Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Alnwick, from parking to pharmacies.
Accessibility
Castle
The castle says it is accessible to disabled visitors with limited access in some historic areas, offers a free carer ticket, and lends a limited number of mobility scooters free if reserved on 01665 511100.
Museum
Bailiffgate Museum has a lift to all floors, accessible toilets and a quiet hour from 10am to 11am every Friday.
Station
Alnmouth station has step-free access to all platforms (National Rail).
Emergency Services
General Emergency
999 or 112
Police Station
Non-emergencies on 101; 999 or 112 in an emergency. Alnwick Police Station is on Prudhoe Street; whether its front counter is open to the public could not be confirmed.
Alnwick has no A&E. For serious emergencies the hospital is the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Northumbria Way, Cramlington NE23 6NZ, about 39km south of Alnwick in a straight line, which Northumbria Healthcare describes as having emergency consultants on site 24 hours a day. For minor injuries and illnesses, the nurse-led urgent treatment centre at Alnwick Community Hospital on Infirmary Drive is open 7.45am to 8.30pm every day and does not see children under 1. For anything urgent but not life-threatening, call NHS 111.
0344 811 8111Alnwick Medical Group
The town's GP practice, on the same site as Alnwick Community Hospital. Visitors who are not registered should call NHS 111 first.
Alnwick Community Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre
Infirmary Drive, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 2NS
0344 811 8111Urgent treatment centre (nurse-led), not an A&E
Northumbria Healthcare's page says the unit is open 7.45am to 8.30pm, seven days a week, staffed by emergency nurse practitioners, and cannot see children under 1. The number is the trust switchboard.
The hospital number is Northumbria Healthcare's switchboard, printed on both the Cramlington and Alnwick hospital pages.
Parking
Alnwick Castle and The Alnwick Garden car park
Rate: £3.75 a day from 9am (castle FAQ, read 16 October 2026)
The official car park for both attractions; card and contactless only.
Free all-day car park
Named by the Bailiffgate Museum as a large free all-day car park, postcode NE66 1DL, within walking distance of the museum, castle, garden and shops.
Bailiffgate street parking
Rate: Two hours
Two-hour street parking outside the Bailiffgate Museum, per the museum.
Pet-Friendly Info
Castle
Only assistance dogs are allowed in Alnwick Castle and its grounds; the castle suggests the riverside Pastures opposite for dog walks.
Hulne Park
No dogs are allowed in Hulne Park.
Garden
The Alnwick Garden runs Dog Days, on Thursdays and Sundays through most of 2026; check its events page.
Museum
Well-behaved dogs on a short lead may go on the Bailiffgate Museum's exhibition floors but not up to the gallery.
Pubs
The Tanners Arms and the Dirty Bottles are listed as dog friendly; the Aln Valley Railway allows one well-behaved dog per adult on most trains.
Pharmacies
Boots, Bondgate Within
50-52 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 1JD
NHS-listed community pharmacy in the town centre, with step-free access and a private consultation area according to its NHS page.
Shopping
Market Place
Market on Thursdays and Saturdays, March to December, and Wednesdays from June to October, 10am to 4pm.
Books
Barter Books in the old station, open every day but Christmas Day.