October 30, 2025 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm If younger children want to experience a Halloween evening, there’s a special event perfect for younger visitors on 30th October from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Tailored to fit to family fun, but with a good dose of spookiness to make you jump! Ticket Type Price Cart Family Halloween evening (30th October) 4.30 - 6.30 Adult £12.00 Add to... Continue reading
October 27, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm If you want to see the Castle at night, here’s your chance. The renowned Castle by Lanternlight is taking place on 27th October at 6-8pm at £22.00 per person. A fun and relaxed event, visitors can experience the castle in a different ‘light’ while your historically dressed guide introduces you to tales of previous spooky happenings in... Continue reading
October 31, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Halloween in a Castle? The perfect place! Sunday 19th October to Friday 31st October 2025 Bolton Castle, the stunning five-floor castle near Leyburn complete with dungeon and maze, is jam-packed with spookiness this Halloween. With something for every member of the family; witches, coffin, skeletons (just why is one in a pot?) and some poor soul whose... Continue reading
September 23, 2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Ticket Type Price Cart Melita Thomas Talk and Book Signing £15.00 Add to cart Continue reading
May 10, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Scropes archers will be on site today from 10am to 5pm. Come and get an insight into the significance of archery and other combat through history and particularly at Bolton Castle. Included in usual castle admission prices Continue reading
October 12, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm On the 25th October 1415, Lord Richard Scrope, with a contingent of men-at-arms and archers from Bolton Castle stood in a wet, muddy field with the rest of the English army, numbering about 8,000 men, looking up a slope towards a numerically superior French army camped near to Azincourt in northern France. The English were contemplating defeat,... Continue reading
October 11, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm On the 25th October 1415, Lord Richard Scrope, with a contingent of men-at-arms and archers from Bolton Castle stood in a wet, muddy field with the rest of the English army, numbering about 8,000 men, looking up a slope towards a numerically superior French army camped near to Azincourt in northern France. The English were contemplating defeat,... Continue reading
September 14, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm “a brilliant, beautiful, unique, and lovely festival” Medieval Music in the Dales is England’s festival of medieval music. Totally unique, it’s a glorious three-day extravaganza dedicated solely to enjoying medieval music. Over the weekend, the Castle comes to life with music in every corner. It’s true living history and a chance to make this incredible setting your... Continue reading
August 13, 2025 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm We are the HandleBards: cycling Shakespearean actors who carry all of our set, props and costumes on the back of our bikes, performing extremely energetic, charmingly chaotic and environmentally sustainable Shakespeare plays across the UK. We specialise in open air theatre, but we’re really happy performing anywhere: theatres, castles, gardens, bicycle shops, pub gardens and schools. You... Continue reading
August 7, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm ‘Back by popular demand! Our Mary Queen of Scots event was such a hit ‘the … atmosphere & setting were perfect. The knowledge & passion of the actor exceptional’ we’ve decided to put on another date! We are also doing two day time events for children and families. At these times ‘Mary’ will talk about Mary and the... Continue reading
August 6, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm ‘Back by popular demand! Our Mary Queen of Scots event was such a hit ‘the … atmosphere & setting were perfect. The knowledge & passion of the actor exceptional’ we’ve decided to put on another date! We are also doing two day time events for children and families. At these times ‘Mary’ will talk about Mary and the... Continue reading
August 5, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm ‘Back by popular demand! Our Mary Queen of Scots event was such a hit ‘the … atmosphere & setting were perfect. The knowledge & passion of the actor exceptional’ we’ve decided to put on another date! We are also doing day time events for children and families. At these times ‘Mary’ will talk about Mary and the Scrope... Continue reading
August 3, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm En ma fin git mon commencement In my end is my beginning is the motto to one of the most enigmatic characters in British history, Mary Queen of Scots. Having fallen out with her lords and being defeated by them at the battle of Langside , Mary fled Scotland to England, coming ashore near to Workington on... Continue reading
August 2, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm En ma fin git mon commencement In my end is my beginning is the motto to one of the most enigmatic characters in British history, Mary Queen of Scots. Having fallen out with her lords and being defeated by them at the battle of Langside , Mary fled Scotland to England, coming ashore near to Workington on... Continue reading
June 29, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Want to see Bolton Castle alive with Yorkists? It’s late 15th century, the Wars of the Roses is on-going, and whilst everyday life continues to keep the castle fed and watered, weaponry is being readied, and its medieval inhabitants are on full alert! St John Savile’s Household is a renowned re-enactment group presenting an extraordinary real-life sneak... Continue reading
June 28, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Want to see Bolton Castle alive with Yorkists? It’s late 15th century, the Wars of the Roses is on-going, and whilst everyday life continues to keep the castle fed and watered, weaponry is being readied, and its medieval inhabitants are on full alert! St John Savile’s Household is a renowned re-enactment group presenting an extraordinary real-life sneak... Continue reading
August 25, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm In August 1642, the long-standing dispute between King Charles 1 and his parliament erupted into open warfare. Seven years later, in January 1649, the king was executed and for the next eleven years Britain became a Republic. Bolton Castle was held for the king until November 1645 when the castle garrison ran out of food and was... Continue reading
August 24, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm In August 1642, the long-standing dispute between King Charles 1 and his parliament erupted into open warfare. Seven years later, in January 1649, the king was executed and for the next eleven years Britain became a Republic. Bolton Castle was held for the king until November 1645 when the castle garrison ran out of food and was... Continue reading
August 23, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm In August 1642, the long-standing dispute between King Charles 1 and his parliament erupted into open warfare. Seven years later, in January 1649, the king was executed and for the next eleven years Britain became a Republic. Bolton Castle was held for the king until November 1645 when the castle garrison ran out of food and was... Continue reading
June 1, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm In August 1642, the long-standing dispute between King Charles 1 and his parliament erupted into open warfare. Seven years later, in January 1649, the king was executed and for the next eleven years Britain became a Republic. Bolton Castle was held for the king until November 1645 when the castle garrison ran out of food and was... Continue reading
May 31, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm In August 1642, the long-standing dispute between King Charles 1 and his parliament erupted into open warfare. Seven years later, in January 1649, the king was executed and for the next eleven years Britain became a Republic. Bolton Castle was held for the king until November 1645 when the castle garrison ran out of food and was... Continue reading
June 15, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Bolton Castle was one of the last Medieval castles to be constructed. In truth, it was one of England’s first big country houses, with numerous innovative ideas; glass windows, a garderobe (toilet) in nearly all the major rooms, and eight bedrooms, all ensuite, at a time when few people had a bed, let alone a room to... Continue reading
June 14, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Bolton Castle was one of the last Medieval castles to be constructed. In truth, it was one of England’s first big country houses, with numerous innovative ideas; glass windows, a garderobe (toilet) in nearly all the major rooms, and eight bedrooms, all ensuite, at a time when few people had a bed, let alone a room to... Continue reading
October 5, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Come visit Lord Scrope’s household and learn about the turbulent time of the Wars of the Roses It is the year 1461 after the battle of Towton, the biggest and bloodiest clash on English soil resulting in victory for the Yorkists. After recovering from wounds sustained in the battle, Lord Scrope has gone north to assist in... Continue reading
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August 17, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm The year is 1588. The Spanish Armada has been sighted in the channel and the beacons lit. Come visit Lord Scrope’s Tudor household and learn about this turbulent time as they prepare to meet the invaders should they land… Part of the reason for their coming is to avenge the death the previous year of an ex-prisoner of... Continue reading
August 16, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm The year is 1588. The Spanish Armada has been sighted in the channel and the beacons lit. Come visit Lord Scrope’s Tudor household and learn about this turbulent time as they prepare to meet the invaders should they land… Part of the reason for their coming is to avenge the death the previous year of an ex-prisoner of... Continue reading
June 22, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Come visit Lord Scrope’s Tudor household and learn about the turbulent time of the Border Reivers, infamous raiding families including Armstrongs, Elliots, Grahams, Johnstones, Maxwells, Scotts, Nixons and many others who terrorized the Anglo-Scottish borderland. It is the year 1596 and trouble is brewing between England and Scotland. The notorious Scottish reiver, Kinmont Willie has been broken out of Carlisle castle... Continue reading
June 21, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Come visit Lord Scrope’s Tudor household and learn about the turbulent time of the Border Reivers, infamous raiding families including Armstrongs, Elliots, Grahams, Johnstones, Maxwells, Scotts, Nixons and many others who terrorized the Anglo-Scottish borderland. It is the year 1596 and trouble is brewing between England and Scotland. The notorious Scottish reiver, Kinmont Willie has been broken out of Carlisle castle... Continue reading
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April 18, 2025 10:00 am - April 21, 2025 5:00 pm On Palm Sunday, March 29th 1461, arguably the largest and bloodiest battle on English soil took place, fought by an estimated 50,000 men continuing throughout the day and into the night. Among the combatants was Lord John Scrope from Bolton Castle, and a contingent of men at arms and archers from Wensleydale. Our ‘Living... Continue reading
April 21, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Easter, with all its traditions, is something children often know little about and our castle trail is a great way to give your little ones some fun facts by taking part in a find and seek trail, ending with a chocolate reward and some Maundy money as a token. Our lovely friend the dragon Alfraeda has returned... Continue reading
April 6, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Come visit Lord Scrope’s household and learn about the turbulent time of the Wars of the Roses It is the year 1461 after the battle of Towton, the biggest and bloodiest clash on English soil resulting in victory for the Yorkists. After recovering from wounds sustained in the battle, Lord Scrope has gone north to assist in... Continue reading
April 5, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Come visit Lord Scrope’s household and learn about the turbulent time of the Wars of the Roses It is the year 1461 after the battle of Towton, the biggest and bloodiest clash on English soil resulting in victory for the Yorkists. After recovering from wounds sustained in the battle, Lord Scrope has gone north to assist in... Continue reading
March 2, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Tudor England was a time of great change. Come and join our ‘Living Historians’ and find out how life would have differed between 1485, the beginning of the reign of King Henry V11, and 1603 with the death of Henry’s granddaughter, the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth 1. Included in usual admission prices Continue reading
March 1, 2025 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Tudor England was a time of great change. Come and join our ‘Living Historians’ and find out how life would have differed between 1485, the beginning of the reign of King Henry V11, and 1603 with the death of Henry’s granddaughter, the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth 1. Included in usual admission prices Continue reading
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