Julie Walters visits Barter Books in Alnwick. There are only 2 days left to catch up with Coastal Railways, episode 2, when Julie Walters visits Alnmouth, Alnwick, Berwick, and other local places on the Northumberland coast.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/coastal-railways-with-julie-walters/on-demand/64902-002
“I got to join a train driver, Adrian, along the line from Alnmouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed, whizzing through the Northumberland coast and over the gorgeous brick railway viaduct at Berwick. Then in Edinburgh we have a look around the inner workings of The Balmoral hotel, which was a real privilege.”
It is great to see the Aln Valley Railway on the TV. Winner of the Northumberland small visitor attraction 2017.
http://www.alnvalleyrailway.co.uk/
From Aln Valley website….
The Aln Valley Railway project is an ambitious plan to reopen the branch line from Alnmouth to Alnwick, the old county town of Northumberland and the ancestral home of the Duke of Northumberland.
Although the impressive railway station still exists in Alnwick, a road bypass and other commercial developments no longer make it viable to recreate in full the original run of around 3 miles between the two stations. As a result a brand new railway station and visitor center has been constructed by volunteers on the outskirts of Alnwick from where the railway will follow the original trackbed all the way to Alnmouth Station. A cycleway / footpath will run alongside providing a safe traffic-free corridor between Alnwick and the National Cycle Network and the coast.
