The Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. The group has between 15 and 20 islands depending on the level of the tide. The islands are composed of resistant dolerite rocks, which originally would have been connected to the mainland and surrounded by areas of less resistant limestone. Through a combination of erosion of the weaker surrounding rock and sea level rise following the last ice age, the Farnes were left as islands.

The Farne Islands are an internationally important wildlife habitat, and they are preserved as a seabird and seal sanctuary by the National Trust. In summer, puffins, eider duck, Arctic tern, shag, guillemot, kittiwake, fulmar, razorbill, common tern, and Sandwich tern all breed here, while in late autumn, a large colony of grey seals pup on the islands. The islands are popular with bird watchers and scuba divers, with a variety of sites suitable for all levels of divers, for the seals and wrecks. Hundreds of ships have been wrecked on the Farnes over the years, providing plenty for wreck divers to explore.