- English Heritage may have limited internet coverage, so tap on your digicard before setting off. It will stay live on your phone for three days.
In Partnership with
Be king or queen for the day in this mighty Northumberland fortress crowning the hilltop above the River Coquet.
FREE For CSSC Members
Please login or join CSSC to redeem this offer.
Members of CSSC benefit from a great range of discounted and free days out and shopping vouchers.
Enjoy a day out and see how the powerful Dukes of Northumberland, the Percy family lived. Explore the floors and rooms in the magnificent cross-shaped keep which was once home to 'Harry Hotspur', immortalised as a rebel lord by Shakespeare, and bane of Scottish raiders. See spectacular river and coastal views from the castle walls.
Availability
Available all year round
FAQs and safety guidelines
English Heritage have put together an FAQs page, which contains the answers to a large number of queries. A number of safety measures have also been implemented at sites which can be viewed on the English Heritage website.
Special Guidance
Reviews
Comments
More to explore inside than I'd expected, with a good deal of the old keep still intact. Very interesting, didn't get to visit the hermitage this time but will certainly return.
Brilliant to be able to visit historic sites around the country.
