Alnwick Castle

A castle, founded by the Normans (c 1096) and later made into a stately home, with a serpentine park and a Victorian garden. The park was designed by Lancelot Brown c1760. He smoothed the bank which flows from the ramparts to the River Aln, carried out extensive tree planting and created a picturesque scene, with a bridge by Robert Adam. The 'Italian' garden was made in the nineteenth century and is being restored. The old vegetable garden has been made into a modern garden designed by Jacques Wirtz. It has a major water feature in the form of a cascade with electronically controlled fountains.