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Alnwick Castle in Alnwick, Northumberland, Eng.

Alnwick

former district, England, United Kingdom
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Alnwick, former district, unitary authority and historic county of Northumberland, northern England, that borders Scotland on the northwest and the North Sea on the east. Alnwick descends eastward from the peaty moorlands of the Cheviot Hills, which reach elevations above 2,000 feet (610 metres) along the Scottish border, and extends across the upper valleys of the Rivers Aln and Coquet and the sandstone uplands of the area known as Rothbury Forest to the fertile coastal plain, meeting the North Sea in low cliffs and shallow bays backed by sand dunes. Sheep are grazed throughout the area, with the hardy Cheviot ...(100 of 189 words)

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