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Beadnell

Beadnell
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St. Ebba's Church, Beadnell
Beadnell is located in Northumberland
Beadnell
Beadnell
Beadnell shown within Northumberland
Population 546 (2011)
OS grid reference NU230293
Civil parish
  • Beadnell
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHATHILL
Postcode district NE67
Dialling code 01665
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northumberland
55°33′25″N 1°38′06″W / 55.557°N 1.635°W / 55.557; -1.635Coordinates: 55°33′25″N 1°38′06″W / 55.557°N 1.635°W / 55.557; -1.635

Beadnell is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Bamburgh, on the North Sea coast, and has a population of 528(2001), increasing to 545 at the 2011 Census.

Containing the only west-facing harbour entrance on the east coast of England, Beadnell is a tourist base, the town consisting largely of holiday homes, with some small-scale fishing. Two large caravan sites neighbour the village, as well as a handful of campsites.

The parish church is the Anglican Church of St. Ebba (named after Saint Æbbe the Elder, founder of abbeys and daughter of King Æthelfrith), built in the eighteenth century as a chapel and rebuilt in 1860. A sixteenth-century pele tower remains as part of the public house, The Craster Arms.

Near the harbour are historic limekilns dating from 1747, which were later used for curing herring. They are now owned by the National Trust. Beadnell is within the North Northumberland Heritage Coast and the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Beadnell Bay, a sandy beach stretching 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south, contains a nationally important colony of little tern and the largest mainland colony of Arctic tern in the United Kingdom. The beach was awarded the Blue Flag rural beach award in 2005.


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