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Bolton Castle awarded Best Family Visitor Attraction 2024 – Yorkshire from SME News!

Bolton Castle awarded  has been awarded Best Family Visitor Attraction 2024 – Yorkshire from SME News as part of  the 2024 edition of SME News’ Northern Enterprise Awards due in December! We are very proud to receive this accolade. Continue reading
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Bolton Castle Travellers Choice Award Winner

We're a Travellers Choice Award Winner, which means we're 'in the top 10% of visitor attractions WORLDWIDE! We 'stood out by providing great service and experiences to our guests' - all part of our everyday commitment to our visitors. Congratulations team! #TravelersChoice Continue reading
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Bolton Castle Goes Greener

Bolton Castle Goes Greener! Here at Bolton Castle we’re looking to grow our green credentials by becoming a member of Green Tourism and recognising and supporting eco-friendly achievements throughout our visitor offer. These will be primarily in our practices but will also need the support of our visitors.  The initiatives include reducing energy use, saving water, efficient and eco-friendly waste disposal, ethical buying, staying local... Continue reading
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Anne Boleyn

We were delighted to play a part in the recent and brilliant psychological thriller ‘Anne Boleyn’. Broadcast on Channel 5 to much acclaim across three nights in early June, we held our breath as actress Jodie Turner-Smith played Henry VIII’s infamous second wife – with the story based on the last six months of her life leading up to her untimely death.  Gripping stuff.  Created... Continue reading
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Bolton Caste is a 2020 Travellers’ Choice Winner

We’re in the top 10% of attractions worldwide! Bolton Castle has just been awarded a Travellers Choice 2020 award by TripAdvisor. We are now part of an exclusive group of the top 10% of attractions! Continue reading
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We’re a Finalist in the White Rose Awards!

Bolton Castle Announces Exciting News Bolton Castle has been included as a finalist in the UK’s premier tourism awards, the White Rose Awards 2020.  Shortlisted in the Small Visitor Attraction category, Bolton Castle is up against stiff opposition but the team remain optimistic for the winner’s announcement in the autumn. Tom Orde-Powlett, whose family own Bolton Castle and who is a direct descendant of Sir... Continue reading
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Bolton Castle will be re-opening on Saturday 11th July.  

Bolton Castle will be re-opening on Saturday 11th July.   Mindful of the government guidelines, we have made some changes to our visitor admission and flow around the castle to ensure our visitors can self-distance as much as possible during their time here.  Please use the sanitiser as provided and check our new signage throughout your visit.   Entry will no longer be routed through... Continue reading
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Bolton Castle Closed due to Coronavirus

Due to the current Coronavirus situation, the Bolton Castle team have taken the decision, for the safety of our customers, to temporarily close until further notice. Please follow us on social media and the website and newsletters  for updates as they occur. We at Bolton Castle will welcome you back soon. Continue reading
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Easter Holiday – Trails and egg painting at Bolton Castle!!!

Easter trails for all the family to enjoy. Included in admission charge. Over the Easter weekend (9th – 13th April) there will be egg painting using hard boiled eggs from when we open at 10am. There will be egg rolling competitions in the garden at 2.15pm each day and the winners will receive a prize. There are Easter trails to be enjoyed – can you... Continue reading
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Bolton Castle featured in the March/April issue of Your Yorkshire Wedding

Bolton Castle has been featured in the March/April issue of Your Yorkshire Wedding! Follow Your Yorkshire Wedding on social media Twitter - @CountyWeddings and @CWM_YYW Instagram - @cwm_wedding Facebook - @CountyWeddingMagazines @YourYorkshireWedding Continue reading
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Due to the snow, the castle is closed today – Monday 24th February 2020

Due to to adverse weather conditions today, Monday 24th February 2020 the  castle is closed. Continue reading
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16th February 2020 – castle closed due to weather

Due to to adverse weather conditions today, Sunday 16th February 2020 the  castle is closed. Continue reading
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Halloween Events October 2019 a real success!

Our events for Halloween this year were a huge success, with packed out days and nights and some great feedback Halloween Tour This was Fab went on a Halloween tour after dinner.. We had Chicken curry with rice veg samsosa, nan bread with popadoms followed by apple pie and custard with mulled wine, it was a set menu for the night it was fantastic couldn’t... Continue reading
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An Evening of Ghostly Tales at Bolton Castle Saturday 26 October to Thursday 31 October 2019

An Evening of Ghostly Tales at Bolton Castle Saturday 26 October to Thursday 31 October 2019 Interested to know more about what goes bump in the night at Bolton Castle and the tales behind such goings-on? If you’d like your Halloween heightened with stories of ghosts and ghouls in the perfect setting for an evening of fun and frights, then our Medieval themed evening at... Continue reading
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Bolton Castle Included in 15 of the best places to visit in Yorkshire

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk Thank you @yorkshirepost for including us in today’s #Yorkshire‘s 15 Top Ten Places to Visit! We’re in illustrious company @YSPsculpture @WhitbyAbbey @JorvikViking @railwaymuseum among other superb #visitorattractions. Visit us all so we can show you why we’re on the list! ‘God’s Country’ has a multitude of heritage sights, renowned museums and galleries, crumbling castles and some stunning natural wonders. From gothic York Minster to... Continue reading
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Dalesbus

Did you know that we’ve teamed up with @DalesBus? Enjoy discounted entry to the castle on provision of a valid bus ticket on Summer Sundays and Bank Holidays with the DalesBus service 857 visit www.dalesbus.org for info – see you then – toot toot! Continue reading
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Mary Queen of Scots’ imprisonment re-enacted at Bolton Castle: In The Press

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17648121.mary-queen-of-scots-imprisonment-re-enacted-at-bolton-castle/ An actress had the privilege of re-enacting the historic events of the 16th century at Bolton Castle near Leyburn in North Yorkshire. Hannah Glowala played the role of Mary Queen of Scots as part of a series of re-enactments at the site in Wensleydale. As part of the ‘Tudor Weekend’ on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, Ms Glowala portrayed what life was... Continue reading
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Halloween events

Saturday 26th to Thursday 31st October (excluding Monday 28th)Daytime from the 20th October to 31st October: Come and enjoy a medieval themed evening at 6pm and find out about the ghosts of Bolton Castle. The evening includes a two course Medieval themed banquet of curry and fruit pie and a drink of mulled wine.in the Great Chamber. There will also be optional additional tours of the... Continue reading
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Bolton Castle on BBC Yorkshire Dales programme !

We were on the Yorkshire Dales BBC series last night, our piece is on at 22.27 where you can see Tom Orde-Powlett showing Paul Rose around the castle! Continue reading
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New wild boar piglets at Bolton Castle

We have a new litter of wild boar piglets at Bolton Castle. 9 piglets were born 2 weeks ago. Come and see our lovely baby wild boar when we re-open in April and have a great day out at Bolton Castle. Continue reading
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Why not buy a Bolton Castle Falconry Experience as a Christmas present?

Searching for the ideal present for someone? Something a little different? Why not buy them a Bolton Castle Falconry Experience? Join our experienced Falconer and spend a fascinating and informative morning learning about, looking after and flying a variety of beautiful birds of prey. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn the basics of falconry and will include plenty of time handling and flying the... Continue reading

What our visitors say about the castle

Visitor August 2024
Excellent visit!
What a fabulous place the castle has a lot to offer both variety of complete rooms and scale. The grounds were lovely (boar family!) and the falconry display was excellent - led brilliantly by the staff member. The staff were all friendly and helpful and topped off with a pot of tea from friendly tea room staff.
The Axcell family August 2024
I'd just like to pass on our thanks for a lovely visit yesterday. We had a fantastic day at the castle; the falconry display was fun and informative, the archery demonstration was fab, and nicely rounded off with the wild boar feeding at 16:00. Kelly was brilliant, but very special thanks to Dave who helped make the past come alive; Eleanor and Joseph had a day they will never forget thanks to the generosity of your time and enthusiasm (the parents too)! It's hands down the best visit we've ever had to a historic property and we'd recommend it to anyone. We're happy for you to post the review on the website if you wanted.
Thanks again, and we'll definitely come back again if we're in the area.
Yorkshire Dales Classic Car Club
From all of us at YDCCC a huge thank you for Sunday. Please thank all of the staff at the castle for being  very kind and extremely helpful. Everyone  who attended was very happy at the location for our picnic as you can imagine. It was also nice to see visitors having a look around the cars. Sadly with the arrival of the rain we had to leave in a hurry and did not get to thank the staff in person. So please pass on my thanks to all who helped to make our day a very special one. Look forward to visiting again in the future.
Mike Cowan
A visitor October 2024
Awesome cafe awesome castle
First things first! The Cornish Pasties here are made by a lady (81 years old - originally from Cornwall) - they are the best pasties I’ve ever tasted. You must try them! Secondly the castle is brilliant Lots to see and do. Dave and his wife that run the Mary Queen of Scot’s room and the archery are super friendly and knowledgeable. Dave was lovely with our boy. Both went above and beyond.
Mrs R
I just wanted to say my husband and I visited the Castle and thought it the most splendid place!   From the staff, Tea Room, signage information so well presented, but one of my main reasons for contacting you was to say that Kelly, one of your members of staff excelled herself.   We joined her for a bit of archery, managed to hit the board, my husband 86 and myself 77 didn’t do too badly!  Her rapport and information with the Birds of Prey was second to none, she obviously loves her job, she is truly an asset to the Castle, thank you. Please pass on this email to the relevant source, thank you.

Download the Bolton Castle app

Download our new audio App from Apple's App Store or Google Play Store and hear the stories of the castle brought alive. Our easy to navigate App is a fun way to find out about our turbulent history, our castle incumbents and their way of life through the ages. There's an audio tour for each room of the castle, so you can dip in and out as much as you wish, with voices from our Living History team who know and love the castle. Find out about Mary Queen of Scots' captivity, how Lord Scrope's army prepared for war, and how the servants made sure life included some luxuries as well as day to day chores to keep this home functioning, amongst other sneak peeks on life in a castle. It's time to immerse yourself in our history and find out more than you ever thought you needed to know!  Free with entry, the audio App lets you unlock the stories behind the castle walls.

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