Freeman’s Gap
Freeman’s Gap is in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Freeman’s Gap is situated nearby to Cave of the Nine Year Old, as well as near Brizlee Tower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hulne Park and Brizlee Tower.
Hulne Park
Park
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1 mile north of Freeman’s Gap.
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 3,200 feet north of Freeman’s Gap.
Alnwick Abbey
Building
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire. Alnwick Abbey is situated 1¼ miles east of Freeman’s Gap.
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 near the River Aln, in the civil parish of Edlingham, in the English county of Northumberland. Abberwick is situated 2 miles west of Freeman’s Gap.
Denwick
Village
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Denwick is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, located about 1.4 miles north-east of Alnwick. Denwick is situated 2½ miles east of Freeman’s Gap.
Freeman’s Gap
Latitude
55.41795° or 55° 25′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.74781° or 1° 44′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C7WC792+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 80249967OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cave of the Nine Year Old and Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood.
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