Travel Information
Detailed Travel Information for the St Oswald's Way will be supplied in your Information Pack, but the following may help with your planning.
Getting to the start of the walk at Lindisfarne and from the end at Wall or Chollerford you can travel by public transport, as they are both well linked. Heavenfield has no public transport links which is the reason we use Wall or Chollerford for your final night’s accommodation.
Arriving into the UK
By Air:
Nearest Major International Airports: Newcastle and Edinburgh
Flybe serve most regional UK airports as well as Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and other European airports. If you arrive into Edinburgh an airport shuttle bus operates to Edinburgh city centre (journey time 25 minutes).
If you arrive at Newcastle Airport the metro train service operates between the Airport and Newcastle city centre (journey time 23 minutes).
Getting to Lindisfarne, Holy Island
By Rail: Nearest Railway Station: Berwick-upon-Tweed
The closest train station is at Berwick-upon-Tweed which links with bus services seasonally to Holy Island. This is the Travelsure service No 477 (journey time 40 minutes). Alternatively we recommend you take a taxi from Berwick.
GNER services operate from London to Edinburgh which stop at Berwick (journey time 3 hours 30 minutes) and Virgin services between the Southwest, Midlands & Scotland also stop here.
By Road:
We recommend using public transport as parking is generally not available on Holy Island.
Returning from Heavenfield
We include your last night in either Wall or Chollerford which is a mile from the end of the walk at Heavenfield.
By Rail:
Nearest Railway Station: Hexham
Regular buses operate between Wall and Hexham and from Hexham there are train (journey time 20 minutes) and bus services to Newcastle. Alternatively we recommend you take a taxi to Hexham.
There are train services from Newcastle to London Kings Cross and north to Scotland.
By Road:
Newcastle is also accessible by National Express coaches.
Train Tickets
Great savings can be made by buying your train tickets in advance through the Trainline website at www.thetrainline.com. Although tickets can only be mailed to a UK address, overseas customers can still order tickets in advance and collect them from a Fast Ticket nmachine in the UK. Fast Ticket machines are located in most mainline railway stations.
