The Church in Bondgate Within Street, Alnwick

Market Street, Alnwick

The Blue Bell Inn and Carter's, Alnwick

In Clayport Street

Narrowgate Street, Alnwick

Narrowgate street in Alnwick photographed when the A1 main London to Edinburgh road passed along this street.

The Cawledge Business Park, Alnwick

This popular Business Park at Alnwick, Northumberland is only yards away from the A1, the main London to Edinburgh motorway. A notice been posted at the Park to inform the general public of the plans for a new car park to be built on the Park. This new car park will help ease the demand for parking spaces at this very popular Business Park at Alnwick in Northumberland.


Nearby is Alnwick's cycle shop . . .

The cycle shop is in Alnwick's Lionheart Enterprise Park

The gorilla of Alnwick

The statue of a gorilla dominates the skyline in the New Row / Dispensary Street area of Alnwick near Morrisons supermarket.
He is King of his domain.
The chief gorilla is said to be called the “grey-back” and is said to be looked up to by the other gorillas and apes as the big chief ape.

The Maltings Alnwick

26 October, 2009 – Parts of the edifice look like they’re completed from the outside, but on closer examination some of the floors are missing inside, and the buildings although looking like they’re completed from the outside, on the inside they're really empty “shells”.
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The Maltings -- The Dream . . .

The Reality . . .

Photos all taken 29 October 2009.


(The things at the top are meant to be doors leading out onto a balcony)

View from "Bric a Brac"

A view from the door of the Bric a Brac shop in Dispensary Street in Alnwick in the late 1980s. This property is now part of the Malthouse development visible from Morrisons supermarket.

Fenkle Street, Alnwick

Old photo of Fenkle Street.

Whellen's Shop

In the Bondgate Within Street in Alnwick.

The Turk's Head Hotel

The Turk's Head Hotel next to the Louvre Cafe in the Bondgate Within street in Alnwick.

Gibb and Bell's Shop

They said it was just through the Corn Exchange entrance off the Bondgate Within street in Alnwick.

Whittle Colliery, Alnwick

Downie's in Narrowgate Street in Alnwick

Photo taken in early 1960's

Robertson's Pant

In the Bondgate Within area of Alnwick.

Alnwick & County Stores

In the Bondgate Within area of Alnwick, near the Corn Exchange and the Gazette Steam Printers.

Waggonway Road

The remains of the footbridge on the Waggonway Road footpath at the North Cawledge Burn near Alnwick.
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May 15 1809.
The inhabitants of Alnwick and its vicinity were gratified by the completion of an undertaking of hitherto unattempted in that quarter, viz. the delivering of coals at Alnwick, from Shilbottle colliery, by wagons conveyed along a metal rail road.

The Star Hotel, Alnwick

It used to be in Fenkle Street.

Peter's Mill

The bridge over the River Aln to Peter's Mill, Alnwick. The mill buildings have been demolished and nothing now remains.

Alnwick Brewery Truck

The driver of the Alnwick Brewery Truck pauses for a chat. The Brewery was located in Dispensary Street, Alnwick.
He's my grandfather.

Strange gravelled area

Photo taken 12 March 2009

A statue of a gorilla (left) overlooks a strange gravelled area next to Morrisons Car Park in Alnwick.

Photo taken 12 March 2009

Another view of a strange gravelled area next to Morrisons Car Park in Alnwick overlooked by a statue of a gorilla.

Close up of the statue of a gorilla overlooking a strange gravelled area next to Morrisons Car Park in Alnwick.

The Maltings Development in Alnwick

Photo taken 11 March 2009

On Saturday, February 11th 2006, a large flame was seen rising from the roof of Tagish Ltd., a computer company located on the top floor. The roof of this building was completely burnt off. Access was prevented to Mill Studios, Tagish was completely destroyed, Border Cordage was seriously damaged. The Landlord lost a large amount of expensive furniture stored in the area that had been the New Life Church. Second hand books had been sold from a cottage on the front since 1987.

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The Bric a Brac Shop closed in February 2006

The same building photographed recently as part of the Maltings development

The door on the front is now a fake.

The Bridge over the Cawledge Burn

The Bridge over the North Cawledge Burn, near East Cawledge Park, Alnwick.
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In 1809 there was a tramway from Longdyke Pit to Alnwick.

Fishing Rod Manufacture

Alnwick in Northumberland is renowned for top class fishing tackle.

Toys and Bikes

Toys and bikes on sale at the Bric a Brac Shop that used to be in Dispensary Street in Alnwick.

Alnwick Market Place