The Duchess of Northumberland has a strange hobby. In the gardens surrounding her family’s ancestral home at Alnwick Castle in northeast England, she grows poison. After an inspirational trip to the ...

A 21st century pleasure garden was the last thing locals expected from the new Duchess of Northumberland when she moved with ...

Visitors are encouraged to touch, smell and even nibble a berry or two as they stroll through Alnwick Castle's 26 acres of shrubs, trees and flowers -- until they reach the Poison Garden. Here some of ...

Alnwick Castle has kicked off its 2025 season by opening its kitchens to the public for the first time ever. Much of the Victorian-era kitchens had been untouched for around 70 years, at least until ...

Alnwick Castle, AKA Hogwarts Castle, is getting a second boost from the world of cinema as a setting for Downton Abbey's Season 5. On Jan. 4, the Crawleys will return to American television as Downton ...

The first two Harry Potter movies filmed at Alnwick Castle An iconic English landmark made famous by the Harry Potter franchise is having to crack down on visitors because of a "high volume of ...

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Transformers fans can walk in the footsteps of its stars with the inclusion of the newly-released blockbuster in a series of location tours in Alnwick. Now that the latest in director Michael Bay’s ...