Alnwick - Houses, Property and Homes to Rent and Buy

Alnwick is located in the heart of North Northumberland's and ideal to find properties to buy or rent, with beautiful scenery and a rare! survivor from England's Golden Age of architecture. This beautiful area is ideal for finding homes and houses to buy and the elegant Georgian shops and houses still line the streets around the market square, which is approached through the medieval arch of Bondgate.

Alnwick has been called 'the Windsor of the North' thanks to its magnificent castle - home to Northumberland's Dukes for 600 years and recent star of Harry Potter films. Both the castle and grounds are open to the public together with the latest attraction - Alnwick Garden. Designed by the current Duchess, the garden showcases the latest in horticultural design and even non-gardeners will love the fountains of the Grand Cascade and the largest treehouse in Europe.

Alnwick's role as a regional centre for North Northumberland has preserved many amenities lost by similar market towns. Alongside long-established shops and modern supermarkets, Alnwick has the thriving Playhouse theatre, the excellent local Duke's schools and the old station houses the largest second hand bookshop in the North!

Besides man made attractions, Alnwick is also the gateway to the natural splendours of the Cheviot Hills and the glorious beaches of the coast. These vast, unspoiled spaces provide numerous opportunities for riding, cycling, walking and fishing. Fittingly, Alnwick is home to House of Hardy, one of the most famous makers of rods and reels.

Despite Alnwick's rural location, the town is no remote backwater. Recent improvements to the A1 and East Coast Mainline mean Newcastle (35 miles) is 40 minutes journey and Edinburgh (71 miles) can be reached in just over an hour. As a consequence, Alnwick is being discovered by those keen to enjoy the greater quality of life found in and around our market towns but who need access to the region's larger cities.

This increasing interest has boosted Alnwick's property market but prices have yet to reach the levels of more populated locations. A pretty Regency terraced house in St Michaels Lane costs around £135,000 whilst an Edwardian semi, in popular Swansfield Park, costs around £275,000. Those with more modern tastes should look at Allerburn Lea, a brand new development close to the Alnwick Garden, where a spacious 5 bedroom, detached family home, with nearly half an acre of garden costs just £399,000.

Spectacular scenery, charming period property, exciting modern developments, good transport links and excellent local facilities - who could ask for anything more?

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