Walking in Northumberland. Vivienne Crow

signpost). This heads out along the edge of the cliff-top golf course.

      Soon after the Coastwatch lookout, you reach a junction of paths. Take the clear path to the right (not the one heading sharp right, which just leads to a golf tee). This leads to the Greens Haven car park, which has public toilets. Follow the car park’s access lane inland for about 50m and then take the path on the right – not the surfaced path leading down into Fishermen’s Haven, but the grassy path running along the seaward side of the holiday park’s low fence.

      Red sandstone cliffs near Berwick

      Eventually, the path and fence swing inland. Now watch for a fingerpost, where you turn sharp right to cross a bridge and return to the cliff-top proper – signposted Marshall Meadows. At the height of summer, this trail can be rather overgrown as its winds its way along the top of the low cliffs. In spring and summer, watch for nesting fulmars and kittiwakes around the rocks of Needles Eye. These are only low cliffs, but there are a surprising number of caves cut into them as well as a few rocky pinnacles that are on their way to becoming off-shore stacks. It’s a dramatic place to be on a wild day when the waves are battering the rocks below.

      After a ladder stile, turn right along the main track through the Marshall Meadows holiday park. Keep left at any forks until you see a lane going left across the railway. Bear right here and keep right to follow a fenced path back out to the cliffs.