The town of Alnwick (pronounced Annick) is less than fifteen minutes away from Warkworth by car, and can be reached by taking the A1068 out the village heading north.

The Castle at Alnwick is well worth a visit and is open between April and October.  Tel 01665 51100 for details.

Opened in 2002 are the beautiful Alnwick Gardens with its stunning water features and impressive Tree House are open daily 10am-5pm (or dusk).   Adults will need to pay but children under-16 are free.   Tel 01665 510777 for details.

Alnwick has a good selection of shops, including Boots, Dorothy Perkins, M and Co, WHSmith, etc, as well as a number of banks, building societies and coffee shops. 

Look out for the ‘Old Cross’ Inn, which has become famous for its dirty bottles.  The story is that the Innkeeper died whilst dressing the window about 150 years ago.  His widow refused to let the bottles be disturbed and legend has it that any disturbance would be fatal, so the bottles remain in the window attracting dust and ‘curious’ customers.