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Alnwick Castle
Attractions in Alnwick

Where to go in Alnwick: Alnwick Castle and 7 more

9 places to visit stand within 1 km of the middle of Alnwick. Another 4 are within 5 km of its edge. There are 6 museums, 2 gardens and a castle to choose from. Drive 9.1 km to reach Warkworth Castle.

Photo: Alnwick Castle, Thomas Quine (CC BY 2.0)
In Alnwick
8
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
4
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
6
in or near town
Castles & historic places
1
in or near town
Best known

Must-know places in Alnwick

Behind Alnwick Castle on the list are 3 museums, an attraction and a garden.

CastleAlnwick Castlein townMuseumBailiffgate Museumin townMuseumNorthumberland Fusiliers Museumin townAttractionAttractionThe Treehousein townGardenGardenAlnwick Garden - Roots & Shootsin townMuseumMuseumConstable's Towerin town

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

The places, mapped

The 4 outside town cluster to the southeast.

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The dashed line is Alnwick’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

By kind

What is on offer

Museums or galleries number 6, gardens or estates 2.

Museums & galleries 6 museums5 in town · 1 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 castle1 in town
Gardens & estates 2 gardens1 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 heritage railway · 1 theme park0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction1 in town

Green: inside Alnwick. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

All of them, one by one

In town there are 8, and the list adds 4 more within 5 km of its edge.

The 8 inside Alnwick come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

249 listed buildings and 2 scheduled monuments are on Alnwick’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Alnwick →

Big names nearby

A little further out

The 12 days out are led by Warkworth Castle, 9.1 km away.

Castle · English HeritageWarkworth Castle9.1 km southeastCastle · English HeritageDunstanburgh Castle11 km northeastCastleBamburgh Castle22 km northCastleCastle · English HeritageEdlingham Castle8.3 km southwestHistoric house · National TrustCragside16 km southwestCastleCastleChillingham Castle18 km northwestCastleCastle · National TrustLindisfarne Castle29 km northHistoric houseHowick Hall7.4 km northeastCastleCastleCallaly Castle14 km westHistoric houseHistoric house · English HeritageBelsay Castle36 km southCastleBothal Castle27 km southAbbey or priory · English HeritageBrinkburn Priory16 km southwest

Places well known beyond Alnwick (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Quick answers on Alnwick

What are the main attractions in Alnwick?

The best known inside Alnwick’s built-up area are Alnwick Castle, Bailiffgate Museum, Northumberland Fusiliers Museum and The Treehouse. In all, 8 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 4 more within 5 km.

Does Alnwick have a museum?

6 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Alnwick: Bailiffgate Museum, Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, Constable's Tower and Model Railway.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Alnwick?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Warkworth Castle (English Heritage), 9.1 km southeast.

What are the best-known days out near Alnwick?

Within 40 km: Warkworth Castle (9.1 km), Dunstanburgh Castle (11 km), Bamburgh Castle (22 km), Edlingham Castle (8.3 km).

Where are Alnwick’s historic buildings listed?

Alnwick has 249 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.

How is this list made?

From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Alnwick when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.

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 (12)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.