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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jane Percy, the Duchess of Northumberland, has partnered with luxury travel provider Luxury Gold to bring people behind the scenes ...

“Don’t touch,” says Bridget the guide, as we prepare to enter the locked gates of the Poison Garden. “Don’t smell.” Don’t worry: I had seen the skull and crossbones on the black wrought-iron gate, ...

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 ...

Though his development team specialises in obtaining planning permissions to deliver new projects throughout the North East of England, Northumberland Estates has a substantial international portfolio ...

For the first time in the Castle’s nearly 1000-year history, visitors can now go ‘below stairs’ and explore the extensive Victorian kitchens, which have been unveiled as part of a transformative ...

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 ...

Alnwick Castle is the latest in a line of popular North East venues to stay closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The tourist attraction, known as one of the filming locations for some of ...

Nurse's Cottage is a highly sought-after holiday destination - and there is some availability still for this summer. The ...

THERE’S surely no place she would Rather Be than the North-East as, hot on the heels of her Newcastle MetroRadio Arena performance, Music Plus Sport and Alnwick Castle are delighted to welcome Jess ...