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The Alnwick Garden
A contemporary garden beside Alnwick Castle with a Grand Cascade, treehouse restaurant and a locked Poison Garden.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Alnmouth
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Alnmouth
Alnmouth works well as a base: 5 minutes from Longhoughton, 6km from Warkworth Castle.
Alnmouth is in England, United Kingdom. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Longhoughton, about 4 km away.
Alnmouth (, /jelməθ/) is a coastal village in Northumberland, England, situated 4 miles (6 km) east-south-east of Alnwick. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 562, reducing to 445 at the 2011 Census.
Located at the mouth of the River Aln, the village had a port supporting a small fishing industryRead more
and engaging in national and international trade. It was for a time a leading north-east centre for the export of grain and other foodstuffs, especially to London, and specialised in the import of timber and slate. These activities to some extent shaped the village, as granaries were constructed to store grain, and sawmills and a boatyard established to process wood and build ships.
Port activities declined at the end of the 19th century, in part because of the deterioration of the port due to the shifting and silting of the river estuary, in part as trade transferred to the railways. A notable change in the course of the river during a violent storm in 1806 resulted in the loss of the remains of the village's original church and disruption to the functioning of the port and industries.
With the coming of the railways, Alnmouth transformed into a coastal resort complete with one of the earliest English golf courses, a holiday camp, bathing houses, beach huts and spacious sea-view villas. Alnmouth is now a well-conserved picturesque coastal resort and tourist attraction in the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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What is there to see near Alnmouth?
Within an hour or so of Alnmouth: The Alnwick Garden (6 km), Warkworth Castle (6 km), Alnwick Castle (7 km), Alnwick Castle (Hogwarts flying lessons) (7 km).
Are there any good drives near Alnmouth?
The nearest famous roads are Holy Island Causeway, College Valley and A68 Jedburgh to Edinburgh (Carter Bar).
Where is Alnmouth?
Alnmouth is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Longhoughton.
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- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 55.4000, -1.6000
Emergency & Services
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112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Alnmouth
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Warkworth Castle
A striking cross-shaped keep above the River Coquet, the Percy family stronghold that appears in Shakespeare's Henry IV.
6 km · about 10 min drive
castle
Alnwick Castle
A medieval castle in Northumberland that doubled as Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, the second largest inhabited castle in England.
7 km · about 15 min drive
film location
Alnwick Castle (Hogwarts flying lessons)
The outer bailey of Alnwick Castle was Hogwarts for the first two Harry Potter films - the broomstick flying lesson and Quidditch practice were shot on its lawns.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
Craster
A small fishing village famous for oak-smoked kippers and as the starting point for the walk to Dunstanburgh Castle.
8 km · about 15 min drive
castle
Dunstanburgh Castle
A vast ruined 14th-century castle on a remote headland, reached only on foot along the coast from Craster.
10 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Druridge Bay
Seven miles of near-empty sand backed by dunes and reclaimed opencast lakes now managed as nature reserves.
12 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Cragside
The Victorian home of engineer Lord Armstrong, the first house in the world lit by hydroelectric power, set in a vast rock garden estate.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Alnmouth
- 35 kmHoly Island CausewayThe tidal road to Lindisfarne, submerged twice daily; crossing outside the published safe times regularly strands vehicles.
- 35 kmThe CheviotThe highest hill in Northumberland at 815 m, a broad peat-capped dome at the northern end of the Pennine Way.
- 39 kmCollege ValleyA remote Cheviot valley reached by a permit-only single-track road, one of the quietest drives in England.
- 56 kmA68 Jedburgh to Edinburgh (Carter Bar)A rollercoaster of blind crests over the Cheviots crossing the border at Carter Bar, then across the Lammermuirs.
- 63 kmB6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall)General Wade's arrow-straight road along Hadrian's Wall, rolling over the whin sill with Roman forts on either side.
- 67 kmSteel RiggA car park and viewpoint on the Whin Sill giving the classic switchback view of Hadrian's Wall towards Sycamore Gap.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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