Bamburgh
Bamburgh is a village as well as civil parish on the coastline of Northumberland, England. It had a population of 454 in 2001, lowering to 414 at the 2011 census. The town is remarkable for the close-by Bamburgh Castle, a castle which was the seat of the former Kings of Northumbria, as well as for its association with the Victorian era heroine Poise Darling, that is buried there. The considerable beach by the village was awarded the Blue Flag rural coastline award in 2005. The Bamburgh Dunes, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, stand behind the coastline. Bamburgh is preferred with holidaymakers and is within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A selecting ward of the same name exists. This ward consists of Belford as well as additionally stretches southern to Ellingham with an overall population taken at the 2011 census of 4,846.
