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Bed and Breakfast Accommodation near Alnwick Castle & Alnwick Garden in Alnwick, Northumberland, UK
Area Attractions
What to see & do in and around historic Alnwick in beautiful Northumberland
Explore Alnwick
Alnwick is in the heart of Northumberland, and close to all Northumberland's attractions. Within a 10 minute walk you can reach the famous Barter Books, one of the largest second hand and antiquarian book sellers in the UK. Or a few hundred yards further on you will reach Alnwick Garden, with its famous water features, and Alnwick Castle.
Within 20 minutes drive you can reach the National Trust's Cragside in Rothbury, or the beautiful Heritage Coastline of Alnwick District. Places of interest are too numerous to mention, but pretty villages to visit on the coast would include - Alnmouth, Warkworth, Craster, Embleton, Low Newton by the Sea. Inland, Rothbury, and the scenery between Alnwick and Rothbury, and Rothbury to Kielder Water is particularly beautiful.
Northumberland
This historic region of Northumberland has many historic castles such as Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle and Chillingham Castle in Border Reivers country.
Explore the beautiful coastline with unspoilt golden beaches where you can visit Holy Island and the Farne Islands nature reseve.
Explore Europe's largest man made lake and England's largest forest, Kielder Water & Forest Park, in Northumberland National Park - a nature reserve stretching from Hadrian's Wallto the Cheviot Hills, with superb walking scenery, a variety of wildlife and many historic sites.
Activities incude fishing, walkingand golf.
Further Affield
We are centrally placed for visits to Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Durham, the Lake District, the Scottish Borders, National Trust properties, the North Pennines, and Beamish Open Air Museum near Durham City where you can visit Durham Cathedral.
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by Lee Frost & Graeme Peacock