Freeman’s Gap

Places of Interest Nearby

Hulne Park

Park

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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 I 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

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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

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.

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