Alnwick Castle & The Alnwick Garden Reviews

Best garden I have visited great for families of all ages. Great kids trail, fountains amazing, lovely cafes although menu could be more extensive, kids golf.

Beautiful gardens and a great day out. Food is expensive but you can bring your own picnic. The poison garden tour was fancinating. And in spring the orchard is filled with beautiful blossoms.

It's expensive and not that much to do. You can't get a year pass either so there's not much reason to revisit.

Brilliant day plenty to do staff are fantastic people

Great place to visit. Extremely pretty. I would definitely recommend the Poison Garden tour.

Staff great very interesting history a very good day out for all the family.

A good day out. Lots of interesting water features in the garden!

Fantastic day out. Good for families and adults - something for everyone. Lovely gardens with quite a few interesting features. Have been several times over the years and every time I go back the garden has grown and improved. Fantastic staff who are willing to help and give advice. Disabled scooters available for hire which we used all day. Worth booking them in advance though as we were lucky and got last two. Most of the garden is accessible for wheelchair/ scooter users. Walking disabled may find the steep incline to the top walled garden a bit hard going so worth pre-hiring a scooter if you think it could be a problem. Toilets very clean and plenty of disabled ones too. We brought a picnic lunch and found there were plenty of cosy places to sit and eat. Alternatively there is a well supplied restaurant/cafe.

Fantastic place for all. wheelchair/ pushchair accessible. Great day out

Lovely garden, neat mini golf course and beautiful weather very enjoyable.

A very enjoyable day . Never been before but would recommend to others

This is one not to miss great all year round and your family pass lasts a year

Expensive but worth it, great day out in warmer weather!

Love this place, perfect for a family day out. Gardens are stunning and beautifully kept, my boys (2 &4) enjoyed exploring and had a lot of fun with the water features!

Great day out. Crazy golf is really good fun. The annual ticket is really good value as we live quite close and the gardens are open all year.

Lovely garden and plants with water features, a great place to unwind and relax plenty of other features to admire great place for lunch or just a drink or ice cream, quite popular place.

Expensive, but worth a visit. Check out the tree.house restaurant.

It was good but the Christmas market was very disappointing in as much as there were about 10 stalls.However the products that were there we good quality.

A fantastic family day out. Make sure you take a picnic. The poison garden was very interesting.

Gardens are beautiful food a bit on the expensive side and some of it not all that I would recommend to take a picnic especially if you have children

The garden was gorgeous, in bloom had a lovely afternoon. Unfortunately the sandwich left a lot to be desired

Lovely nice place. A good drive from Newcastle and worth it.

Lovely place to visit. Lots to see and experience. Great for a day out on your own or with family and friends. I'd recommend a visit. Lots of walking involved. Beautiful flowers, landscape and scenery. I would advise to look online to see if there are any special offers available for the day you want to visit. Discounts could apply. Alnwick Gardens is not part of the National Trust. Enjoy your day out :-)

I was DJ here for another wedding, the staff as usual were excellent and very helpful and friendly. The grounds looked stunning again and I know my clients were thrilled.

Went just for the Christmas Market. We were very disappointed after such a good event last year. Poorly set out and not a lot of stalls

Beautiful gardens. Lovely parts for the kids to explore. Fun water features. Take spare clothes and a towel

Love this place. Stacked with history and the views are amazing.

We wanted to visit the gardens but like a few others we noticed we must have had trouble understanding the booking system on Alnwicks website and we ended up booking the castle grounds by mistake after queuing in a somewhat awkwardly socially distanced queue we got informed that we had the wrong tickets and would have to go back to a different entrance. However after standing in the wrong queue for 20 minutes we were then nearly 30 minutes past our allocated time slot and as I have a disability that prevents me from standing for long periods we felt it wasn't worth going and trying to sort it out.
Social distancing and Covid measures are fairly good but the Gents toilets were a joke, one was out of action, and the person at the front of the queue didn't understand the rules they had set out, hence the hold up. I think a member of staff at the entrance of each set of toilets policing and guiding people would be a better system.
Also a fast track entrance to all sections of the estate for Disabled people and a clearer booking system on the website that explains that a castle and grounds ticket is not the gardens as we heard of a few that had made the same error so it wasn't just us.

Not a nice place to go , the cost of the ticket does not justify visiting this place. Only good thing was the poison garden and that also was not that well toured. It's a large group and in such a small place. Can't even see what plant he's explaining.

Great day out.. don't feel pressured in going to the castle, we spent the whole day in the gardens. Take some time to go on the swings and Don't eat before you go, fish and chips there were amazing and great value

Wonderful gardens, plant nursery and cafe. Very good friendly staff.

Lovely & quiet late in the afternoon this time of year. Enjoyed swings in the orchard area. Good value on 2 4 1 Gardeners world deal & gift aid included in price too.

Over priced for what it is, buy combined castle ticket.

Excellent place to spend a few hours. Bring a picnic, or buy some food from the well-stocked cafeteria and look on over the magnificent fountains in the middle of the gardens. We bought family membership, which you get back in 3 visits between 2 adults (and get free parking with). Great place for young children and adults alike!

Bad enough that we can't get dogs in the castle, but to be charged the same price to see the gardens!!!!! total rip off and very disappointed, it's about time tourist attractions changed their attitude as 95% of tourists are dog owners, that way you'd get more people coming

Lovely gardens. Can spend all day in there. Bit expensive though.

Absolutely fantastic gardens are fantastic kids loved it. Next we do the castle Harry Potter ect

Excellent Gardens with lots of new features, constantly changing on each visit.

What an amazing place. Perfect for none garden lovers as well and those with green fingers. The staff and friendly and knowledgeable. There is so much to see and do and there is lots for the kids to do too. There are some new addition and they are stunning.
Fine for a picnic or for and meal in the cafe and the shop is extensive and lovely.
The massive tree house is great too, fee entry and has a cafe too. The views from the top are beautiful. Loved it .

Ondanks de kou en regen erg genoten. Mooi aangelegd, zeker de fonteinen. Oppassen dat je met fotograferen niet nat wordt!

Amazing place to visit. Great family day out - highly recommend a trip to this stunning contemporary garden.

Just had the most fantastic day here. This place is so worth a visit. Fantastic gardens, flowers, grounds, staff, absolutely everything about it is superb.
Can't wait for my next visit.

This is an incredibly romantic location; the perfect spot for a date. There are areas to sit & enjoy the garden, & what a beautifully tended garden it is! A must-see for rose enthusiasts. The whole place seemed to be built with natural lighting in mind, making the golden hour before sunset even more ideal for photos/selfies. The Poison Garden can be found within, which is offered as a free guided tour as the plants are both interesting & remarkably dangerous.

Interesting walks around the gardens & a must is visit the tree house.

Beautiful gardens and water features. A great Fairy Tale Trail to keep the children happy while touring the gardens. The water sculptures are fantastic.

Excellent place. Kids loved the dinosaurs and would have played around the water fountains all day.

Overpriced
Been a few times now and find it boring and doesn't take long to look around
Go to Wallington or Cragside for better value

Brilliant The Winter Lion was magical and a little bit emotional, the faces of the children watching were a delight. We live locally and often pop into the gardens, there is always something different to see

I loved it there is nothing more to say, it was amazing.
I loved it I don't have anything else to say, it was incredible.

Love the Alnwick Garden! We have a a Friend's membership and go regularly. There's loads to do for both adults and children (although some cost extra such as the Forgotten Garden mini golf, which is a lot of fun!). They are also beginning the construction of Europe's largest children's play area too!

Fabulous. Well thought through and lots to see and do for all the family. Loved it.

Beautiful gardens with a bamboo maze, rose garden, water feature and much more.

Fantastic gardens and very friendly and helpful staff. I am disabled and they had a (prebooked) mobility scooter ready for when I arrived. The downside was the prices in the gift shop, but that is quite the norm I guess.

Awesome day out family pass well worth it and ice cream is gorgeous