England is a small country and most of its places are not more than a few hours of comfortable journey from London. There are many ways to visit all this English destinations like day trip from London with guided coach tours, overnight bus tours from London, day tours by train and overnight British tours with Eurostar. Some of the most visited out of London attractions are Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Salisbury Cathedral, Roman Bath, Stratford upon Avon and Cotswolds. Amongst them Stonehenge tours from London might be the most famous tours with all its megalithic stones structures. While some of the places like Dover and Liverpool has its own story about the British Empire and fascinations too. Lindisfarne Priory is one such English countryside with home to the Lindisfarne Gospels. Historucally this place has a great importance in early Christanity and also home of St Cuthbert.
Located on the north-east coast of England this place is also known as the Holy Island. Lindisfarne Priory was founded by the Irish born St. Aiden in 635. St. Aiden came for lona to Northumbria at the request of the King Oswald for the Christianization of his Kingdom and a small monastery was built on the island and it became the base for Christian evangelising in the North of England. Thought the Lindisfarne Priory was founded by St. Aiden, but its credit goes to St. Cuthbert. St. Cuthbert later became the Bishop of Lindisfarne leaving his former monastery in Melrose. Like St. Aiden, St. Cuthbert lived a life of hermitage and austerity and died there. Today this monastery is been preserved by the English Heritage which runs a visitor centre and also houses a museum. Travel to this British heritage destinations from London by guided coach tours
Come visit this pilgrim centre to know more about the fascinating history associated with it. To discover the story of the monks and much more visit this place through Golden Tours with London to Lindisfarne Priory Tours