- Alnwick Castle, the second-largest inhabited castle in England, has been home to the Duke of Northumberland’s family, the Percys, for over 700 years.
- Alnwick Castle is not only one of the largest inhabited castles in England and 1,000 years old, it’s also something of a movie star.
- Alnwick Castle was the first of four cargo-passenger vessels ordered by Sir Donald Currie soon after the Castle-Union amalgamation.
- Alnwick Castle Alnwick, like most of the great castles, has had a succession of owners beginning with Ivo de Vesci who married the granddaughter of Gilbert...
- Alnwick Castle is no stranger to film crews, having featured in Ivanhoe, Elizabeth, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and as Brancaster Castle in Downton Abbey.
- A 15-minute walk from Alnwick Castle, The Oaks Hotel provides bed and breakfast accommodation and a full food menu.
- Alnwick Castle. This is a list I compiled some years ago of 62 hermetic manuscripts in the private Library of the Duke of Northumberland, now at Alnwick Castle.
- Unfortunately, The Alnwick Garden is not part of Alnwick Castle but a separate attraction and business, it is fact a charity.
- How to get to Alnwick Castle using public transport. Alnwick Castle is approximately 33 miles north of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
- Alnwick Castle in Northumberland is one of the largest castle complexes in England and has been the historic home of the famous Percy family for over 700 years.