Warkworth Castle and Hermitage (English Heritage)

Warkworth Castle
Warkworth
Northumberland
NE65 0UJ
England

Website

www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/warkworth-castle-and-hermitage/

Telephone

01665 711423

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
An exterior view of Warkworth Castle

The magnificent cross-shaped keep of Warkworth, crowning a hilltop rising steeply above the River Coquet, dominates one of the largest, strongest and most impressive fortresses in northern England. The Duke's Rooms in the castle keep are open on Wed, Sun and Bank Holidays from 21 March to 30 September.

Please note: the Hermitage is currently closed until Easter 2009 but all other areas of the site remain open.

Venue Type:

Castle or defences

 Opening hours

Castle: 1 Apr-30 Sep 10am-5pm daily / 1Oct-1 Nov 10am-4pm daily / 2 Nov-31 Mar 10am-4pm Sat-Mon / Closed 24-26 Dec and 1 Jan / Hermitage: 1 Apr-30 Sep 11am-5pm Wed, Sun and Bank Hols

 Admission charges

4.80/4.30/2.90/12.50 CASTLE, 3.20/2.90/1.90 Hermitage

Discounts

  • English Heritage

Warkworth Castle
Warkworth
Northumberland
NE65 0UJ
England

Website

www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/warkworth-castle-and-hermitage/

Telephone

01665 711423

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Become a Medieval Engineer Discovery Visit

How did people from the past build bridges, towers and siege engines? Become a real engineer in practical workshops exploring how our ancestors solved construction problems. Using a large-scale construction kit, this is literally a hands-on history experience! Explore the main features of the castle in an interactive tour, relating these to methods of attack and defence and construction. BWorking in groups, use Tic Tac (plastic construction materials) to build a successful bridge alongside the castle walls. Also build a catapult and take part in a bean-bag-throwing challenge, identifying features of successful warfare and forces in the process.
Duration: 2 hours
Key Stage: 1, 2, History, Sci

How to obtain

Call 01904 601917 to arrange a 2 hour session from June 30–July 2 2009. Price £60 per group of up to 30 pupils until April 2009, £75 per group after April 2009. Visit http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19528 for more information.

Warkworth Castle
Warkworth
Northumberland
NE65 0UJ
England

Website

www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/warkworth-castle-and-hermitage/

Telephone

01665 711423

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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