EXPERIENCE FLYING OVER NORTHUMBERLAND

See famous castles, beautiful bays and if you’re lucky maybe even seals on the beach of Holy Island.

Enjoy Northumberland’s stunning coastline from the skies with our spectacular flight experience.  On every scenic flight you’ll get to see historic castles, breathtaking bays and the incredible countryside this beautiful county has to offer.

Your North East flight experience can either last for 30 to 60 minutes and are the perfect gift voucher idea for loved ones.

During a 60 minute flight you can expect to see:

Alnwick Castle (Harry Potter Famous), Brunton Airfield, Holy Island, Bamburgh Castle, Seahouses, Beadnell Bay, Dunstanburgh Castle, Warkworth Castle, Alnmouth, Amble and Druridge Bay.

While in the air your pilot will talk you through the controls of the aircraft and what it takes to fly an aeroplane!! Family and friends are welcome to join you for your flight briefing and will be able to get up close with your aircraft on the ground before take off. 

Coastal and Castle Flight Experience for One Person

Prices from
£ 129
  • 30-60 minutes
  • Cessna Aircraft
  • Perfect gift voucher idea for loved ones

Coastal and Castle Flight Experience for Three People

Prices from
£ 159
  • 30-60 minutes
  • Cessna or Piper Aircraft
  • Perfect gift voucher idea for loved ones

Chipmunk Coastal and Castle Experience Flight

Prices from
£ 199
  • 30-50 minutes
  • Chipmunk Aircraft
  • King Charles III received his pilot training in a Chipmunk

Tiger Moth Coastal and Castle Experience Flight

Prices from
£ 249
  • 30-45 minutes
  • Tiger Moth Aircraft
  • World’s most famous training aircraft

12 Months Expiry

Once you've purchased your voucher you'll have 12 months to call us to make a booking. Our office is open to make a booking 7 days a week.

Book your voucher

We fly most of our aircraft 7 days a week from 09:00 to 19:00, so you won't struggle with availability to book a voucher. Thursday to Sunday is recommended as the airfield cafe is open!

Poor weather conditions

If it's bad weather we'll let you know well in advance - you'll be able to rebook your voucher for another date and your voucher will no longer be subject to it's expiry date.

Next Day Despatch

We send your vouchers first class the following day, so you can rest assured that you'll get your gift quickly. Your gift box will arrive in an unmarked package, so your surprise is safe!

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Flights

Experiences

Lisa M
Lisa M
2023-07-02
Outdoor cinema night I would like to say thank you 😊 to everyone who organised this event we had a great night watching Top Gun & stopping over -, the tipi, music, drinks and food was amazing we were not expecting it . We will highly recommend this to anyone & everyone and wel definitely 💯 be back.
Give yourselves all a big pat on the back. 😎🎶🎦🍺🍕👏
The Shotley Bridge Traveller
The Shotley Bridge Traveller
2023-06-25
Lovely coffee and a really friendly place. We visited here and received a really warm welcome. The coffee was very good as was the cake. You can either sit inside with a great view of the airfield or sit outside at the picnic tables. My wife is in a wheelchair and the place is accessible.
Sand570
Sand570
2023-06-23
Simply amazing From start to finish a great time. Was bought an hours flight in a 72 year old chipmunk. The pilot (and Co-owner) of the airfield, Richard, was fab. Showed us around the hangers, told us about the various aircraft, the airfield, explained the flight safety in an understandable non-worrying way , asked what I wanted to see.
You could tell from the way he talked and things he mentioned that the locality and environment were important to him. Not flying too close to homes, wildlife etc so as not to disturb.
Learnt a lot as well as thoroughly enjoyed myself. Well worth a visit.
And not forgetting all the other staff - friendly and helpful. Superb cafe Thursday to Sunday.
Simply amazing !
Alan3453
Alan3453
2023-06-18
A great day Our son recently celebrated a significant birthday. As a surprise we bought him a taster flight at Eshott (there were a good selection of flights on offer). Prior to doing this we paid a visit to the airfield which is open to the public. It is well located next to the A1 south of Alnwick.
On arrival there was car park, toilets and a café. We spoke to staff and found they were friendly and very helpful. We also found this in later telephone conversations and we were left with a very good impression.
The flight was purchased by way of a voucher which came specially wrapped (a nice touch). It was also indicated to us that there was a choice of locations to visit within the specified hour.
On the day of the flight were blessed with glorious and benign weather conditions. Our whole family was in attendance and soon he was up in the air and off. We sampled the lovely bacon sandwiches and drinks on offer while waiting for his return. He flew over to the coast at Warkworth and up north from there before returning via Alnwick Castle and Gardens.
Once again we found the staff very friendly and helpful as indeed the visitors were as well, a really nice crowd and good atmosphere.
We would highly recommend Eshott, the whole process was much simpler than we thought. Even if you dont want to fly you can sit in the cafe and watch a whole host of aircraft landing and taking off, particularly at weekends.
Rebecca R
Rebecca R
2023-06-04
Amazing day out My son absolutely loved this experience, he was able to fly for the first time. The instructor was amazing with him. The flight to Berwick and back was great and he saw loads on the way.
Tom S
Tom S
2023-06-04
Chipmunk flight I had a flight experience in one of their ex RAF Chipmunk planes. I have wanted to relive this flying experience for quite some time as the last time I flew in a Chipmunk I was a 13 year old ATC cadet more year ago than I care to remember! Richard the pilot was excellent, he was informative, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable, he made the flight even more memorable.
Of course the main star was the stunningly beautiful Northumbrian countryside.
LornaAdams12
LornaAdams12
2023-06-02
Great lunch stop/ experience all in one! We popped in here on our way to the coast. It was great for the kids to be able to watch the planes coming in and out whilst we all had lunch.
I was really impressed with the sandwiches- taste, size and how they were presented etc. great sandwich lunch options for adults and kids.

Service was prompt and friendly!

Definitely recommend a trip with the kids, particularly on a sunny day to sit outside but the inside has ample seating as well and looked nice.

Baby changing facilities and high chairs too which was unexpected.
Amilou0790
Amilou0790
2023-04-29
Fantastic Lovely cafe located on the Eshott airfield. Staff were very attentive and friendly. Food was lovely !!! Dogs are welcome and they can even have a puppuccino !!! Will definitely be back !
Koony02
Koony02
2023-04-09
Hidden Gem Visited the airfield on a drive back from Northumberland and what a find. Our little one is obsessed with planes and we thought it would be a nice 20 minute stop which turned into at least an hour. Service by the ladies in the cafe is a 10/10! Coffees and cakes were all top quality. An older gentleman took us with our kid to have a closer look at the planes, this ended up meaning the boy got to sit in the cockpit and mess about with the buttons, this was not expected and definitely not a standard visit! There was a pizza truck which looked and smelled great but due to the time of the day we did not get to sample this. Definitely recommend the airfield for plane enthusiast and foodies
Aerosmithy
Aerosmithy
2022-12-10
Festive afternoon tea Had festive afternoon tea at Eshott Airfield today. What a lovely afternoon. Food was amazing, I'm stuffed! The atmosphere was just perfect too, feel really festive. Santa arrived in an aeroplane too!