Set in a quaint Northumberland town, this hill-top fortress and hermitage offers a fantastic family day out.

Parking
On site parking
Price Details
Adult (Hermitage)(Adult)
Price: £3.20
Child (Castle)(Child)
Price: £2.30
English Heritage member(Adult)
Free Admission
Adult (Castle)(Adult)
Price: £4.50
Family (Castle)(Family)
Price: £11.30
Child (Hermitage)(Child)
Price: £1.60
Concession (Hermitage)(Concession)
Price: £2.70
Concession (Castle)(Concession)
Price: £3.80
Opening
01 Oct 2010 to 31 Oct 2010Please check for opening times.
01 Nov 2010 to 31 Mar 2011Please check for opening times.
01 Apr 2010 to 30 Sep 2010Please check for opening times.
Visit Details
Groups accepted
Max group size: 200
Min group size: 11
TIC staff admitted free
Toilets
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 Northumberland.
The castle's most famous owners were the Percy family, whose lion badge can be seen carved on many parts of their stronghold. Wielding almost kingly power in the north, their influence reached its apogee under the first Earl of Northumberland and his son 'Harry Hotspur', hero of many Border ballads as the bane of Scots raiders and a dominant character in Shakespeare's 'Henry IV'. Having helped to depose Richard II, these turbulent 'kingmakers' both fell victim to Henry IV: the next three Percy Earls likewise died violent deaths.
Still roofed and almost complete, the uniquely-planned keep dates mainly from the end of the 14th century. It presides over the extensive remains of a great hall, chapel, fine gatehouse and a virtually intact circuit of towered walls.
Half a mile from the castle, tucked away by the Coquet and accessibly only by boat, stands a much more peaceful building: the late medieval cave Hermitage and chapel of a solitary holy man.
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