Welcome
Castle Retreat is a luxury one-bedroom apartment on the second floor of a Grade II listed townhouse in the centre of Alnwick, directly opposite the main entrance to Alnwick Castle.
Getting here
Travel by public transport
Alnmouth railway station is just over 10 minutes drive. The X18 bus goes to/from the main Alnwick bus station in Clayport Street, around 500m from Castle Retreat.
Travel by taxi
Parking
Parking is in a residents' permit zone (permit provided in apartment), usually within 20-30m. Spaces are not reserved.
Arrival
Path to main entrance
Main entrance
The outer door is up 4 steep stone steps (180 + 220 + 190 + 240 mm) into the communal hallway. There is a keysafe at approximately 1.7m height from the top step.
Getting around inside
Bedrooms
Self catering kitchen
Kitchen
There is a low (90 mm) step followed by two flights of 190 mm stairs (7 and 6 steps) in the communal stairway, followed by two flights of 190 mm stairs (7 and 6 steps) within the apartment to reach the apartment hallway. From the apartment hallway, all facilities (lounge/diner, kitchen, bedroom, shower/WC) are on the level.
Lounge
Lounge
There is a low (90 mm) step followed by two flights of 190 mm stairs (7 and 6 steps) in the communal stairway, followed by two flights of 190 mm stairs (7 and 6 steps) within the apartment to reach the apartment hallway. From the apartment hallway, all facilities (lounge/diner, kitchen, bedroom, shower/WC) are on the level.
Getting around outside
Customer care support
None
Customer care support
The owners are contactable 24hrs in case of emergencies, but live some distance away from the property.