How to get toAlnwick Castlecar-free

Bus X15 runs from Newcastle Haymarket Bus Station (Stand Q) via Gosforth and Morpeth to Alnwick. Buses run hourly (2-hourly on Sundays), taking 80 minutes from Newcastle. 

Buses also run direct to Alnwick from these towns:                     

Bus X15, Arriva bus X18 and Travelsure bus X18 from Berwick-upon-Tweed and Haggerston

Arriva bus X18, Travelsure bus X18 and bus 418 from Bamburgh, Seahouses, Craster and Longhoughton                                                                                               

Bus X18 and bus X20 from Amble and Alnmouth Village

Bus X20 from Ashington and Lynemouth (not Sundays)                                   

Bus 473 from Wooler (not Sundays)

Alnmouth, on the East Coast mainline, is four miles from Alnwick. There are direct trains to Alnmouth from London, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and from the South West via Birmingham, Sheffield and Leeds.

Then it’s just a 10-15 minute bus ride to Alnwick.

Mondays to Saturdays, bus X20 runs hourly from Curly Lane, 2 minutes walk from the train station. Alternatively, bus X18 runs hourly from the Roundabout, 7 minutes walk from the station. On Sundays and Bank Holidays bus X18 runs hourly from the Curly Lane stop.

Once in Alnwick, it’s a 10-minute stroll from the bus station to the Castle entrance. Our journey planner will show you train and bus times and walking routes.