Views of Alnmouth (4)

Lying between the village and the beach are Alnmouth common and Alnmouth Marsh, which together with the beach and the River provide a number of different habitats for wildlife within the relatively small area surrounding the village.

One interesting feature on Alnmouth Common is ‘the dice’. These cubes of stone were originally placed on the coast as anti-tank obstacles in case of invasion during the Second World War. However in more recent times, an unknown person has chosen to decorate them by adding dice spots. These are now renewed when ever they fade away.