Family Activities
What family activites are available at the site?
What English Heritage properties are nearby?
What other family-based activities and places of interest are nearby?
The Castle
Suggested time needed: One hour 30 minutes to walk to castle and back through gardens.
A ruined castle to explore.The Gardens
Suggested time needed: One hour 30 minutes to walk to castle and back through gardens.
Vast gardens to run around and explore, including a walk through the quarry, and grassy lawns for picnics.
Aydon Castle
Distance: 14 miles
One of the finest and most unaltered examples of a 13th century English manor house, Aydon Castle stands in a secluded woodland setting.Chesters
Distance: 18 miles
Chesters Fort was built to guard the Roman bridge which carried Hadrian’s Wall and the military road over the North River Tyne. Situated on the banks of the river, Chesters includes the ruins of the Commandant’s house, four principal gateways and short lengths of the wall itself.
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