Amble Beach Huts On Little Shore

The beach huts at Little Shore are exactly what they sound like - a row of colourful wooden boxes lined up on the sand just outside Amble, a proper working fishing village on the Northumberland coast. Nothing fancy, nothing Instagram-ready in the modern sense, but absolutely worth a wander if you're in the area.

You get the usual seaside experience here: watching the boats come and go, maybe grabbing a fish supper from one of the local spots, and ambling along the strand. The huts themselves are traditional painted beach huts - the sort your grandparents probably remember from their own seaside days. They're not for hire as far as I could tell, just part of the landscape, though locals do seem to use them for storage and shelter.

Families with young kids will get maybe an hour's entertainment, particularly if there's time spent hunting for shells or rock pooling depending on the tide. It's the kind of place that works best as part of a broader coastal walk rather than a destination in itself. The real appeal is the village atmosphere - fishing boats, the smell of salt and engine oil, people actually doing something rather than posing for photos.

Amble itself is just north of Alnwick, making this a straightforward addition to a Northumberland holiday. If you're staying at Woodland Chase Glamping nearby, the drive takes barely ten minutes. Free to look around, obviously. Go midweek in shoulder season if you want peace.