Alnwick Gardens |

There are a number of notable gardens in the area, of which currently The Alnwick Garden is undoubtedly the best known. Open all the year round, and providing a variety of different attractions it has a great deal to offer to all ages - gardeners and non-gardeners alike.

Howick Gardens are only a couple of miles from Craster. Locally renowned for many years, they have become much better known nationally in recently as a result of the establishment of an arboretum that features trees from all over the world, laid out by continent, most of them collected by Lord Howick himself in the last 20 years. The garden is especially attractive in the spring when the snowdrops and daffodils are breathtaking. The Long Walk takes visitors from the garden to the shore down a recently replanted wooded dene.

Cragside Gardens (Cragside - National Trust - Rothbury) are astonishing for their scale. The first Lord Armstrong planted a million trees around his property, and in so doing altered the microclimate of Rothbury. The drive through the grounds in May June reveals a display of rhodendrons that is simply breathtaking in its scale and variety.

Wallington Gardens (Wallington House - National Trust - Scots Gap) are a well established 18th century gardens, maintained and developed by the family ever since. Divided from the house by the main road, they are a happy amalgam of woodland, water and walled formal gardens.