Holy Trinity

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The Church of the Holy Trinity is located in Embleton, Northumberland, England. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is west of the village. Built in the form of a cross, it consists of a two aisle nave, a clerestory, a chancel, a porch, and a chantry chapel. It has a tower with a small vestry, and a gallery. The vicarage house and garden are on a gradual slope on the south side of the churchyard. Traces of stonework show evidence of an earlier church from the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building. ()

Coordinates: 55°29'44"N, 1°38'11"W

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7 Dovecote ClAlnwick NE66 3DB EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Holy Trinity – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alnwick Castle, Dunstanburgh Castle, Bailiffgate Museum, St Michael's Church.

6.2 miSW
Medieval castle with state rooms
Alnwick Castle, Alnwick
158 min walk • Alnwick Castle, often referred to as the "Windsor of the North," is a magnificent historical fortress nestled in the picturesque town of Alnwick, in the heart of Northumberland, England. This grand castle, which dates back to the Norman period, has been the seat of the...
1.7 miE
14th-century coastal castle ruins
Dunstanburgh Castle, Alnwick
43 min walk • Perched on a rugged coastal headland in Northumberland, Dunstanburgh Castle stands as a formidable fortification and an evocative piece of England's medieval history. The castle, now largely in ruins, was built in the 14th century by Earl Thomas of Lancaster and later...
6.2 miSW
Museum, History museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Bailiffgate Museum, Alnwick
158 min walk • The Bailiffgate Museum is a small independent museum in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, dedicated to the history of Alnwick and North Northumberland. It is staffed by trustees and volunteers.
6.2 miSW
Church
St Michael's Church, Alnwick
158 min walk • St Michael's Church is an Anglican place of worship situated on Bailiffgate in the town of Alnwick in Northumberland, England. The current building dates from the 15th century but a 12th-century Norman chapel stood on the site prior to this; reports of an earlier 8th-century Saxon chapel are unconfirmed.
3.3 miSE
Archaeological site
Howick house
86 min walk • The Howick house is a Mesolithic site located in Northumberland, England. It was found when an amateur archaeologist noticed flint tools eroding out of a sandy cliff face near the village of Howick.
6.1 miSW
Monastery
Alnwick Abbey
157 min walk • Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire. It was dissolved in 1535, refounded in 1536 and finally suppressed in 1539. The Alnwick Abbey site is located just within Hulne Park, on the bank of the River Aln.
3.4 miNW
Museum, Historical place
Preston Tower
88 min walk • Preston Tower is a fourteenth-century pele tower in Preston, Northumberland, England built in 1392. The tower is now a private museum.
5.9 miSW
Monastery
Hulne Priory
151 min walk • Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.
6.6 miSW
View point, Tower
Brizlee Tower
168 min walk • Brizlee Tower is a Grade 1 listed folly set atop a hill in Hulne Park, the walled home park of the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick, Northumberland.
6.1 miSW
Museum, Military museum
Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, Alnwick
157 min walk • The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, formerly the Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, is a museum located within the Abbot's Tower of Alnwick Castle in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
~150 ftS
Historical place, Tower
Embleton Tower
1 min walk • Embleton Tower is a peel tower and Grade I listed building in the village of Embleton in Northumberland, England. Tradition states that in 1395, the tower was built to protect the minister and church goers of Embleton's Church of the Holy Trinity after the village suffered from a raid by the Scots.