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This decreasingly poor page is slowly developing. There are now two places who have agreed to be listed here and which have email addresses if you want to stay with them. Of all the places listed this page, only the Oaks isn't particularly central. Tony, who runs the Oronsay, wishes me to add that the Oronsay is the place to be in Alnwick. Actually I suspect his wife really runs it but you can find out for yourself by staying there.

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ORONSAY GUEST HOUSE Very reasonably priced (I'm told) and kept by a top notch local solicitor - so no complaints, mind.
Oronsay is a very small Scottish island containing ruins of a 14th-century priory, a sculptured cross from 1510, and many carved stones unearthed from Viking graves. Which has very little relevance to Alnwick, to the current owners or quality accommodation. Perhaps of more relevance, I am informed, is that it is also namenamed after a luxury cruise liner.

You can't email them but you can phone the Guesthouse on (01665) 603559 and that's enough for anyone, shurely?

THE
WHITE
SWAN A gimmick, the effect of which hasn't worn off in fifty years -not even a little bit - is that its function room has the fittings from the First Class Smoking Lounge from the SS Olympic, one of the Titanic's sister ships.
Out of historical interest - and certainly not wishing to cash in on the film - they held Titanic Weekends where they wear Titanic Clothes, served Titanic food and charged Titanic prices. Presumably there was also a rowing boat so they can keep jumping in and out of it like Kate Winslet did in the film. And the evening may have finished by all guests having a bucket of icy water chucked over them. But I doubt it.

There is a public bar so you can look round even if you don't stay here.

This links to a site showing the world's Titanic memorials as well as pictures of the White Swan. That , on the other hand, links to a totally different site, this time specifically about the Olympic. Apparently even the revolving door came from the Olympic.

THE
OAKS
HOTEL

An Englishwoman who lives in Canada kept emailing me to tell me how great the Oaks Hotel is. She stayed there once and apparently beleives that it's fantastic; the owner's really nice and it's a shame that I left them out before.
Their phone number is 01665 510014 and their fax number is 603219. If you stay there and don't like it then email me and I may give you this person's email address so she can defend her views to you.

BONDGATE
HOUSE HOTEL In Bondgate Without and open all year round. Rooms cost between £23 and £47 per night and Ken Forbes, one of the owners, seems to respond quickly to email . Or you can telephone on 01665 602025.

GEORGIAN
GUEST
HOUSE In Hotspur Street. Costs £25 to £35 per room per night with discounts available if you stay more than one night. You can email Peter Gibb (one of the owners) too.

(South Road and Bondgate Without form the main road into Alnwick and its name changes to Bondgate Within at the Bondgate Tower )

Other accommodation :
Aln House, South Road 01665 602265

Hotspur Hotel, Bondgate Without, 01665 510101
(closed for the time being. Part of it used to be a funeral parlour)

Plough Hotel, Bondgate Without 01665 602395

There's also a cottage in Whittingham which has its own site and which someone asked me to link to.

If you're dialling from outside the UK you need to dial the international code +44-1665 followed by the six figure number listed). If you book with any of them, do mention Alnwick on Lion because it will almost certainly confuse them - they probably won't have heard of it and some of them may not have heard of the internet.

(That's no longer the case, at least as far as the internet is concerned because many of them do have their own webpages now - but I like that joke so I'm going to leave it in.)

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ORONSAY GUEST HOUSE	Very reasonably priced (I'm told) and kept by a top notch local solicitor - so no complaints, mind. Oronsay is a very small Scottish island containing ruins of a 14th-century priory, a sculptured cross from 1510, and many carved stones unearthed from Viking graves. Which has very little relevance to Alnwick, to the current owners or quality accommodation. Perhaps of more relevance, I am informed, is that it is also namenamed after a luxury cruise liner. You can't email them but you can phone the Guesthouse on (01665) 603559 and that's enough for anyone, shurely?
THE WHITE SWAN	A gimmick, the effect of which hasn't worn off in fifty years -not even a little bit - is that its function room has the fittings from the First Class Smoking Lounge from the SS Olympic, one of the Titanic's sister ships. Out of historical interest - and certainly not wishing to cash in on the film - they held Titanic Weekends where they wear Titanic Clothes, served Titanic food and charged Titanic prices. Presumably there was also a rowing boat so they can keep jumping in and out of it like Kate Winslet did in the film. And the evening may have finished by all guests having a bucket of icy water chucked over them. But I doubt it. There is a public bar so you can look round even if you don't stay here. This links to a site showing the world's Titanic memorials as well as pictures of the White Swan. That , on the other hand, links to a totally different site, this time specifically about the Olympic. Apparently even the revolving door came from the Olympic.
THE OAKS HOTEL	An Englishwoman who lives in Canada kept emailing me to tell me how great the Oaks Hotel is. She stayed there once and apparently beleives that it's fantastic; the owner's really nice and it's a shame that I left them out before. Their phone number is 01665 510014 and their fax number is 603219. If you stay there and don't like it then email me and I may give you this person's email address so she can defend her views to you.
BONDGATE HOUSE HOTEL	In Bondgate Without and open all year round. Rooms cost between £23 and £47 per night and Ken Forbes, one of the owners, seems to respond quickly to email . Or you can telephone on 01665 602025.
GEORGIAN GUEST HOUSE	In Hotspur Street. Costs £25 to £35 per room per night with discounts available if you stay more than one night. You can email Peter Gibb (one of the owners) too.
(South Road and Bondgate Without form the main road into Alnwick and its name changes to Bondgate Within at the Bondgate Tower )
	Other accommodation : Aln House, South Road 01665 602265 Hotspur Hotel, Bondgate Without, 01665 510101 (closed for the time being. Part of it used to be a funeral parlour) Plough Hotel, Bondgate Without 01665 602395 There's also a cottage in Whittingham which has its own site and which someone asked me to link to. If you're dialling from outside the UK you need to dial the international code +44-1665 followed by the six figure number listed). If you book with any of them, do mention Alnwick on Lion because it will almost certainly confuse them - they probably won't have heard of it and some of them may not have heard of the internet. (That's no longer the case, at least as far as the internet is concerned because many of them do have their own webpages now - but I like that joke so I'm going to leave it in.)