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Activities

A Small Selection

Cycling/Walking/Diving/Bird Watching/Coldingham Bay/Beach (Relaxing). All the information on one page - just scroll the pasge or listen to the audio.

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Coldingham

Coldingham Folk

An insight into Coldingham at the turn of the Century

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Coldingham Priory

Historical Brief Summary. Touching on the Priory History and also its role in the community today. The Priory is open to the public on set days in the summer months and a public tour is also a possibility by a local historian.View of the Priory

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Coldingham Beach/Bay

This is the perfect local sandy beach. Not only does it have blue flag status, it is easy to access, family friendly, picturesque and a great place to build sand castles.View the Beach/Bay

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Coldingham Village

If you are reading this you are already here. Once the heartland of a rich and powerful religious order.View of Coldingham

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Coastal Path

Selection of Places to Visit on the Walk

Cove Harbour

This place is magical, picturesque . It is also steeped in history.Cove harbour is entered by a 180ft/55m tunnel, not seen from the village.View of Cove Harbour

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Fast Castle

The famous author, Sir Walter Scott was captivated by the ruins of Fast Castle, perched right on a high and exposed cliff edge. If was included in the novel Bride of the Lammermuirs but was renamed Wolf's Crag.View of Fast Castle

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Pease Dean

Pease Dean is an ancient semi-natural woodland, a remnant of the Wild Wood which once covered most of the United Kingdom.View of Pease Dean

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St Helen's Kirk (Ruin)

Originally known as the church of Ald Camus this ancient ruin was reputedly built in the 12th century by the monks of Coldingham.View of St Helen's Kirk

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Siccar Point

Not only are the craggy rocks beautiful and dramatic but there is a great sense of occasion of 'walking in the footsteps of James Hutton.View of Siccar Point

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Historical

Drone Hill

It was the outbreak of World War Two that first brought the RAF to Coldingham, to Drone Hill to be precise.

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RAF Crosslaw

RAF Crosslaw was Home to 617 Signals Unit and was a Chain Home Extra Low (C.H.E.L) Radar Station.

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Historical Images

The John Wood Collection

One of the most exciting and remarkable photographic finds of recent years was made in, of all places, a Borders garden shed. Comprising a massive accumulation of glass negatives, it was the work of John Wood

Transport

Collection of Turn of the Century Images. (Approx 20 in total)

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Portrait

Collection of Turn of the Century Images. (Approx 30 in total)

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Villages

Collection of Turn of the Century Images. (Approx 82 in total)

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Mixed Lot

Collection of Turn of the Century Images. (Approx 48 in total)

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Old Postcards

20 minute video of Coldingham and District.

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The Interpretation Wall

Home Page

A navigation slider presenting you with a visual way to navigate the information available. Using he slider for navigation will provide you with more information and the location of places of interest by selecting the expore the area option.

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Monumental Inscriptions

Name Search

Coldingham Priory Grave Stone Inscriptions. Search for an inscription by entering a Name or part thereof. Multiple search patterns are allowed provided they are seperated by a space. If you know the name it may be wise to you try this search first as Inscriptions can be quite lenghy.

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Inscription Search

Coldingham Priory Grave Stone Inscriptions. Search on the inscriptions by entering a character string. The string could be name, a place name or part thereof. In fact, pretty much anything. Multiple search patterns are allowed provided they are seperated by a space.

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Places Nearby

Berwick upon Tweed

Berwick upon Tweed has changed hands no fewer than fourteen times and although English since 1482.View of Berwick Upon Tweed Railway Bridge

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Burnmouth

Burnmouth is known for being the first and last village in Scotland when travelling the A1. The village is split over two levels, with homes and holiday cottages both top of the sea cliffs and beneath them.View of Burnmouth

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Eyemouth

Eyemouth has been Scotland's largest south-eastern port since 1482 when Berwick upon Tweed was lost to England. View of Eyemouth

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St Abbs

St Abbs Village

Formerly known as Coldingham Shore, this is where the fisherman launched their boats from the beach. Most of them lived at Fisher's Brae in Coldingham.View of St Abbs Village

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St Abbs Head Lighthouse

Due to the dangerous rocks off the Head the lighthouse was built in 1862 by the Stevenson Family. Featured/Used in Whisky Galore 2017.View of St Abbs Head

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Slideshow

Full Screen Images with Navigation

Mixed Selection of 20 or so full screen images for you to enjoy. Each image having a small summary and a page link for more information. Well worth a look.

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Videos

John Wood Collection

Old Postcards of Coldingham and District

20 minute video of Coldingham and District (no sound on this one).

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Further Info

Coldingham Info

The local website www.coldingham.info has all this information and much more available for you to read at your leisure.