Bamburgh
Bamburgh is a town as well as civil parish on the coastline of Northumberland, England. It had a population of 454 in 2001, decreasing to 414 at the 2011 census. The village is remarkable for the neighboring Bamburgh Castle, a castle which was the seat of the former Kings of Northumbria, and also for its association with the Victorian age heroine Grace Beloved, that is buried there. The extensive coastline by the town was awarded the Blue Flag rural coastline award in 2005. The Bamburgh Dunes, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, stand behind the beach. Bamburgh is prominent with holidaymakers as well as is within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward consists of Belford and also stretches southern to Ellingham with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 4,846.