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Some key festivals and events are • Spring Flower Show • Alnwick International Music Festival • Alnwick Food Festival • Christmas Food and Craft Festival Coffee shops and cosy cafés, an award winning fish • Northumberland’s best Christmas Lights Display. and chip restaurant: Alnwick serves everything from snacks and light lunches to traditional Northumbrian and many more community and sporting events. food and drink. A vibrant, picturesque market town in International cuisine is not neglected with established Useful Websites the heart of Northumberland midway Italian, Indian, Chinese, Turkish and Thai restaurants To help you plan your visit the following websites between Newcastle and the Scottish located centrally. can help. Border offering… Traditional pub food and real ale are available in the visitnorthumberland.com/alnwick - For town’s excellent hostelries. information about Alnwick and the surrounding World famous attractions... areas - Alnwick Tourist Information. Situated with easy access to both Northumberland A unique shopping experience. National Park and the Areas of Outstanding Natural alnwick-tc.gov.uk – The Alnwick Town Council Beauty, Alnwick is an excellent centre for a day trip, website is your one-stop shop to know what is going A festival town… on in the town. or a stay of a few days or more, with a short A wide choice of cafés, restaurants distance to coast and countryside. visitalnwick.org.uk - Alnwick Tourism Association and traditional pubs… Alnwick has excellent hotels, award winning 5 star For information about accommodation. guest houses, great B&B’s and superb self-catering P Free Car Parking accommodation, for a memorable holiday… Published by Alnwick Town Council, 27 Fenkle St., Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HW – February 2016 and so much more A Unique Shopping World Famous Attractions Experience

Hardy’s Compleat Angler Store and Aln Valley Railway Fishing Museum Alnwick’s newest visitor attraction. Relive the Hardy’s has enjoyed a worldwide reputation since nostalgia of times past with this heritage railway’s 1872 for making fine quality fishing equipment at its early locomotives and steam trains, with special events throughout the year. Alnwick’s 160 retailers are a mix of favourite national Alnwick home,retailing specialist clothing and fishing brands together with local boutiques and are located tackle. The Museum has a comprehensive display of Bailiffgate Museum in the centre of Alnwick within easy walking distance some of the oldest fishing equipment to browse whilst ordering your new fishing rod. Visit Bailiffgate to uncover the rich history of Alnwick of each other. and North Northumberland. Explore the past through Do you enjoy locally produced, high quality food, Barter Books special exhibitions and unique activities for the whole award winning local butchers, cheese shops, Barter Books is located within a Victorian railway family. home bakers, speciality teas? station and is one of Europe’s largest secondhand The Alnwick Garden and antiquarian bookshops with over 350,000 books. It has its own cafe, is open daily, and attracts over Featuring Europe’s largest wooden treehouse, …Enjoy Alnwick 300,000 visitors a year. famous Poison Garden, Bamboo Labyrinth, Ornamental Garden and interactive water features, Looking for classic country clothing, sportswear or Alnwick Castle as well as an adventurous fairy tale trail, The Alnwick specialist sports equipment? Alnwick Castle is a fortress dating back to the 12th C, Garden offers the alternative day out. and family home of the Duke of Northumberland. Alnwick Playhouse Come learn of its dramatic history, see the magnificent …Explore Alnwick staterooms and filming locations from Downton Abbey Catch a film, watch a play, singalong to a musical or (Brancaster Castle) and Harry Potter (Hogwarts). see live streaming of national productions of opera, What else can you find? ballet or the RSC at Alnwick Playhouse. Jewellery, books, household gifts, antiques, weekly - monthly auctions, open-air markets and so much more. …Discover Alnwick Photographs courtesy of NCC, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Garden, Bailiffgate Museum, Barter Books, Pure Fishing, Alnwick Playhouse, Aln Valley Railway, Local Living, Michelle Duff, Will Meltdown, Dawn Coles, Jane Coltman,Jonathan Justice, Nick Johnson