Lindisfarne Priory, (EH)

Open April to September, daily 10am-6pm. October to March, 10am-4pm. Admission charge.

Disabled parking 500m from entrance (Borough Council); disabled visitors may be set down outside priory museum. Access to Priory and grounds via 80m from museum/admission point along tarmac path; most of priory is difficult for wheelchair users; graphic panels at low level; outer courtyard has fairly steep slope. 10, sculpture to touch and tape of Gregorian chant in museum; flower border in outer courtyard (note) three covered well areas in priory. Toilets in car park. Shop/museum has easy access.

The site of one of the most important early centres of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. St Cuthbert converted pagan Northumbria, and miracles occurring at his shrine established this 11th century priory as a major pilgrimage centre. The evocative ruins, with the decorated 'rainbow' arch curving dramatically across the nave of the church, are still the destination of pilgrims today. The story of Lindisfarne is told in an exhibition which gives an impression of life for the monks, including a reconstruction of a monk's cell.