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Alnwick Castle
A medieval castle in Northumberland that doubled as Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, the second largest inhabited castle in England.
7 km · about 15 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Alnmouth is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Longhoughton, 41km from Northumberland Dark Sky Park.
Alnmouth is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Alnmouth (, /jelməθ/) is a coastal village in Northumberland, England, situated 4 miles (6 km) east-south-east of Alnwick. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 562, reducing to 445 at the 2011 Census.
Located at the mouth of the River Aln, the village had a port supporting a small fishing industryRead more
and engaging in national and international trade. It was for a time a leading north-east centre for the export of grain and other foodstuffs, especially to London, and specialised in the import of timber and slate. These activities to some extent shaped the village, as granaries were constructed to store grain, and sawmills and a boatyard established to process wood and build ships.
Port activities declined at the end of the 19th century, in part because of the deterioration of the port due to the shifting and silting of the river estuary, in part as trade transferred to the railways. A notable change in the course of the river during a violent storm in 1806 resulted in the loss of the remains of the village's original church and disruption to the functioning of the port and industries.
With the coming of the railways, Alnmouth transformed into a coastal resort complete with one of the earliest English golf courses, a holiday camp, bathing houses, beach huts and spacious sea-view villas. Alnmouth is now a well-conserved picturesque coastal resort and tourist attraction in the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Alnmouth is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 55.4000 latitude, -1.6000 longitude.
Alnmouth has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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