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Amble harbour
Case Study:

Re-energising England's friendliest port!

Published: 19 December 2022

Amble is a small harbour town on the Coquet estuary in Northumberland.

After the decline of the coal industry, what was once a thriving port fell into what, for many, felt like terminal decline.

However, for 30 years, Amble Development Trust has been determined to rewrite this story.

From developing a pier and Harbour village, to supporting local fishing fleets through the development of the Northumberland Seafood centre and lobster hatchery – the Trust has been the driving force behind Amble’s transformation.

Watch our film to find out how ADT helped Amble re-emerge out of the ashes of coal and become the vibrant tourist hub it is today!

It was a working port and the town grew up around that.

People's perceptions of Amble were not particularly good 30 years ago. Everywhere was grimy, the stonework was black.

I get quite excited about the work that the Development Trust does because it’s brought about such a change in Amble.

Julia Aston
Director of Amble Development Trust

There is still a very strong sense of community and a very powerful community in Amble, People are very passionate, very vocal, and the amble development trust is there to be a voice for those people.

Paul Rigby
Chair of Amble Development trust

On 3rd July 1936, when the Mauritania sailed north to be broken up in Scotland, there was a message from the town council, “to the finest ship on the sea” and then the message came back,“thank you to the last and kindliest port in England”. We like to try and live up to that.

Bart Rippon
Harbour Village Co-ordinator
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