Castle · Alnwick · Northumberland

Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK; seat of the Duke of Northumberland. It is protected as a Grade I listed building. Add Dunstanburgh Castle, 11 km away, to a visit; it leads 21 places within 15 km.

Photo: Alnwick Castle, Thomas Quine (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Alnwick

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 2%

#121 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 19–19°C

In brief

Castle in Alnwick

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#121 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (27 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Alnwick

Alnwick Castle is inside Alnwick’s built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Alnwick has 249 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons in Alnwick

The warmest months in Alnwick are July and August, with highs of 19°C.

Jan7° / 1°72 mm

Feb8° / 1°59 mm

Mar9° / 2°50 mm

Apr12° / 3°56 mm

May14° / 6°49 mm

Jun17° / 8°66 mm

Jul19° / 10°67 mm

Aug19° / 10°72 mm

Sep16° / 9°60 mm

Oct13° / 6°83 mm

Nov9° / 3°94 mm

Dec7° / 1°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Alnwick, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Alnwick. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Alnwick’s full climate →

About

Alnwick Castle

27 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Alnwick’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 27 languages
Town: in Alnwick
Official site: alnwickcastle.com

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Alnwick Castle and what surrounds it

Orange is Alnwick Castle; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that count Alnwick Castle

Of the 8, Alnwick is the largest, at 8,432 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Alnwick

8,432 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 4.6 km southeast of it

Hipsburn

699 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 4.6 km south of it

Shilbottle

1,787 people · 15 places to visit

4 · 4.7 km east of it

Lesbury

345 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Alnwick Castle is	People	Places to visit
Alnwick	It’s in town	8,432	13
Hipsburn	4.6 km southeast of it	699	14
Shilbottle	4.6 km south of it	1,787	15
Lesbury	4.7 km east of it	345	13
Longhoughton	6 km east of it	1,173	8
Embleton	10 km northeast of it	350	4
Swarland	10 km south of it	672	0
Warkworth	10 km southeast of it	1,412	3

Make a day of it

Pair Alnwick Castle with these

Our list has 21 more within 15 km, among them 4 castles, 2 museums and a heritage railway.

Castle · English HeritageDunstanburgh Castle11 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageWarkworth Castle9.9 km away 3CastleCastle · English HeritageEdlingham Castle8.3 km away 4

MuseumNorthumberland Fusiliers Museum100 m away 5

MuseumBailiffgate Museum200 m away 6

Heritage railwayAln Valley Railway2.8 km away 7

Historic houseHowick Hall7.2 km away 8CastleCastleCallaly Castle14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Alnwick Castle: questions

Where is Alnwick Castle?

Alnwick Castle is in Alnwick, Northumberland, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Alnwick Castle?

Castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK; seat of the Duke of Northumberland, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Alnwick Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Alnwick, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Alnwick Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Alnwick Castle?

Within 15 km: Dunstanburgh Castle (11 km), Warkworth Castle (9.9 km), Edlingham Castle (8.3 km) and Northumberland Fusiliers Museum (100 m).

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)

Alnwick Castle: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunstanburgh Castle: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Warkworth Castle: Draco2008 from UK, CC BY 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
Aln Valley Railway: User.who.is.anonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Howick Hall: John Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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