The Alnwick Garden, Alnwick

Alnwick Garden has been highly recommended to me on many occasions, and when we visited Northumberland recently, it was definitely on our list of attractions to visit. Located between the market town of Alnwick and the grounds of Alnwick Castle is the most amazing, creative and inventive garden, designed by the Duchess of Northumberland. Although the first couple of phases are now complete, this is a garden still in the making - and the ideas for the future will make sure that I return again to see the absolutely magical things that are planned come into fruition. ~~History~~ The gardens were ... more

Advantages: Great for family play and keen green fingered folk! Disadvantages: May get a little damp if you are unprepared Visionary concept This place is just about as close as it gets to a Garden "Theme Park". 10 years ago, the Alnwick Garden, the brain child of the Duchess of Northumberland was nothing more than a run-down, overgrown and overlooked area within the grounds of Alnwick Castle. The Duchess quickly set about following her dream of creating a public space for families and people of all ages to enjoy. She established a charity trust fund for the project, and managed to persuade ... more

One of the things we had arranged for our New Year trip to the North East of England were tickets to Alnwick Garden's Festival of Fools at £12.50 a person. The Festival of Fools is open for a few weeks up until New Year, and I presume will be on again at the end of 2013. I'm guessing it is a good way for the trustees of Alnwick Gardens (founded by the wife of the Duke of Northumberland) to keep the garden as a paying attraction in the winter months. The tickets were provided in half hour time slots so as to ensure the Festival of Fools did not get too busy. I seem to remember that the festival ... more

I have wanted to visit the Alnwick Garden for some time, after seeing the Duchess of Northumberland (who created the garden) on the local news talking about it. Recently when my fiancé and I both had the day off work, we decided to go there for the day and I’m only sorry I didn’t manage to go sooner! Location The Alnwick Garden opened ten years ago on what was derelict land next to Alnwick Castle. The garden is in central Alnwick (for some reason I had always thought it was in the middle of nowhere) and is well signposted when you get into Alnwick centre. It has its own car park – I would ... more

I am not the type of person who normally likes visiting stately homes and gardens, in fact the idea of walking through most formal gardens is something that I would find extremely boring but Alnwick Gardens is a cut above the rest and I loved spending time there. Alnwick garden is situated next to the amazing Alnwick Castle and the gardens date back to the 1750’s when Capability Brown designed the first gardens. The gardens have undergone extensive redevelopment over the past few years and now consist of formal gardens, water features, a pavilion, one of the worlds largest treehouses and the ... more