Farne Islands
There are 28 islands in The Farne Islands, and they can only be seen a very low tide. They consist of The Outer Farnes and The Inner Farnes. The Inner Farne is the largest of all the islands at 16 acres. Sovereign Farne Island Tours run from Easter to October weather permitting. When you stay at The Olde School House you will get a discount from Sovereign.
Members of the national trust are aloud to land on the islands for free but there will be a fee to non members.
The trips give you a full running commentary about all the history of the islands and they will take you close up to see the birds and grey seals.
A trip not to be missed.
We run various trips to the islands which include landing on The Inner Farne and Staple Island which takes 2.5 hours with an hour on the island and 1.5 hour sail around all the islands. We also run just Sail Around's which take 1.5 hours.
Contact: Andrew or Toby Douglas Tel: 01665 720760, 01665 721554 or 01665 721667
As has been the trend in recent years, the breeding seabird populations continued
to increase with the Razorbill (13%) and the Guillemots (2%) advancing once again.
The season 2006 brought the spectacular confirmation of a breeding pair of Red-
The rocks and strong tides around the Farne Islands have always been treacherous to ships so the first lighthouses were built there in 1776, on The Inner Farne and Staple Island. The Staple light was replaced in 1796 by another on The Brownsman Island but the area was still to hazardous. As a result The Longstone light was built by Joseph Nelson.
