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Alnwick

Alnwick is an attractive small town in in northeast England, with a population of 8400 in 2021. It's best known for Alnwick Castle, often used as a film and TV location.
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  • Type: Town with 8,000 residents
  • Description: market town in north Northumberland, England
  • Also known as: “Alnwick, Northumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alnwick Castle and Alnwick Garden.

Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0.
is a castle and country house in Alnwick 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.

Garden
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The is a complex of formal gardens adjacent to in the town of Alnwick, , 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.

Theater building
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an arts centre, theatre and cinema in the town of Alnwick in , . It is also the headquarters of the NTC Touring Theatre Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alnmouth and Denwick.

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is a village on the coast of in northeast England, at the outflow of the River Aln. With a population of 444 in 2021, is pronounced 'Allen-mouth', whereas nearby Alnwick is "Annick".

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

Village
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is a village in , north-east England, 3 miles south-east of Alnwick, and 5 miles from the coast at , close to the A1. is situated 3 miles south of Alnwick.

Alnwick

Latitude
55.4133° or 55° 24′ 48″ north
Longitude
-1.7072° or 1° 42′ 26″ west
Population
8,000
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ALW
Open location code
9C7WC77V+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20919015
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2657438
Wiki­data ID
Q1002826
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Alnwick” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألنويك”
  • Arabic: “أونيك”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alnik”
  • Basque: “Alnwick”
  • Belarusian: “Алнік”
  • Bengali: “এনভিচ”
  • Breton: “Alnwick”
  • Bulgarian: “Аник”
  • Catalan: “Alnwick”
  • Cebuano: “Alnwick”
  • Chinese: “Alnwick”
  • Chinese: “安域”
  • Chinese: “阿尼克”
  • Czech: “Alnwick”
  • Danish: “Alnwick”
  • Dutch: “Alnwick”
  • French: “Alnwick”
  • Galician: “Alnwick”
  • German: “Alnwick”
  • Greek: “Άλνουικ”
  • Gujarati: “એલનવિક”
  • Hebrew: “אלנוויק”
  • Hungarian: “Alnwick”
  • Irish: “Alnwick”
  • Italian: “Alnwick”
  • Japanese: “アニック”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲ್ನ್ವಿಕ್”
  • Korean: “안윅”
  • Korean: “애닉”
  • Ladin: “Alnwick”
  • Latvian: “Enika”
  • Lithuanian: “Alnvikas”
  • Lithuanian: “Anikas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Alnwick”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alnwick (Northumberland)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alnwick”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alnwick”
  • Norwegian: “Alnwick”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Alnwic”
  • Persian: “آلنویک”
  • Persian: “انیک”
  • Polish: “Alnwick”
  • Portuguese: “Alnwick”
  • Romanian: “Alnwick”
  • Russian: “Алник”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Alnwick”
  • Slovak: “Alnwick”
  • Slovenian: “Alnwick, Northumberland, Anglija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “انیک”
  • Spanish: “Alnwick”
  • Swedish: “Alnwick”
  • Tamil: “அள்னவிக்”
  • Telugu: “అల్న్విక్”
  • Turkish: “Alnwick”
  • Urdu: “اینک”
  • Volapük: “Alnwick”
  • Welsh: “Alnwick”
  • Yue Chinese: “安域”
  • “Alnwick”

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