Holy Island.Holy Island.
Holy Island.

Holy Island: 25 pictures of stone stacks, pretty scenes and historic sights

Thousands of visitors make the pilgrimage to Holy Island off the Northumberland coast every year.

For some it is a religious experience, for others it is the history and for the rest it is the sheer beauty and quirkiness of visiting a place cut off by the tide twice a day.

Here are 25 pictures from a mid-summer visit to Lindisfarne.