How to stop people becoming marooned on a causeway

1. Can you get trapped on Holy Island?
2. How deep does the water get on Holy Island causeway?
3. How do you cross Lindisfarne?
4. Can you cycle across the causeway to Holy Island?

Can you get trapped on Holy Island?

The ignorant, ill informed and unlucky. Despite these measures, every year some motorists ignore the advertised safe crossing times – not realising how quickly the North Sea rises on the flat surface on which the causeway road lies – and thus they get trapped by the rising tide and their car submerged.

How deep does the water get on Holy Island causeway?

At high tide the road lies under 1.5 - 4 metres of water.

Be sure to check for safe crossing times on the causeway's notice board before journeying to Holy Island.

How do you cross Lindisfarne?

LINDISFARNE CAUSEWAY: 'The Holy Island of Lindisfarne' is a tidal island and can only be accessed via a metalled causeway. Tidal closure affects all forms of transport. A notice board at the Beal side of the causeway provides tide and crossing information.

Can you cycle across the causeway to Holy Island?

The ride goes all the way to Holy island and back (across the causeway - well within the safe crossing times). Outbound route is via Bendor, Lowick and Kentstone. Return is via Kentstone, Black Heddon and Hetton North and then down the Devil's Causeway to Horton and onwards to Weetwood Bridge and Wooler.