Where is Alnwick Castle and was Harry Potter filmed there?

ALNWICK Fortress originates from the eleventh century, and has appeared in lots of widespread productions on TV and in movie.

Right here, we check out the historical past of the fortress, what has been filmed there, and who lives there.

Alnwick Fortress has appeared in Downton Abbey and two Harry Potter movies

The place is Alnwick Fortress?

The fortress is positioned in Alnwick within the English county of Northumberland.

It's 36.9 miles away from Newcastle, and 52.9 miles from the Scottish border.

Who owns Alnwick Fortress?

Alnwick Fortress has been owned by the Percy household for over 700 years and stays a household house right this moment for the twelfth Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and their 4 kids.

The present duke and his household reside within the fortress, however occupy solely part of it. The fortress is open to the general public all through the summer time. After Windsor Fortress, it's the second largest inhabited fortress in England.

When was Alnwick Fortress constructed?

The fortress was first constructed within the eleventh century, with building estimated to have began in 1096.

By the twelfth century, Alnwick Fortress had assumed the final structure which it retains right this moment. It's distinguished as one of many earliest castles in England to be constructed with no sq. hold.

Alnwick Fortress underwent a number of renovations in its first 5 centuries, essentially the most main of which was commissioned by Henry Percy, the First Baron Percy of Alnwick. 

The fortress boasts quite a few defences, together with 2 metre thick partitions, a 7 metre deep moat, two baileys and thick oak gates.

Was Downton Abbey filmed at Alnwick Fortress?

Between 2014 and 2015, Downton Abbey used the state rooms on the fortress for filming.

Nonetheless, this is not the principle fortress wherein the favored drama was filmed.

Highclere fortress is the place Downton Abbey was primarily filmed. It's within the English countryside between Tub and London, geographically nowhere close to the fictional Yorkshire city of Downton. 

Was Harry Potter filmed at Alnwick Fortress?

Two Harry Potter movies used Alnwick fortress fortress a filming location.

Harry Potter and the Thinker's Stone, launched in 2001, and 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and techniques used the grounds of the fortress as a filming location.