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🏰 Step inside the formidable walls of Lancaster Castle for an exclusive guided tour that takes you deep into centuries of British history! 🌟 Discover the f...
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Lancaster Castle has a dark history including a (still active) courtroom that was used for the Pendle Witch trials -- as well as a modern day prison, a medie...
Lancaster Castle: A Journey Through Time! The Time Travel Artist. 36.3K subscribers. Subscribed. 130. 10K views 6 years ago. The Entrance to Lancaster Castle through the years! Credit to the...
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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.
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. Duration: 1-2 hours.
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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.
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The courtroom is still in use today. Shire Hall Joseph Gandy's masterpiece, this magnificent ten-sided room, showcases a semi-circle of Gothic pillars that support the arches over the main part of the court and the arches of the plaster vault over the surrounding aisle.