Editing Alnwick (section)

==Landmarks==
The town's greatest building is [[Alnwick Castle]], one of the homes of the [[Duke of Northumberland]], and site of [[The Alnwick Garden]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21565143-can-museum-christianity-succeed-britain-divine-detour |title=History museums: Divine detour |newspaper=The Economist |date=27 October 2012 |access-date=10 August 2013}}</ref> The castle has extensive grounds landscaped by [[Capability Brown]], which include several [[Folly|follies]] as well as the ruins of St Leonard's Hospital, [[Alnwick Abbey]] and [[Hulne Priory]].

[[File:Alnwick marketplace - snow - night.jpg|thumb|Alnwick marketplace at night in winter]]
The town centre is the marketplace, with its [[market cross]] and the 19th century Northumberland Hall, used as a meeting place.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Northumberland Hall|num=1041460|access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>

[[The Alnwick Playhouse]] is a thriving multi-purpose arts centre that stages theatre, dance, music, cinema and visual arts productions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/history-of-the-playhouse |title=History of the Playhouse &#124; Alnwick Playhouse |work=alnwickplayhouse.co.uk |year=2012 |access-date=17 April 2012 |archive-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407095632/http://www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/history-of-the-playhouse |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2003, the Willowburn Leisure Centre was opened on the southern outskirts of the enlarged town; it replaced the old sports centre located by the Lindisfarne Middle School and the now-demolished youth centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports-facilities.co.uk/sites/view/1005791 |title= Willowburn Leisure Centre |publisher=Sports Facilities |access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Front of Bailiffgate Museum squared up.jpg|thumb|200px|Bailiffgate Museum, a local history museum]]

Alnwick's museum, [[Bailiffgate Museum]], is close to the Bailiffgate entrance to the castle. Its collection is dedicated to local social history and has recently had a major refit funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Its collection includes a variety of agricultural objects, domestic items, railway items, coal mining artefacts, printing objects, a sizeable photographic collection, paintings and a range of activities for children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bailiffgatemuseum.co.uk/collectionandresearcharea.asp |title=Bailiffgate Museum |url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005104825/http://www.bailiffgatemuseum.co.uk/collectionandresearcharea.asp |archive-date=5 October 2008 |access-date=23 December 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Brizlee Tower - Alnwick - Northumberland - UK - 2006-03-04.jpg|thumb|upright|Brizlee Tower, a [[folly]] and observation platform overlooking Hulne Park, the Duke of Northumberland's walled estate by Alnwick Castle]]

Other places of interest in and near the town include:

* [[Alnwick railway station]] (closed in 1968), a listed building<ref>{{cite web |title=Former railway terminus, Wagonway Road |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1041411 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref> and now a secondhand bookshop.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bookshop |url=https://www.barterbooks.co.uk/html/About%20Us/The%20Bookshop.php |website=barterbooks.co.uk |publisher=Barter Books |access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref>
* the [[Bondgate Tower]], also known as the Hotspur Tower or Hotspur Gate, the only upstanding survival of the medieval town wall and named after Sir [[Henry 'Hotspur' Percy|Henry Percy]], also called Harry Hotspur, the eldest son of the [[Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland|1st Earl of Northumberland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bondgate Tower, Bondgate Within, Alnwick - Northumberland (UA) {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/49777 |access-date=2020-10-03 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Brizlee Tower]], a [[Grade I listed]] [[folly|folly tower]] on a hill in Hulne Park, the Duke's walled estate, designed by [[Robert Adam]] in 1777 and erected in 1781 for [[Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brizlee Tower |url=http://www.robinkent.com/288.html |work=Robin Kent Architecture & Conservation website |publisher=Robin Kent Architecture & Conservation |access-date=22 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325050912/http://www.robinkent.com/288.html |archive-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Camphill Column, Alnwick|Camphill Column]], an 1814 construction celebrating British victories in Europe and possibly erected as a reaction against the [[French Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Camphill Column (Alnwick) |url=http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&prn=N4515 |website=Keys to the Past |publisher=Durham County Council and Northumberland County Council |access-date=22 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320054127/http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&prn=N4515 |archive-date=2012-03-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* the [[Fenkle Street drill hall]] converted from a library in 1887.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelly's Directory of Northumberland (1894) |url=http://forebears.co.uk/england/northumberland/alnwick |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828020521/http://forebears.co.uk/england/northumberland/alnwick |archive-date=28 August 2016 |access-date=8 July 2017}}</ref>
* the [[Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland]], found within Alnwick Castle.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 September 2004 |title=Museum enlists force of model recruits |url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/museum-enlists-force-of-model-recruits-1-1487988 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143831/https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/museum-enlists-force-of-model-recruits-1-1487988 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |accessdate=2 June 2018 |publisher=Northumberland Gazette}}</ref>
* The [[Nelson Memorial, Swarland]], emphasising a local link to the admired [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1303733|date=|accessdate=2015-12-05|desc=Nelson monument and railings to west}}</ref>
* the Pottergate Tower, a Gothick eye-catcher of 1768 straddling Pottergate on the site of the medieval gate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Historic England |date=20 February 1952 |title=Pottergate Tower, Pottergate |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1041444?section=official-list-entry |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=National Heritage List for England}}</ref>
* [[RAF Boulmer]] was an airfield during [[World War II]]. It now has a role in early warning [[radar]] surveillance and communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/boulmer-longhoughton/|title=Boulmer (Longhoughton)|publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
* St Leonard's Hospital Chapel, within the castle park. Meagre ruins of ''c''. 1200 from a hospital founded for the soul of King [[Malcolm III of Scotland|Malcolm of Scotland]].<ref name=":0" />
* St Mary's Chantry, in Walkergate, the ruins of a medieval [[chantry]] house licensed in 1448.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Historic England |date=11 May 2016 |title=St Mary's Chantry House |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006596?section=official-list-entry |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=National Heritage List for England}}</ref>
* [[St Michael's Church, Alnwick|St Michael's Church]] on Bailiffgate, the main parish church of the town, a Grade I [[listed building]] dating from the 15th century with fragments from the 12th century.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1041546|desc=Church of St Michael|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref>
* the [[Tenantry Column]]—much in the style of [[Nelson's Column]], {{convert|83|ft|m}} tall and topped by the Percy Lion, the symbol of the Percy family—designed by Charles Harper and erected for [[Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland]] in 1816 in gratitude to the Duke.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Percy Tenantry Column, Alnwick|num=1041405|access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref>
* the [[The White Swan Hotel, Alnwick|White Swan Hotel]], an 18th-century coaching inn that now houses the First Class Lounge and other fittings from the ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]''{{'s}} near-identical sister ship [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']].<ref>{{cite web |title=RMS Olympic at the White Swan, Alnwick |url=http://www.classiclodges.co.uk/assets/Documents/OLYMPICLOUNGEHISTORYSSOLYMPIC.pdf |access-date=7 April 2012 |publisher=White Swan Hotel, Alnwick}}{{Dead link |date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>