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The castle today. Click here to view the Lancaster Castle Plan and Brochure. Take a Tour. Since HMP Lancaster Castle was decommissioned by the Ministry of Justice and the Castle returned to the Duchy of Lancaster in 2012, the focus has very much been on the preservation and restoration of the fabric of these historic buildings.
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The castle is now open to the public seven days a week and is undergoing a large-scale refurbishment. There is a large sweeping public piazza, allowing access to the cloistered area, renovated in 2019.
Since being established by the Romans the castle has been a home to monarchs, a place of trial and execution, and a working prison right up until 2012. Still a crown court, the majority of the castle is now open to the public for the first time in over 1,000 years.
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Dec 16, 2018 · The castle we see today at Lancaster dates from the Medieval era, but a preceding one was built in Norman times and would have been a motte and bailey type. Constructed in 1093 by Roger Poitou along with a Benedictine monastery, it stood (as does the present castle) on the site of Lancaster’s Roman Fort.
Still used as a working courtroom on rare occasions, today the Shire Hall is also the centrepiece for one the UK’s finest displays of heraldic shields. Please note that most of Lancaster...
Visitors can learn about the castle’s use as a prison and see the conditions in which prisoners were held, providing a sobering reminder of the castle’s darker past. Lancaster Castle and the Local Community
Oct 6, 2005 · The Castle is still a working court and prison and famous trials include the famous Lancashire Witches trial in 1612.