Aln Valley Railway
Aln Valley Railway is a heritage railway. It lies 600 m southeast of Alnwick. Look also at Alnwick Castle, 2.8 km away, first of 21 more within 15 km.
Heritage railway near Alnwick
Just outside Alnwick
Aln Valley Railway is 600 m southeast of Alnwick. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Alnwick
For warmth in Alnwick, choose July and August (19°C).
Aln Valley Railway
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.
- Type
- Heritage railway
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 600 m southeast of Alnwick
- Official site
- alnvalleyrailway.co.uk
Where it sits
The map centres on Aln Valley Railway, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
The most populous of the 5 is Alnwick, at 8,432. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Alnwick
Hipsburn
Lesbury
Shilbottle
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Aln Valley Railway is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alnwick | 600 m northwest of it | 8,432 | 13 |
| Hipsburn | 1.8 km east of it | 699 | 14 |
| Lesbury | 2.2 km east of it | 345 | 13 |
| Shilbottle | 3.1 km south of it | 1,787 | 15 |
| Longhoughton | 4.3 km northeast of it | 1,173 | 8 |
Also near Aln Valley Railway
Choose from 21 places within 15 km, such as 5 castles, 2 museums and a historic house.
CastleAlnwick Castle2.8 km away2
Castle · English HeritageWarkworth Castle7.2 km away3
Castle · English HeritageDunstanburgh Castle11 km away4CastleCastle · English HeritageEdlingham Castle9.7 km away5
Historic houseHowick Hall6.8 km away6
MuseumNorthumberland Fusiliers Museum2.9 km away7
MuseumBailiffgate Museum3 km away8CastleCastleCraster Tower8.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Aln Valley Railway, answered
Where is Aln Valley Railway?
Aln Valley Railway is 600 m southeast of Alnwick, Northumberland.
What is Aln Valley Railway?
Heritage railway in Northumberland.
When is the best time to visit Aln Valley Railway?
July and August are the warmest months in Alnwick, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Aln Valley Railway?
Within 15 km: Alnwick Castle (2.8 km), Warkworth Castle (7.2 km), Dunstanburgh Castle (11 km) and Edlingham Castle (9.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Aln Valley Railway: User.who.is.anonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alnwick Castle: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warkworth Castle: Draco2008 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunstanburgh Castle: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howick Hall: John Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Northumberland Fusiliers Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bailiffgate Museum: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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