North East England
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Alnwick

Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in in the English county of . It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman Conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK; seat of the Duke of Northumberland, England, UK
  • Address: Alnwick, NE66 1NQ
Photo: Lcpower08, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pant and Bailiffgate Museum.

Fountain
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is a fountain, which is situated 570 feet southwest of Alnwick Castle.

Museum
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The is a small independent museum in , , , dedicated to the history of and North Northumberland. It is staffed by trustees and volunteers. is situated 640 feet northwest of Alnwick Castle.

Garden
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The is a complex of formal gardens adjacent to Alnwick Castle in the town of , , England. The gardens have a long history under the dukes of Northumberland, but fell into disrepair until revived at the turn of the 21st century. is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Alnwick Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denwick and Hulne Priory.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in , located about 1.4 miles north-east of .

Locality
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, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the site, quite close to , was chosen for some slight resemblance to where the order originated. is situated 2 miles northwest of Alnwick Castle.

Locality
was a village in adjacent to the coal mines of and Longdyke. It was home to many miners’ families from the late 19th century through the mid 20th century, when the mines were finally closed and the houses condemned and demolished. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Alnwick Castle.

Alnwick Castle

Latitude
55.41541° or 55° 24′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.70641° or 1° 42′ 23″ west
Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)
Open location code
9C7WC78V+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 129877528
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287357
Wiki­data ID
Q1320427
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Alnwick Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة ألنويك”
  • Armenian: “Ալնիկ դղյակ”
  • Basque: “Alnwick gaztelua”
  • Breton: “Kastell Alnwick”
  • Catalan: “Castell d’Alnwick”
  • Cebuano: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Chinese: “阿尼克城堡”
  • Czech: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Danish: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Dutch: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Finnish: “Alnwickin linna”
  • French: “Alnwick Castle”
  • French: “château d’Alnwick”
  • French: “Château d’Alnwick”
  • French: “Château de Alnwick”
  • Galician: “castelo de Alnwick”
  • German: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת אלנוויק”
  • Hebrew: “טירת אניק”
  • Indonesian: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Alnwick”
  • Japanese: “アニック・カースル”
  • Japanese: “アニック城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Persian: “قلعه انیک”
  • Polish: “Zamek Alnwick”
  • Portuguese: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Alnwick”
  • Russian: “Алнвик”
  • Russian: “Алник”
  • Russian: “замок Алник”
  • Russian: “Замок Алник”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Alnwick”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Alnwick”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Alnwick”
  • Swedish: “Alnwick Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทแอนิก”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Алнік”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Alnwick”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alnwick Castle”. Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0.