Cove Harbour
This place is magical, picturesque . It is also steeped in history. Cove harbour is entered by a 180ft/55m tunnel, not seen from the village.
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St Abbs Head Lighthouse
Due to the dangerous rocks off the Head the lighthouse was built in 1862 by the Stevenson Family who constructed most of Scotland's lighthouses. As seen in Whisky Galore.
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St Abbs Village
Formerly known as Coldingham Shore, this is where fisherman launched boats from the beach. Most lived at Fisher's Brae in Coldingham.
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Coldingham Beach/Bay
This is the perfect local sandy beach. Not only does it have blue flag status, it is easy to access, family friendly, pictureesque and a great place to build sand castles while watching the surfers enjoying the waves.
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Map Selection
Explore places of interest by first selecting a map and then by clicking on any of the map's hotspots for more information. Some of the map hotspots will relate to the Berwickshire Coastal Path.
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Coldingham Priory
It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham and was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland
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Drone Hill
It was the outbreak of World War Two that first brought the RAF to Coldingham, to Drone Hill to be precise.
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St Helen's Kirk (Ruin)
Originally know as the church of Ald Camus this ancient ruin was reputedly built in the 12th century by the monks of Coldingham's Priory who owned all of this land.
The former name was derived from Ald which means a small stream and Camus whichn is a bay. Some time after it was built it was dedicated to ST Helen, hence the name change.
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Siccar Point
Not only are the craggy roacks beautiful and dramatic but there is a great sense of occasion of 'walking in the footsteps of James Hutton' and realising that these rocks played a fundamental role in discovering how 4.5 billion years ago our planet was formed.
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Pease Dean
Pease Dean is an ancient semi-natural woodland, a remnant of the Wild Wood which once covered most of the United Kingdom after the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago. Such woodland is now extremely scarce and largely restricted to steep valleys like Pease Dean.
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Coldingham Priory (Detail)
Much has been written about Coldingham Priory. Here we will touch on the priory history and also its role in the community today.
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John Wood (Potting Shed)
One of the most exciting and remarkable photographic finds of recent years was a massive accumulation of glass negatives in a potting shed.
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RAF Crosslaw
Home to 617 Signals Unit. Operational from 16th April 1953 to the 31st August 1956. RAF Crosslaw was a C.H.E.L site equipped with a R2 underground operations block and was handed over to the RAF on the 6th January 1953 from Marconi
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Coldingham Folk
For many years Coldingham was a happy hunting-ground of artists, and many of its picturesque nooks have been transferred to canvas.
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