2 Best Sights in The Northeast, England

A marvelous flight of fancy, Alnwick Garden opened in stages starting in 2001 and remains one of the area's most beautiful, unusual, and kid-friendly attractions. Alongside traditional features like perfectly manicured lawns, shaded woodland walks, and a charming rose garden are more unusual elements like the enormous Grand Cascade water feature, a Poison Garden with everything from hemlock to cannabis, and a labyrinth of towering bamboo. The grounds are also home to the largest "Tai-haku" cherry orchard in the world, a great little shop, and a number of excellent dining and drinking options, including one of the area's most unique restaurants, the Treehouse. If you want to take a bit of the garden home with you, you can buy clippings of the unique varieties of roses in the shop. If you're driving here and want to use GPS, input the postal code (NE66 1FJ) to get directions to the parking lot/entrance.

This 18-acre park contains a plethora of plant life from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The greenhouses shelter rare specimens, including a giant Amazonian water lily. Almost every weekend in summer there are family-friendly events ranging from picnics to storytelling sessions.