01 Nov 2022
Alnwick Castle is an incredible experience! Alnwick Castle offers many fun and historical elements - it's a joy to experience. They offer tours of filming locations and history tours every hour or two. Filming locations include Harry Potter's Hogwarts, Downton Abbey's Brancaster Castle, Transformers, and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. It was fun to see all of the film locations, but the history of Alnwick Castle and the Percy family is equally FASCINATING! Explore the salon if it's open, and if you have time, the gardens are gorgeous. And you should try to catch the broomstick flying lessons. They're hilarious!
The castle was the highlight. We could have skipped the other short stops on this particular tour. Plus our tour guide was kind of quiet. It's a long drive and he seemed annoyed with us. He did share some history of the Borders which was interesting, but otherwise, he was pretty disengaged.