Craster
Craster is a small fishing village on the Northumberland coast of England, eight miles from Alnwick. The next village to the north is Embleton. It is within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 249 residents
- Description: village in Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Craster, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter the Fisherman and Jolly Fisherman.
Craster Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craster Lifeboat Station is located at West End, in the small harbour village of Craster, situated mid-way between Seahouses and Amble, on the coast of Northumberland, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunstan and Embleton.
Embleton
Village
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Embleton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland. Besides the village of Embleton itself, the civil parish includes the settlement of Christon Bank, situated about a mile to the west. Embleton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Craster.
Littlehoughton
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlehoughton is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Craster.
Craster
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Craster, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.47208° or 55° 28′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.59284° or 1° 35′ 34″ westPopulation
249Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CRXOpen location code
9C7WFCC4+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1573912514OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Craster” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Craster”
- Cebuano: “Craster”
- Chinese: “Craster”
- Dutch: “Craster”
- French: “Craster”
- Irish: “Craster”
- Italian: “Craster”
- Japanese: “クラスター”
- Ladin: “Craster”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Craster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Craster”
- Persian: “کراستر”
- Polish: “Craster”
- South Azerbaijani: “کراستر”
- Swedish: “Craster”
- Welsh: “Craster”
- “Craster”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hurlbuck and Muckle Carr.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Craster Heugh and Craster Tourist Information Centre.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Craster”. Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.