Alnwick Castle & The Alnwick Garden Reviews

Great to come every few years and see how it's progressing. Amazing! Remember seeing her ladyship viewing the site not long after work first started, she must be proud.

A nice place to bring the family. There's a "public" and a "private" parts to the ground. Entrance to the private part requires a entrance fee. This review is for the for the private part of the gardens.

The main waterfall area forms the central part of the gardens. Arranged as a terraced waterfall and looks magnificent as the water flows down and forming a grand cascade down the terraces. Visiting in October there's not many flowers, although it looked the gardens was mostly made up of trees, bushes and hedges. Hidden amongst the bushes are water fountain made of I think stainless sculptures of different abstract form that allow the the water to flow in different ways or just cascade.

So the reason for my average rating is what I thought was poor ticket management. Our group bought the combined castle and gardens ticket. What we didn't notice was that the printed ticket only says entrance for the castle. After visiting the castle, my parents wanted just sit and rest in the gardens. An hour later the rest of the group finished at the castle and decided to go to the gardens for lunch to find my parents standing outside the gardens because they were not allowed in due to the ticket only mentioning the castle. Only after showing the attendant the online ticket that showed we'd purchased entrance to the gardens too were we allowed in. If the we'd purchased entrance to both castle and gardens, then surely the ticket should show both and my parent would not have had to stand in the cold for an hour.

Being in the garden is so up lifting. The array of flowers and the fountains are beautiful. I found the poison garden very interesting and informative. Well worth the admission price.

Amazing garden
Need to visit with kids

A great day, lots of fun and interest for all age groups.

Fantastic walks around well maintained gardens. I especially loved the fountains. The treehouse restaurant is a big hit with the kids. Booking is essential

good day out , few good walks and treehouse is brill , lots of water features

Overpriced even charge for car parking so not cheap at all for a few hours.

Amazing place to visit. Fantastic gardens and castle. The staff are friendly and helpful

Well worth a visit we'll presented and a nice place

Beautiful place and highly recommend it to EVERYONE. Some parts are the garden are, however, VERY narrow and will be difficult for wheel chair users, which is why it's only 4/5 stars.

Loved the gardens, the family swing seats, the poison garden & the water features.

Fabulous day out with lots to do in the Castle and the gardens. Very much recommended.

Such a nice gardens. Very well kept. You can walk there for hours and once tired you can have something to eat and drink in the coffee shop. The only thing I didn t enjoyed much was the poison garden. The gentleman showing us around was very nice and knowledgeable, but there wasn t much to see.
Very nice gardens that are really worth seeing. You can spend hours here before you go around everything. The restaurant in which you can be sure is large enough and the food is good.

Really well maintained gardens, with lots of unusual water features. Definitely take the time to visit the poison garden (entry only in tour groups, but included in garden entry price) - staff are really knowledgeable about all sorts of interesting plants.

Fabulous gardens with something for everyone, immaculately managed and maintained. Kids of all ages will love the novelty and science behind the sculpted water features and the granduer of the fountains in the cascade. Older children and adults will be fascinated and a little scared by the secure section that holds only poisonous plants. Just sit on the lawn and take in the splendour or walk through the beautifully manicured gardens, taking time to visit the bamboo maze/glade and the tranquil walled garden at the top. Simply beautiful!

I was lucky wether was good and sunny lovely garden s

Loved it. There is so much to do for adults as well as kids. Well worth the visit

Lovely gardens, very clean and ideal for wheelchair users

What a gorgeous place. Sunshine helped but we easily spent nearly a whole day. Even though allegedly I am grown up, I adored the giant and his possessions scattered around the place. So many places to sit and wonder. Really want to go back in different seasons. My personal favourite was the poison garden.

Brilliant day with the other half, my dad and my niece and nephews. Lovely day out plenty to see and do as a couple and as a family, fun for all the family. Next time I'll take a change of clothes so I can play with the water sculptures more!

Absolutely amazing. The four of us had such a lovely day! Looked at the waterfalls (take spare clothes and a towel!!) Pllayed crazy golf. Will definitely be back

Beautiful landscaping and original ideas. Check out the poison garden

Nice garden areas with hidden features all around. But prices are I feel high in the food court. Didn't visit the castle.

Superb mix of adventure and classic gardening linked with ultra modern landscaping with water fountains. Something for everyone. Don t overlook the zig zagging cherry tree walk, the poison garden and the terrific water features that the kids will love. Hide in the bamboo maze or merely sit and enjoy a coffee and watch smiling faces enjoying this terrific location. The walled garden in the summer is tremendous. Out of season not quite so, but still a tranquil place to sit and relax. Staff are extremely helpful and on hand to answer your questions

The gardens were lovely and great to walk round especially when the weathers nice. There's also a big restaurant there serving tasty food. Kids will love playing in the water features.

excellent experience all round.. .very impressed indeed!!!

Fantastic water cascade, and great fun
The ornamental garden is really good, but it well thought out planting.
The cherry orchard was fantastic and that is after the cherry trees have blossomed!
Lots of great water sculptures to admire
Well worth a visit

Beautiful garden! Occasionally unclear how to get to certain areas.

Great place for the whole family you can spend a full day there

Lovely place. But. Not enough rubbish bins.
And why was the bar shut on a Sunday afternoon?

A great place to visit; suits for family day out. We visited in December, there wasn't as many plants/views as spring and summer time, also some areas were closed.

Beautiful , I walked round the castle n gardens yesterday

Great place but beware of the elderly lady in ticket office that tries to insist adults pay to use snow play area along with their child.
She needs to be put out to grass !

Really lovely gardens... Water features ace. The highlight was the poisonous garden tour

Excellent day out, yearly ticket great value, food is expensive so bring your own or leave the garden and go to Greggs a 5 minute walk away and come back in, lovely gardens great staff

Great gardens. Clean and well kept. We were there for the cherry blossom which was amazing. Beautiful gardens.

In winter no was a good place to stay....i paid a ticket for nothing..

Great 4hr visit beautiful show of gardens, weather conditions perfect

We visited the castle and gardens in the same day, there was loads to see and do. Would recommend the guided tour of the castle showing all the film locations, excellent.

Lovely gardens, extortionate price as most things restricted access due to covid

Food expensive, clever man made garden with features

Very well done garden. Rose garden with dozens of variety, bamboo maze, water sculpturesVery worth the visit. There is a coffee maker, bookstore

The first time we called in was years ago and nowhere as big .but i love the place .this is the 2nd time we have stayed for a holiday here with our grand children and they love it to .all the staff are so helpfull and friendly .we have just had a year pass baught .we will certainly be back .

Beautiful gardens, a must visit if in the area. Very nice restaurant and tea rooms are available, serving fabulous selection of cakes.

Excellent in all aspects, lots to see and do fantastic for a family day out, food is expensive, suggest taking a plcnic venue well recommended.

Love coming here and the friends of the garden pass is well worth the money.

We went under the new covid 19 rules but still reassuringly lovely. A must go place to visit with the gardens