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Properties and events in Alnwick 2022
Properties and events in Alnwick 2022
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes.
Heritage Open Days 2022 will be 9-18 September.

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‘Alnwick Trade’ Posters
Alnwick, Northumberland
Discover a feel for shopping in the past, as in Alnwick as traders display posters illustrating the story of their business, the building and…
Memories of shopping in Alnwick in years gone by.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 0900-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Aln Valley Railway
Lionheart Enterprise Park, Lionheart Railway Station, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2EZ
The main objective of the Aln Valley Railway Trust is to restore the railway between Alnmouth and Alnwick to create a sustainable transport link…
Tour behind the scenes at the Aln Valley Railway, including the engine shed, workshops and signal box.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1030-1600. Tours at: 1100, 1200, 1400 & 1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Alnwick Baptist Church
Lisburn Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1UR
The Baptist Church occupies a corner site at the junction of two terraces, Lisburn Street and Upper Howick Street. This is a very neat and…
Alnwick Baptist Church building has been a vital home of worship for about 180 years.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Alnwick Bowling Club
Alnwick Bowling Club, Dispensary Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1LS
Alnwick Bowling Club is the oldest club in Northumberland. It was formed in 1877, still playing on the original green made available by the Duke…
Members of the Club will be on hand to help visitors and displays will include old minute books, photographs and of course the honours boards and trophies. There will be an opportunity for visitors to try bowls - with equipment being provided.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1300-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Alnwick Masonic Centre
Masonic Hall, Prudhoe Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1UW
Alnwick Masonic Hall holds one of the finest secrets of the town. The priceless, large Chevy Chase sideboard, is regarded as one of the finest…
19th Century Masonic Hall
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Alnwick Playhouse
Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ
Alnwick Playhouse represents an important part of Alnwick's social and community life. Built in 1925 as a cinema and occasional music hall, it…
Staff and volunteers will lead backstage tours to see behind the scenes of a newly renovated small-scale theatre in a prominent historic building.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: Backstage tours will run: 1130, 1230, 1430, 1530 & 1630
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Alnwick Tennis Club
Prudhoe Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1UH
Tennis has been played since the early 1900s at the present venue, leased from Northumberland Estates. In recent years the courts were operated by…
Members of Alnwick Tennis Club will be on hand to greet visitors. A poster showing the history of tennis in Alnwick and the present club will be on display.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000 - 1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Alnwick Town Hall
Alnwick Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HS
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…
Visit the building, which has been the meeting place for the Freemen of Alnwick for over 250 years.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Alnwick Youth Hostel
34 - 38 Green Batt, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1TU
For over 100 years Alnwick kept its courthouse, its police and its prison in one place; it is now the Alnwick Youth Hostel. Externally, the Grade…
Visit the site of Alnwick's 19th century House of Correction. See Alnwick's 19th century courthouse and the prisoners' exercise yard with original wall and windows with bars, still in use for hostel guests - who may come and go as they please!
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1100-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Astounding Inventions at the Mechanics’ Institute
Mechanics' Institute, Percy Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1AE
Alnwick established one of England's first Mechanics' Institutes in 1824. In 1831 the institute acquired its own purpose-built premises. It was…
Have you ever wondered what lies behind the extraordinary door of Alnwick's Mechanics' Institute? Today you will find an exhibition of astounding inventions associated with Alnwick.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1100-1230 & 1400-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, 14 Bailiffgate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1LX
Our two main floors depict 10,000 years of history of Alnwick and District with a mixture of text, artefacts and interactive displays. Fusion…
10,000 years of history and a stunning textiles exhibition.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Guided tour of Alnwick Cemetery
Alnwick Cemetery, South Road, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2PH
It is the main place for burials of all denominations and has consecrated and unconsecrated areas. A chapel used for services will be open on the…
A guided tour of this fine example of a Victorian Gothic "Garden Cemetery". Find out more about the history, design and layout.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1100-1230 & 1400-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Guided Tour of St Michael’s Churchyard
St Michael's Churchyard, At Michael's Church, Bailiffgate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1NP
St Michael's churchyard was the primary burial place for Alnwick for over 900 years until it became overcrowded and was closed in 1856. Research…
A guided walk around St Michael's churchyard with the stories of those who lie buried. Led by the team who have researched more than 20,000 burials that have taken place at St Michael's over the centuries.
Event Times
- Wednesday 14 September: 1400-1530
- Thursday 15 September: 1400-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Guided walk exploring Alnwick’s built heritage
Alnwick Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HS
On this walk, you will join members of the Alnwick Civic Society to discover how the town's character has been shaped by early settlers, medieval…
Join members of Alnwick Civic Society on a guided walk that explores Alnwick's Built Heritage.
Event Times
- Wednesday 14 September: 1400-1530
- Friday 16 September: 1400-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Guided Walk Exploring Alnwick’s Sporting Heritage until 1918
Alnwick Market Place, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1HS
Nationally from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century, popular sports were in decline, mainly due to a lack of space to play. …
Two-hour walk visiting the sites of Alnwick's pre 1918 sporting heritage.
Event Times
- Monday 12 September: 1000-1200
- Tuesday 13 September: 1400-1600
- Wednesday 14 September: 1000-1200
- Thursday 15 September: 1400-1600
- Friday 16 September: 1000-1200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
St James’s Church Centre
Pottergate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1JW
St James's United Reformed Church was built in 1894 as a Presbyterian church by well known church architects Hicks and Charlewood, in the revived…
The home of St James's United Reformed Church
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Michael’s Church, Alnwick
Bailiffgate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1NP
Rebuilt in the mid-15th century in the Perpendicular style, points of interest include a rare 14th century Flemish chest, medieval grave slabs,…
Visit the Grade I listed Parish Church of St Michael named by Simon Jenkins as one of England’s 1,000 best churches. Its story dates from Norman times to the present, covering the town, its community, the military and the Dukes of Northumberland.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
Percy Street, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1UW
St Paul's Church was designed in the Decorated Gothic style by the renowned architect Anthony Salvin. Originally opened as an Anglican church in…
St Paul's is a fine Victorian church in the Decorated Gothic style.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable