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Newcastle - Edinburgh

Coast & Castles.

A beautiful cycling tour with its start in Newcastle. You cycle along coasts roads, next to the beaches of the Northumberland-coast, Dunstaburgh and Bamburgh. After visiting Holy Island you cycle on to Berwick upon Tweed crossing the frontier of Scotland and further to Melrose. The highlight of the tour is also the end, the capital of Scotland Edinburgh. In the evening you have a transfer back to Newcastle.

Medium
Medium
  • 7 Days / 6 Nights
  • Self-guided Tour
  • Minimum of participants: 2
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Itinerary

Personal welcome briefing in the morning.

Your journey starts by cycling along the Newcastle quayside past the Millennium Bridge as you head eastwards along the River Tyne to the coast. Tynemouth is a great place for a late morning coffee or to stock up on snacks for the miles ahead. The next point of interest is the stunning Druridge Bay. With its seven mile sandy beach, nature reserve and some of Northumberland’s biggest sand dunes it is a real treat. Next comes Warkworth, where you will spend this evening.

Your first stop this morning is the prety village of Alnmouth. After stopping for a quick cup of tea your route takes you towards the impressive medieval castles of Dunstanburgh and Bamburgh, as and the attractive coastal village of Craster. At Bamburgh, as well as the castle in its dramatic setting on a rock outcrop, there is the Grace Darling museum, a famous heroine of the lifeboats.

Just up the coast from Bamburgh you come to Lindisfarne, otherwise known as Holy Island, a key site in early Christianity and the place where the Lindisfarne Gospels were created in the 8th century. If the tide and time allows, it’s worth a visit by crossing the tidal causeway. From Holy Island, it’s on to the Elizabethan border town of Berwick upon Tweed, with its complex defences built up over the years of border wars, and your stopping place for the night.

From Berwick, it’s inland, along the Tweed valley to Melrose. On the way you’ll cross the border into Scotland, then back into England over the famous Union Suspension Bridge, that spans the River Tweed between Horncliffe in Northumberland and Fishwick in the Scottish Borders. At the Chainbridge Honey Farm, you can get a cup of tea and feast yourselves on yummy cakes and enjoy them on an old London red double decker bus! As the name implies, you can buy lots of honey there too. A few miles on you cross back into Scotland at Norham Castle, and on to Kelso, with the impressive Floors Castle and your first night spent over the border!

This morning you head to Melrose, famed for its impressive Gothic-style abbey, which is thought to be the burial place of Robert the Bruce’s heart! Leaving Melrose, you continue along the increasingly deep Tweed Valley, surrounded by forested hills and following the course of this famous salmon river to Innerleithen, passing Traquair House, reputedly the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. The busy little town of Innerleithen is well known for its mountain biking scene, and no doubt, you will see armoured and full face helmeted riders around the town.

Heading north out of Innerleithen the route climbs up an over the Moorfoot Hills. Downhill through Dalkeith and Musselburgh to Edinburgh. Late afternoon transfer back to Newcastle.

Tour character

The route has some sections of urban riding, on quiet roads or purpose built cycle paths, but most of the route follows quiet country lanes, cycle tracks, and some bridleways. There are one or two sections of gentle off-road, with tracks across grassy fields or farm roads. Being a National Cycle Network route, there are no “technical” off-road sections.

Prices and events

All data for 2023 at a glance
Place of arrival: Newcastle
  Season 1
01.04.2023 - 15.10.2023

daily
Newcastle - Edinburgh, 7 days, UK-ENRNE-07X
Base price
1,259.00
Surcharge single room 469.00

Category: hotels on a 3***- and 4****-level, B&B's, pensions and guesthouses

Season 1
Apr 1, 2023 - Oct 15, 2023
daily
Newcastle - Edinburgh, 7 days, UK-ENRNE-07X
Base price
Surcharge single room
1,259.00
469.00

Category: hotels on a 3***- and 4****-level, B&B's, pensions and guesthouses

Season 1
Apr 1, 2023 - Oct 15, 2023
Newcastle
Double room p.P.
Surcharge single room
99.00
99.00
Additional nights
Place of arrival: Newcastle
  Season 1
Apr 1, 2023 - Oct 15, 2023

daily
Newcastle
Double room p.P. 99.00
Surcharge single room 99.00
Filter
27-gear unisex
27-gear gents
Electric bike (on request)
159.00
159.00
265.00
Prices per person in EUR

Services and infos

Services

Included:

  • Accommodation as already mentioned
  • Breakfast
  • Welcome briefing (English)
  • Luggage transfer (1 piece of luggage, max. 15 kg)

   

  • Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
  • Transfer Edinburgh – Newcastle train station
  • Service hotline
Infos

Arrival / parking / departure:

  • Newcastle train station
  • Newcastle airport
  • Free parking at the hotel, no reservation possible
  • Good train connections Edingurgh-Newcastle
  • Please not that a valid passport is required for this trip

Detailed information

  • You can book extra nights in Edinburgh. Price upon request!
  • Please note that in UK helmets are mandatory.

Things to note:

  • Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price!
  • In case additional nights have been booked the journey back to Newcastle needs to be organized by yourself
  • Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!
Contact & booking
Do you still have questions about the tour? We are happy to help and look forward to your inquiry.
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Ratings

5 of 5 Stars (3 Ratings)
5 stars
Alexander Ernst DE | 24.08.2022
Top-Tour: Die Tour Newcastle - Edinburgh gehört zu den schönsten Touren
Erst ein wunderbarer Start vom Hilton mit Blick auf die Brücken Newcastles, dann eine unvergessliche Tour über die Nord-Süd Küstenstrecke bis Edinburgh, vorbei an Castles und Abbeys mit netten sehr guten bis guten kleineren Hotels auf der Strecke. Das Highlight: der leichte 20 km dauernde Anstieg von Inverleithen ins schottische Bergland. Überraschend: die perfekte Ausschilderung des Radweges über die ganze Strecke.
5 stars
Patrik Sprecher CH | 20.08.2018
Atemberaubend ... schön
Uns hat vor allem die dünn besiedelte Landschft mit den hübschen Ortschaften gut gefallen. Ganz speziell schön fanden wir die Küstenlandschaften mit den teilweise atemberaubend schönen Sandstränden. Die Route ist gut gewählt und ausgeschildert. Die Unterkünfte haben unsere Erwartungen zum Teil weit übertroffen.
Valerian Höfler
Valerian Höfler answered:
So sollen sich zufriedene Kunden anhören! Vielen Dank für Ihre tolle Bewertung! Dürfen wir Sie denn auch nächstes Jahr wieder zu unseren Kunden zählen? Wir hätten da noch einige schöne Touren, die entdeckt werden wollen!
5 stars
Mykhailo Fedoseienko UA | 29.07.2018
Fabulous cycling holiday with impressive experience!
I saw beautiful coasts with long sandy beaches and dunes, historical places with impressive castles, chapels and manors, convenient route with bicycle paths, rural landscapes, Scottish hills, valleys, forests and much more .... Lindisfarne (Holy Island) and Abbotsford (the home of Sir Walter Scott) are something unbelievable! I have memorable impressions of the country and its people. I'd like to come back and continue the journey! P.S. I have one remark about the tour. Day 2. Newcastle – Warkworth approx. 50 km. It is not correct. The real distance is 80-85 km.
Valerian Höfler
Valerian Höfler answered:
Thank you so much for this great great feedback! And thank you also for your advice concerning the length of day 2!

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