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Seize the day at award-winning Bamburgh Castle, the real Last Kingdom of Bebbanburg. Discover over 3000 years of incredible history, high adventure, exhilarating views and sea air. Explore the fortress and see historic treasures. Roam through history-steeped land with stories behind every stone.
Bamburgh Castle, on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland, is a Grade I listed building. [2] The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia from its foundation c. 420 to 547.
Bamburgh Castle is the king of Castles. Believed to have been occupied for over 10,000 years the castle has evolved from a wooden palisade to the formidable fortress it is today. The first castle in England to fall to canon fire as the Wars of Roses drew to a close.
Bamburgh Castle sits atop a mighty outcrop of the Great Whin Sill 45 metres above sea level. Spanning nine acres, explore the castle’s extensive grounds including the ruins of St Peter’s Chapel, Windmill, cannons, archaeological digs, medieval games and of course, striking sea views.
We’re passionate about Bamburgh Castle being an exceptional place to visit for everyone. We offer forward parking along with a free shuttle buggy service from the car park to main Castle. Depending on your level of mobility, all visitors can access the first five rooms on the Stateroom Tour including the spectacular King’s Hall.
Discover a Norman stronghold, Royal seat and the first castle in the world to fall to gunpowder. Experience the magic of magnificent Bamburgh Castle for yourself that captured the heart and mind of one of the Victorian’s greatest inventors, William George Armstrong.
Bamburgh Castle, castle in Bamburgh, England, on a site that has been occupied since ancient times. The oldest surviving aboveground parts of the castle date from the 12th century.
An intact and inhabited Norman castle. The imposing location of Bamburgh, on top of a high basalt crag overlooking expansive sands and the wild North Sea, has made it one of the star attractions of many a book on castles.
Bamburgh Castle is one of the best known castles in England, and was one of the most important castles of Northumberland. Today it has been much restored, and a substantial new residential suite of buildings was erected at the turn of the 19th/20th century, incorporating earlier ruins.
Bamburgh Castle. The King of Castles, a fortification has dominated this site since Anglo-Saxon times when it was the capital of the kingdom of Northumbria. The current structure with Keep, curtain walls, towers and ramparts dates from the 1500's to the Victorian restructuring of Lord Armstrong.
