft play that is a good size with plenty of equiptment.

You hire the clubs and for an adult its £3.50 each and for children its £2.50 and you get balls and a score card, its a good little course and lasts about fourty minutes and both the children and adults enjoyed it.

there is also a few amusement arcades that cater for children and adults if thats your thing.

There is lots of shops to buy things like buckets and spades, fishing nets , postcards and the usual seaside things.

there are also some highstreet shops such as boots and food stores.

Where to eat-

Well you are really spoiled for choice here!,although i word of warning if you don't like fish and chips bring a picnic!

There are lots and lots of fish and chip resturants where you can eat in or take away, i did think that they were quite expensive £4.50 for fish and chips to take out, if you wanted to eat in it was an extra £2.00 on each meal although you do get bread and butter and a big mug of tea!
Be prepared to queue though on summer days as we waited for half an hour. It was worth the wait though as they were beautifull and we took ours and sat on the pier with them.

There are plenty of little vans dotted about selling ice cream, hot fresh donuts and fresh fish.

All in all its a great day out for all the family and if the sun is shining its wonderfull

Summary: A lovely way to spend the day