£7.9m four-storey boutique hotel will overlook Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Home to Duke of Northumberland Ralph Percy, 62, and wife Duchess Jane, 60
Hotel will boast 47 rooms and restaurant, bar, fitness centre and meeting rooms
Castle has featured as a backdrop for Blackadder, Robin Hood and Transformers
Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone and Downton Abbey also filmed there
Hotel planned next to Harry Potter location Alnwick Castle set for approval this week
Plans for a new hotel across the road from Alnwick Castle could get the go-ahead this week despite concerns about its impact on this historic part of town.
Monday, 18th January 2021, 2:10 pm
The 47-room proposal, which includes the former buildings on Bailiffgate used by the Duchess’s Community High School, represents a £7.9million investment and would create around 45 to 50 jobs.
The application, for the conversion of numbers 2-8 Bailiffgate to form 14 hotel suites/apartments, as well as a restaurant and bar, is recommended for approval at the Thursday, January 21, meeting of the North Northumberland Local Area Council.
MORE businesses are set to open their doors for the first time on a brand new Tyne Valley retail park. Discount store B&M has already opened at Tyneview Retail Park in Prudhoe, with supermarket chain Aldi set to open on January 14, and local business Cafe Ginerva set to follow shortly afterwards. The Tyne Valley s hotly anticipated first McDonald s restaurant has plans to start trading from a new drive thru unit next Spring, and the chain s iconic logo has already gone up. The scheme is a joint venture between Northumberland County Council s development company, Advance Northumberland, and Northumberland Estates - the Duke of Northumberland s property arm.