Hulne Park
Hulne Park is the only one remaining of the three parks that once surrounded Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, providing wood and meat for the Percy family, the Earls and later the Dukes of Northumberland. The park is walled, and was landscaped by Capability Brown.
This park is the site of Hulne Priory, Brizlee Tower and Alnwick Abbey, although access to the latter is no longer available to the general public.[1] A cave called the Nine Year Aud Hole is found within the park;[2] its entrance is guarded by a Grade-II-listed, probably 18th-century, statue of a White Friar.[3][4]
The park is open to walkers only, without dogs, between 11 a.m. and sunset most days of the year; it may occasionally be closed to the public for private events to take place.[5]
Location map
- Location map: 55°25’55"N, 1°44’42"W
- Streetmap: NU161153
Outside links
- Walks and Trails: Northumberland Estates
References
- ↑ "Alnwick Abbey Gatehouse". https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3043. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1001041: Alnwick Castle (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Scaife, Chris: The Caves of Northumberland, Sigma Leisure, 2019
- ↑ National Heritage List 1042015: Statue at entrance to Nine Year Aud Hole on north of Cave Drive south west of Brizlee Tower (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Walks and Trails". http://www.northumberlandestates.co.uk/the-estate/walks-trails/. Retrieved 20 July 2019.