Castle
Type
Warkworth
Where
Castle · Heritage
Good for
Check before you go
Cost
Plan your visit
Opening times
Open access — check locally for facilities
Location
Warkworth
Parent hack
Arrive at opening time in school holidays — you'll beat the queues and the car park.
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast. When the castle was founded is uncertain: traditionally its construction has been ascribed to Prince Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria, in the mid-12th century, but it may have been built by King Henry II of England when he took control of England's northern counties. Warkworth Castle was first documented in a charter of 1157–1164 when Henry II granted it to Roger fitz Richard. The…
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