Author: DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: Great Britain
Travel guide extract
Alnwick Castle was described by the Victorians as "the Windsor of the North". This "great fortress" is the "main seat" of the Dukes of Northumberland. The Percy family have "lived here since 1309". The "border stronghold" has "survived many battles", but now "dominates the pretty market town" on the River Aln. The author records that the landscape
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