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Alnwick Castle Revisited 1 I revisited Alnwick Garden on the way back from Edinburgh, taking along my parents. If this looks familiar, this piece of turf was used as the Quidditch field in Harry Porter movies.
Alnwick Castle Revisited 2 Anita was keen to try out the fountain
Alnwick Castle Revisited 5 As mentioned earlier, there are many Harry Potter fans here.
Alnwick Castle Revisited 3 Taken at the Garden.
Alnwick Castle Revisited 4 Taken at the Garden.
Cascading Fountain at Alnwick Garden The Alnwick Garden, just a few minutes walk from Alnwick Castle, is one of the world's most exciting contemporary gardens. Just ten years ago, the site was derelict and forgotten. Then the Duchess of Northumberland imagined creating a beautiful public garden for families to enjoy, and from her bold vision, The Alnwick Garden project began. The Garden belongs to an independent charity, The Alnwick Garden Trust. The Alnwick Garden is now a vibrant place, with beautifully landscaped gardens, magnificent architecture and unique features, all brought to life with water. The Garden's centrepiece is the Grand Cascade, an iconic structure and the largest water feature of its kind in the country. Inviting pathways lead among beds brimming with plants in the Rose and Ornamental Gardens, while in the intriguing Poison Garden guides share tales of deadly plants. The Serpent Garden is home to water sculptures by William Pye, and there's also the Bamboo Labyrinth and even one of the world's largest tree houses. It has wobbly rope bridges, walkways in the sky and a treetop restaurant. This me leaning against the famous cascading water fountain smack in the middle of the garden
Alnwick Castle This is the quadrangle where the quidditch game was filmed in the Harry Porter movies.
Cascading Fountain at Alnwick Garden Adjacent to the castle, the present Duchess of Northumberland, Jane, has established The Alnwick Garden, a formal garden set around a cascading fountain. It is the most ambitious new garden created in the United Kingdom since the Second World War, with a reported development cost for the whole of £42 million pounds (press release of 7 August 2003). The garden belongs to a charitable trust which is separate from the Northumberland Estates, but the Duke of Northumberland donated the 42-acre (17 ha) site and £9 million. The first phase of development, opened in October 2001, involved the creation of the fountain and initial planting of the gardens. In 2004 a large 6,000 sq ft (560 m2) 'tree house' complex, including a cafe, was opened. It is deemed one of the largest tree houses in the world. By that year it was the third most visited paid entry garden in the UK (after Kew Gardens and Wisley), with over half a million visitors. In February 2005, a poison garden, growing plants such as cannabis and opium poppy, was added. May 2006 saw the opening of a pavilion and visitor centre designed by Sir Michael Hopkins and Buro Happold which can hold up to 1,000 people.
Alnwick Castle Looks familiar? This is the facade used as the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the Harry Potter Films. Three of the movies; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) were filmed here. The boy at the bottom right hand corner was actually carrying a survenir witches broom bought at the Castle Shop.
Alnwick Castle Revisited 1
I revisited Alnwick Garden on the way back from Edinburgh, taking along my parents. If this looks familiar, this piece of turf was used as the Quidditch field in Harry Porter movies.
Alnwick Castle Revisited 1 I revisited Alnwick Garden on the way back from Edinburgh, taking along my parents. If this looks familiar, this piece of turf was used as the Quidditch field in Harry Porter movies.
Alnwick Castle Revisited 1
I revisited Alnwick Garden on the way back from Edinburgh, taking along my parents. If this looks familiar, this piece of turf was used as the Quidditch field in Harry Porter movies.
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