Post Office websites require updating with the CORRECT opening times. The shop was open, but nit…read morethe actual Post Office. Wasted journey.

This is an amazingly well ran Post Office, I began using this P.O. about a year ago, after being…read moreleft less than satisfied with the service provided at the Manor Walks P.O. in Cramlington. The difference between the two is quite unbelievable, the staff are so accommodating and willing to go the extra mile to be of service, what a pleasure to see a smiling face, it is an extremely friendly place to go, and that goes for the shop as a whole.

Nice little Post Office in a residential area. Quite a small shop, but it saves travelling into the…read morecentre of town.

Small out of town post office which is inside one of the local shops in Blyth. The staff here are…read morefantastic and will help out in anyway they can. The offer assistance, provide you with everything you need to know if sending items abroad and generally go out of their way to help you. This is the only post office in the area I will ever use due to the way it is managed and run by these people! Fantastic service!

Well, it's a Post Office and a newsagent. Up the back you can get all the usual Post Office stuff…read moreand down the front, grab newspapers, magazines and some gifts and souvenirs. Friendly staff make for a pleasant experience.

The main post office for the town, you can buy the normal things and get your tax discs, it also…read moreoffers a passport checking service. The front of the shop has a newsagents area and cards are also available to buy. For those with a sweet tooth chocolate and sweets are available. Can be busy on a Thursday morning.

This branch has now moved to the Premier shop on Village Road. It is small, with only 2 windows,…read morebut the staff are very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, queues can be long. They do sell some packaging materials, but not much (although this is better than Cramlington Post Office, which sell no packaging items).

My wife and I visited Alnwick Castle on a cold blustery day in September 2024. It was one stop of…read moremany in a tour around Roman, Saxon, Viking and Norman historical sites across the country. I'm a sucker for castles me. What boy isn't. Alnwick is so well preserved its a real treat. In fact its a living working home to the Earl of Northumberland.  The history encapsulated in this venue is vast. Built by the Normans, owned by the Percy family and the site of battles and sieges during the Wars Of The Roses, captured by Yorkists, recaptured by Lancaster. The walls have many tales to tell. There are lots of activities outside of historical studies. DragonQuesting, Harry Potter themed events (having been filmed here), knights quest, archery. It's great for kids. But thats not why we were there. We were here for the history. And there are lots of small museum displays around the site. There was a great tour around the State House that went into some good detail of the lives of the Percy family through the years. Its a magnificent building. Stately and opulent. Whereas the outside has the battlements and the armouries. And the grounds are beautiful, alongside the River Aln. We parked on The Peth, luckily found a spot right next to the castle, avoiding the walk from paid parking lots. Spent an hour or two at the end of a long day here, but wish we had more time to leisurely enjoy all Alnwick Castle has to offer.

I especially wanted to visit Alnwick castle as some of the scenes from Harry Potter had been filmed…read morethere. Me and my friend travelled from Edinburgh for the day and it took us 90 minutes each way, but it was so worth it. When we arrived it cost £3 for parking. The car parks are a good 15 minute walk from the castle, so if anyone has walking issues then be prepared. The first bit you reach is the gardens which are beautiful. You pay for the gardens separately to the castle. You could spend a day in both as there is so much to do. You can get your castle tickets validated for a year, meaning you can visit as often as you want for the next year. This is brilliant as your ticket is only £14 per adult. We had been warned that broomstick training tickets sell out quickly so we headed straight there. The tickets are free but are very popular. We arrived at 12pm and the next tickets we could get were for 3pm. To be honest we went to do it, but it was more for kids. So we gave our tickets away and headed for the movie tour, I'll come back to this. We headed to the gardens to have lunch. We got some fish and chips which were reasonably priced and went and sat on the lawn to eat them. We were lucky as we had a lovely sunny day. We then investigated the gardens which included a fairy trail, where you had to find the clues to save the princess, a maze, a beautiful water feature, a maze made from bamboo and a Poisen garden. We never managed the Poisen garden but heard good things. Back to the castle, it is a beautiful castle with stunning views. we wandered about, there was lots of entertainment for all ages. As I said earlier we left the broomstick training to join the movie tour. This was fascinating and we were shown the different places that things had been filmed. I knew about Harry Potter but not about Robin Hood prince of thieves, Black Adder and more recently Downton Abbey. As they say, time passes when you're having fun and the day flew past. We'd didn't even manage to go into the castle or visit the tree house. I will defo be taking advantage of my years free entry. Definitely worth a visit whatever age you are. Oh and all the staff members where lovely and friendly. All me and my friend kept saying was this has just been a perfect day, and it really was..

This place is a second hand bookstore where you can get papers backs for 50p and hard backs for £1…read morethey have a wide variety of fiction and non fiction non fiction is in the smaller room to the rights The money goes to various charities and you can donate your books back once your done A great place to get some good reads cheap

Whenever we visit Alnwick my elderly mum always makes a bee-line for this little charity bookshop…read moreand always comes away with a bag full of books which I end up carrying! :-) There is a good choice of books laid out alphabetically in the case of fiction titles and by category for non-fiction. You're left in peace to browse for as long as you like and prices are very reasonable indeed. To top the lot all proceeds go to charity so everyone wins! Well worth a visit if you're in Alnwick.

Opened in ?2016 its a fabulous 2 floors (ground and 1st) with regular activities either in the…read morelibrary itself or adjacent rooms. Very helpful staff. Always a pleasure to join bounce and rhyme with grandson. Has a fairly comprehensive non fiction with new books regularly keeping the content updated. Im mostly listening to books nowadays on mobile app borrowbox - good service although number of books lower than paper versions. Lots of fiction books. Newspapers and mags - plenty of them last time i looked. And some computers - regular job clubs to support looking. Whats not to like. And right in the middle of Whitley Bay, helping the high street remain "sticky". Result!

Wonderful local library with very helpful staff. Good range of books and internet access, as well…read moreas a large range of DVDs and CDs that can be borrowed. There are also a good range of magazines that can be read at the library, plus lots of tables if you need a space to read or study.