The priory ruins which make for a popular tourist and pilgrimage destination, were built just after the Norman conquest, and date back to nearly 1,000 years ago. The chancel wall of the church dates back even further into Anglo-Saxon times.

Irish monks settled here in AD 635 and the monastery became the centre of a major saint’s cult celebrating its bishop, Cuthbert. The masterpiece now known as the Lindisfarne Gospels was created here in the early 8th century. The ruins now visible are those of a 12th-century priory, which claimed direct descent from the early monastery.

Follow in the footsteps of the ancient monks who built their priory here nearly 1,400 years ago, and explore the wild coastal beauty of Holy Island. Visit our fascinating museum and find out about a violent Viking raid, the miracles of St Cuthbert and the …

The extensive ruins visible today are dominated by the 12th-century priory church, which probably stands on the same spot as its Anglo-Saxon predecessor. The associated monastic buildings were modified in the later Middle Ages in response to …

Follow in the footsteps of saints to the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, founded by St Aidan in 635 AD in which the Lindisfarne Gospels were written. The existing ruins are the remains of the priory re-established in Norman times as a Benedictine monastery which came to ruin in …

Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island was one of the most important centres of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. It is still a place of pilgrimage today, the dramatic approach across the causeway adding to the fascination of the site.

Visit Lindisfarne Priory, a sacred pilgrimage site on Holy Island with ancient ruins, deep spiritual history, and breathtaking coastal views in Northumberland

The ruins of Lindisfarne Priory dominate the southern side of the village on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. They also provide a very visible and tangible link to the story of Holy Island as an important centre of early Christianity in Britain.

A magnificent cathedral was planned to replace the simple shrine in Durham which his remains rested, as well as the establishment of a new stone Benedictine Priory on the island of Lindisfarne. This priory, the remains of which can still be seen today, did not occupy precisely the same site of the earlier religious foundation.

The ruins of the 12th-century priory church at Lindisfarne Priory showing the "rainbow arch", the remaining arch of rib vaulting which was an original feature of the church. Lindisfarne Priory was founded in 635 on what is now known as Holy Island, off the north-east coast of England.