Plan your visit

Aln Valley Railway: guided tours which will include visits to the engine shed, workshops and signal box, all of which are normally closed to the public. Full details <here>.

Alnwick Bowling Club: open from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Displays will include old minute books, photographs and of course the honours boards and trophies. An opportunity for visitors to try bowls. Full details <here>.

Alnwick Castle Golf Club: Visit the new clubhouse, and Peace Column, with panoramic views, opportunities to try golf, and to compare early and modern equipment. <here>.

Alnwick Playhouse: staff & volunteers will lead backstage tours. See behind the scenes of the newly renovated small scale theatre in a prominent historic building. Full details <here>. Book through Playhouse Web site - www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk

Alnwick Tennis Club: Members of Alnwick Tennis Club will greet visitors, and share information on the history of tennis in Alnwick. Full details <here>.

Bailiffgate Museum: The two main floors depict 10,000 years of history of Alnwick and District with a mixture of text, artefacts and interactive displays. Fusion Textiles will have a stunning textile exhibition in the gallery. There will be colouring and object handling activities in the school room. If you are interested in researching your family tree, there will be free Family History advice from 11:00 – 15:00. Full details <here>

Town Hall: Built in 1731 on the site of an old tollbooth, the hall held quarter sessions, county and manor courts as well as being the meeting place of the Freemen of Alnwick. Information panels record the various Guilds such as Cordwainers, Tanners and Glovers, Full details <here>.

Youth Hostel: Once Alnwick’s 19th Century House of Correction where Alnwick’s wrongdoers were imprisoned. Enjoy Folk Music sessions in the former Exercise Yard, with original wall, windows and bars (still in use for hostel guests - who may come and go as they please). Full details <here>.

Astounding Inventions at the Mechanics' Institute: What lies behind that curious door? Full details <here>. Astounding inventions <here>

Alnwick Masonic Centre including the Masonic Meeting Room, unique historical artefacts and giant oak sideboard depicting the Battle of Chevy Chase. Details <here>.

1,000 years of Christian heritage <more> <leaflet>

• Alnwick Baptist Church was built in the 1830s as a Presbyterian Chapel and has been a vital home of worship for over 180 years. Full details <here>.

• St. James's Centre: the home of Alnwick's United Reformed Church was built in 1894 by well known church architects Hicks and Charlewood in the revived Free Perpendicular style of the time. Full details <here>.

• St. Paul’s Church was designed in the Decorated Gothic style by the renowned architect Anthony Salvin. Opened as an Anglican church in 1846, it has served as Alnwick’s Roman Catholic church since 1982. The East Window is one of only three of its kind in Europe. Full details <here>.

• Parish Church of St. Michael: named by Simon Jenkins as one of England’s 1,000 best churches. Its continuing story dates from Norman times to the present. You can see the two retired medieval bells, and the display of lead graffiti brought into the church following the refurbishment of the tower and installation of new bells in 2021. The graffiti depicts aspects of local history and some designs of tracery never previously thought to have been found on a roof. Full details <here>.