The beautiful historical market town of Alnwick (pronounced Ann - ick) has been recently voted as the best town in the UK to live.
With its cobbled streets and historical buildings the town dates back to 600 AD.
Alnwick has many attractions. The castle is one of the most stunning castles you will ever see and it is the second largest inhabited castle in the UK.
If it looks familiar that's because it was Hogworts in the Harry Potter movies. More recently it was used in the Transformers movie.
Next to the Castle is impressive Alnwick Garden with it's magnificent water cascades, walled gardens, poison garden, rose garden, the world's largest Treehouse and wonderfully inventive water sculpture.
There's also plenty of museums and galleries to visit. One of my favourite places to visit is the second hand bookshop, Barter Books in the former railway station.
The shop has many extra features, open fires in winter, a couple of cafes, a model railway acting as a link between the book columns of the central room, along with poetry lines. Then there's the 3 stunning 40 foot murals. Loads of squishy sofas to curl up on with a book or two. There's even a children's play and reading room.
One room houses over forty glass cabinets containing many of the more interesting antiquarian books. You could spent the whole day here I think.
With its cobbled streets and historical buildings the town dates back to 600 AD.
Alnwick has many attractions. The castle is one of the most stunning castles you will ever see and it is the second largest inhabited castle in the UK.
If it looks familiar that's because it was Hogworts in the Harry Potter movies. More recently it was used in the Transformers movie.
Next to the Castle is impressive Alnwick Garden with it's magnificent water cascades, walled gardens, poison garden, rose garden, the world's largest Treehouse and wonderfully inventive water sculpture.
There's also plenty of museums and galleries to visit. One of my favourite places to visit is the second hand bookshop, Barter Books in the former railway station.
The shop has many extra features, open fires in winter, a couple of cafes, a model railway acting as a link between the book columns of the central room, along with poetry lines. Then there's the 3 stunning 40 foot murals. Loads of squishy sofas to curl up on with a book or two. There's even a children's play and reading room.
One room houses over forty glass cabinets containing many of the more interesting antiquarian books. You could spent the whole day here I think.
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