Lindisfarne

This article is about Lindisfarne, England. For other uses, see Lindisfarne (disambiguation).

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Lindisfarne ({{gbmapping|NU125421}}), also called Holy Island (variant spelling, Lindesfarne), is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England, which is connected to the mainland of Northumberland by a causeway and is cut off twice a day by tides - something well described by Sir Walter Scott:

Related Topics:
Tidal island - England - Northumberland - Causeway

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:For with the flow and ebb, its style

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:Varies from continent to isle;

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:Dry shood o'er sands, twice every day,

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:The pilgrims to the shrine find way;

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:Twice every day the waves efface

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:Of staves and sandelled feet the trace.

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In the 2001 census it had a usual population of 162.

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