Cave of the Nine Year Old
Cave of the Nine Year Old is a cave in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Cave of the Nine Year Old is situated nearby to Brizlee Tower, as well as near Hulne Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brizlee Tower and Hulne Park.
Brizlee Tower
Tower
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Brizlee Tower is a Grade 1 listed folly set atop a hill in Hulne Park, the walled home park of the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick, Northumberland. The tower was erected in 1781 for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and commands extensive views over North Northumberland and the Borders. Brizlee Tower is situated 680 feet northeast of Cave of the Nine Year Old.
Hulne Park
Park
Hulne Park is the only one remaining of the three parks that once surrounded Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, providing wood and meat for the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland. Hulne Park is situated 2,800 feet north of Cave of the Nine Year Old.
Alnwick Castle
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Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman Conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. Alnwick Castle is situated 2 miles east of Cave of the Nine Year Old.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hulne Priory and Abberwick.
Hulne Priory
Locality
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Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.
Abberwick
Locality
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Abberwick is a hamlet and former civil parish near the River Aln, now in the parish of Edlingham, in the English county of Northumberland. In 1951 the parish had a population of 44. Abberwick is situated 2 miles southwest of Cave of the Nine Year Old.
Denwick
Village
Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denwick is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, located about 1.4 miles north-east of Alnwick. Denwick is situated 3 miles east of Cave of the Nine Year Old.
Cave of the Nine Year Old
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Alnwick, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.42479° or 55° 25′ 29″ northLongitude
-1.75356° or 1° 45′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C7WC6FW+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 524287935OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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Highlights include Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood and Hulne Priory.
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