CoastScottish BordersNational Trust for Scotland4.8
Free entry for National Trust members
This place is cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, a separate charity. Under the INTO reciprocal visiting arrangement, National Trust members from England, Wales and Northern Ireland get free standard entry. Show your current membership card at admissions.
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Free for everyone. The car park charge is waived for National Trust for Scotland members and, under the INTO reciprocal arrangement, National Trust members.
£5 for non-members
Reserve car park at Northfield, signposted from the B6438, £5 per car for non-members, free for National Trust for Scotland members and, under the INTO arrangement, National Trust members. Disabled spaces, an accessible toilet by the Nature Centre and bike racks. Small parking areas at Pettico Wick and the lighthouse for those with walking difficulties.
St Abb's Head is a National Nature Reserve of sheer cliffs on the Berwickshire coast where the National Trust for Scotland cares for a great seabird city: tens of thousands of guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and fulmars on the ledges from April to July, watched from grassy cliff tops. A loop of about four miles runs from the reserve car park at Northfield over the cliffs to the lighthouse and back inland past the Mire Loch, through grassland of sea pinks and wild thyme. The Nature Centre by the car park explains the wildlife and geology. Reviewers call it one of the finest coastal walks in Britain and warn that the path is uneven and exposed. Tips from visitors: the car park is pay and display, free for members, with an accessible toilet and a cafe next door; the private road to the lighthouse stays open for those who cannot walk far; and dogs are welcome on leads.
Nature Centre open daily from 1 April to 30 November. The cafe by the car park is independently run.
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Dogs, with restrictions
Starts and ends at St Abb's Head NNR car park; 3 3/4 miles (6km), 2 to 3 hours, moderate, 740ft ascent (820ft with Kirk Hill); no dog bins on the reserve.
