Alnwick
Alnwick is a market community in Northumberland, England, of which it is the typical county town. The population at the 2011 Census was 8,116. The town gets on the south bank of the River Aln, 32 miles (51 kilometres) south of Berwick-upon-Tweed as well as the Scottish border, 5 miles (8 kilometres) inland from the North Sea at Alnmouth and 34 miles (55 kilometres) north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The town dates to concerning ad 600, and also flourished as a farming centre. Alnwick Castle was the residence of one of the most powerful middle ages northern baronial household, the Earls of Northumberland. It was a hosting post on the Great North Road in between Edinburgh and also London, and also latterly has actually become a dormitory town for close-by Newcastle-upon-Tyne [citation required] The town centre has changed reasonably little, however the town has actually seen some development, with numerous real estate estates covering what had actually been pasture, and new manufacturing facility and trading estate growths along the roadways to the south.
