Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
2:00 pm To 5:00 pm
Alnwick Castle, Alnwick NE66 1YU, United Kingdom
Commencing at 2pm on Shrove Tuesday every year, the Duke of Northumberland starts the ‘game’ by throwing the football from the battlements of the Alnwick Castle barbican to the waiting crowd below. The game continues downhill to the pastures and is played on the pastures and the river Aln below the castle.
Spectators are welcome – but don’t get too close!
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Powburn Show, Brandon White House Cottages, Powburn, Alnwick, UK
Friday, July 31, 2026
Powburn, 8 miles west of Alnwick
Local agricultural show in Powburn – the first of the annual Cheviot Sheep and Horticultural Shows, featuring stalls, craft displays, competitions, sheep show, cross country race, pony games & jumping etc. Evening show dance. Read more…
Rose & Thistle Inn, Alwinton, Morpeth, UK
Friday, September 4, 2026
5:00 am To 3:00 pm
Alwinton, 16 miles west of Alnwick
Enter this 12 hour walking event which starts and finishes at Alwinton 5th September 2026 – in aid of the Northumberland National Park Search and Rescue Team. Walking & running through and over the beautiful Upper Coquetdale and Cheviot Hills. Read more…
Alnwick Market, Market Place, Alnwick, UK
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 To Saturday, August 23, 2025
9:00 am To 9:00 pm
Alnwick Market Place, Central Alnwick
Drink, Food, Market & Music for all the family all weekend – 21st to 24th August 2025 in Alnwick Town Centre. They Alnwick Beer Festival has now teamed up with Alnwick Markets to once again create an August Bank Holiday Weekend for Alnwick to be proud of. Read more…
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