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