Alnwick town has four major annual events: The week-long Alnwick Fair which begins on the last Sunday in June; the
Alnwick International Music Festival which begins on the first Saturday in August; National Horse and Cart Trials held on 12th to 14th August, down on the pastures with the Alnwick Castle in the foreground. And the Alnwick Northumberland Gathering , a day of traditional music competitions.

The Alnwick Garden was opened to the general public officially in October 2002 by its patron HRH The Prince of Wales. Experts predicted that 67,000 people would visit The Garden in its first year but The Garden has a way of provoking interest and intrigue and the











actual number of people who visited was 318,000! With over half a
million visitors last year The Garden has proved to be real favourite, making The Alnwick Garden the third most visited, paid for, garden in the UK.