Causeway and Refuge Holy Island Northumberland England
The causeway opened in 1954 Before that access to Holy Island was either by the Pilgrims Way with its 270 marker poles and two refuge boxes for almost three miles across Holy Island Sands from Beal Shore to Chare Ends or a direct route over the stream called The Low to The Snook which then skirted the island to Chare Ends This was the route normally taken by pony traps and specially converted taxis which were a feature of Holy Island life before the causeway was built The causeway road was extended in 1965 and the road raised to bridge the South Low Channel Holy Island Sands and the causeway are covered at high water and a refuge is provided on the causeway for anybody trapped by the rising tide
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Location: Holy Island, Northumberland
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