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Hello,

So this is my presentation, and over the summer I decided to research into my home town, northumberland.

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So, some of the facts:

Its Britains most northern county 
Its the Least densely populated area in Britain

Northumberland doesn’t have a city ( the nearest being Newcastle)

The county has more castles than anywhere else in the country

Northumberland is one of the coldest areas of the country

The birth place of famous footballers Bobby and Jack Charlton

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So, why is northumberland good to me?

It’s my place of birth My entire family still live there

Its a beautiful place

It has an amazing coastline

It brings back a lot of good memories

Its the home of Nannas chicken ala king!

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I decided to focus on Northumberlands vast array of castles. Here, a map shows the extent of castles, 73 in total.

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The four castles I researched included, Bamburgh, dunstanburgh, alnwick and warwick.

From research I found Alnwick to be the most interesting and most reputable. Its tourist numbers were far higher.

Some of the facts include:

Its a Grade I listed building

it was Built to protect Englands northern border against the Scottish invasions.

and Currently the Duke lives in the castle but occupy only some of it. The rest open to public.

It's the second largest inhabited castle in England

Alnwick is the tenth most-visited stately home in England according to Historic Houses Association, with 195,504 visitors in 2006.

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Alnwick castle has attracted many film productions, for instance, Robin hood and a series from Black adder have been filmed here. But more recently, and more famously Harry Potter. It’s impressive structure is set within all the Harry Potter films. This can be seen within

the pictures above.

Whilst there, I came across a perculair man, dressed in a robe teaching youngsters how to fly. I decided it wasn’t for me.

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Alnwick garden is a popular area within the castle.

It cost 42 million to construct

Opened just ten years ago

It has the country's largest collection

of European plants in the ornamental garden

Bamboo Labrinth

Huge tree house open to public

Rose garden

The tree house was built in 2004 Its one of the largest tree houses in the world. 
It has a poison garden.

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Some of the recent going on within the castle involve The Duke of Northumberlands daughter recently being married, Lady Kate Percy wedded Patrick Valentine. Her wedding dress and carriage is shown on display within the coach house at Alnwick castle.Unlike most castles, Alnwick is very much ‘lived in’, with family photos and portraits hanging from the walls. Pieces from the recent wedding adding to the personal touch the castle holds.

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So, all in all, Northumberland's Alnwick castle is good to me, for all the noted reasons, Thanks for listening.