Craster
A small fishing harbour famous for its smoked kippers, where a long-established smokehouse still smokes fish over oak shavings, and the starting point for walks to Dunstanburgh Castle.
Craster is a quiet little fishing harbour best known for its smoked kippers. Robson & Sons smokehouse has been smoking herring over oak sawdust here since 1856. You can buy them to take away or sample them at the restaurant, served with bread or in crab sandwiches. The small harbour is enclosed by a stone breakwater, and next door the Jolly Fisherman pub is famous for its crab sandwiches. There is a pay car park and a visitor information point at the village entrance. From here, you can walk along the coast to Dunstanburgh Castle.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Dunstanburgh Castle
- Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum
- Embleton Bay
- Alnmouth
- The Alnwick Garden
- Barter Books
- Alnwick Castle
- Seahouses