If you plan to visit Northumberland Amble is a great place to see. There's still a fishing industry in the town plus boat trips round the nearby "Coquet Island" where you'll see Seals and numerous species is the Puffin, but the island is most important for the largest colony of the endangered Roseate Tern in Britain. Other nesting birds include Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Black-legged Kittiwake, Fulmar, three gull species and Eider Duck.
The town holds the title 'Friendliest Port'. This derives from the 1930s when the RMS Mauretania was heading on her last voyage to the breaker's yard at Rosyth and the Amble Urban District Council sent a telegram to the ship saying "still the finest ship on the seas". The Mauretania replied with greetings,
"TO THE LAST AND FRIENDLIEST PORT IN ENGLAND"