It was a great day at a beautifully preserved castle. Me and my wife visited with my elderly in laws at the start of August. We had an amazing time, and the imposing sight of the castle greets you when you approach. The surrounds are well kept, and the gardens are beautiful with vineyard, herb gardens, and a maze. We went to both birds of... Continue reading

Great family day at Bolton Castle! **Fantastic Family Day Out at Bolton Castle!** We had an absolutely wonderful time at Bolton Castle in Wensleydale with my wife, 12-year-old daughter, and 7-year-old son. Unlike the often structured National Trust visits, this privately-owned gem offered a delightfully relaxed and engaging experience. The maze was a highlight—our 7-year-old got a bit lost but loved every minute of it!... Continue reading

Well worth a visit Impromptu visit to the castle on our weekend van trip. The castle is easy to find with a good sized car park. The castle is full of history and information for each area telling you stories of the past! The cafe was really nice but the best thing for us was the falconry show at 3pm hosted by Kelly who was... Continue reading

The visit was very informative and reached back 300 years to show what lives people experienced . The  catering was excellent and varied. Hope to return one day Continue reading

You must visit! Beautiful! You must go! Driven passed many times, made the effort to visit on Monday. Really interesting. Beautiful location and views. More to look at than you might think! Friendly helpful and informative staff. Great falconry display. Lovely gardens. Nice cakes and scones in the cafe. Highly recommended 👌 Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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. Continue reading

We enjoyed this more than Windsor Castle! Even though Bolton Castle gets good reviews, having visited multiple castles our expectations weren’t that high. This was better than most castles we’ve visited (and we live not far from Windsor Castle) , our kids loved every minute and didn’t want to leave. A brilliant, fun day out for all of us. The highlights being the bird of... Continue reading

My family and I visited the castle today and had a great day. The lady who was doing all of the demos and feeding (I’m afraid I didn’t catch her name) was excellent and made the whole day such a lovely experience. She was especially good doing the archery demo with the young children where she was so patient and kind. Really impressed us all... Continue reading

This is one of the better castles to visit. Yes, it might be half demolished, but that is what gives this castle it’s charm, as weird as it sounds. And the Cafe is one of the very best “attraction cafes* I have visited! I had the Bolton Pie and the Millionaire Bar and the latte! All top notch! Continue reading

What a day that was. Please thank ALL your team including the grass cutting guys. You and they all helped the day to run so well. The re-enactment team were brilliant and please pass on our thanks . For the car drivers it was almost the highlight of the day to have the flag laid down in front of the car. Really great touch. Last but... Continue reading

An excellent day out! Our first stop was the tea room. The woodburner warmed the cosy little room, the coffee was good and the service was fast and friendly. Prices were very good value and the homemade pasties and pies ( including boar pie) were melt-in-the-mouth gorgeous. The cakes looked wonderful but we were stuffed. Staff in the gift shop were entertaining and the Castle... Continue reading

Brilliant Castle with lots to see and do – and a great café too! What a fantastic Castle! So much to see, every room was so interesting. Lots of info, but not too much to get boring. The day we visited was bright and sunny, the view from the roof top was truly 360′ and we could see for miles! The star of the place... Continue reading

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Bolton Castle. The way the castle was exhibited was fantastic, it gave you a real feel for what it would’ve been like. The staff were so passionate, especially Dave who took the time to share his knowledge with our children in a very engaging way. The tea and pasties were delicious and it was lovely to be able to... Continue reading

Best castle I’ve EVER been to Absolutely loved it here, we were lucky enough to come when people were in costume. Master David provided a GREAT tour, very very interesting, extremely knowledgeable, and humorous. I would recommend it to anyone Continue reading

I visited yesterday and just wanted to say thank you for a lovely day, it was my first time visiting and it was brilliant. I especially really enjoyed the falconry display and Luke was fantastic. Do the falconry team have their own social media showing their work with the birds? I couldn’t find anything but please pass on my thanks to Luke, if it wasn’t... Continue reading

I rarely write emails like this but feel compelled to in this instance. We visited the castle on 29th July, on a weekend when there were a number of volunteers demonstrating and talking about life in a Tudor household. It was absolutely brilliant. The patience of each person to talk us through different aspects of life and the amount of passion they had for the... Continue reading

To Bolton Castle staff, My father and I visited Bolton Castle today (Friday 21st July) and I wanted to express our gratitude for the wonderful experience we had. The Castle staff were all so friendly and welcoming. I was most impressed with the Lad who facilitated the Falconry and Archery. His knowledge on the birds was phenomenal and his presence and confidence during his time... Continue reading

Another brilliant experience on Friday with my pre booked 2 clients from Ohio Birds of prey on arrival for 3pm falconry display; followed by castle and boars feeding – whilst I had time to feed in your cafe too Just brilliant – thanks and we always get a genuine warm welcome from all you staff and the ladies in the cafe too ! Warmest regards, Nick Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading