Etal Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Etal, Northumberland, England. It was built around 1341 by Robert Manners, and comprised a residential tower, a gatehouse and a corner tower, protected by a curtain wall.
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Tickets to see the castle are £5 per adult. This is a massively inflated price for access to what is a very small area of ruined castle, a gift shop, and a one room exhibition on the battles fought at the castle and surrounding area with some replica weapons and armour and some recent history of the current estate. Save your money and look over the small hedge in front of the gift shop, that gives you a view of all that remains of the castle!
The Castle and Grounds are well kept, and there is ample nearby parking and good toilet facilities nearby. Beware though as the whole Ford and Etal experience is a very big tourist trap linked together by a chargeable light railway (£7 per adult per day) where at every stop you have to pay to see the next attraction. A day out here can very rapidly become very pricey if you go through more than a few stops...
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Nice little English Heritage Manned site ( pay to view if you are not a member) plenty of parking , set in the village where other places of interest are available.
Not a great deal to see at this site but plenty of information given by a large exhibit there , which details the history of the building and the village.
The site has toilets and a well stocked shop , but no café , although a short walk to the village will provide this.
Also a short walk further down the hill will take you to the narrow gauge railway that gives you a scenic ride in the village of Heatherslaw where there are further things for you to see.
The Castle itself wont take you long to look around , but if you are taking a trip around the village and then riding the train to Heatherslaw then I would defiantly allow yourself...
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Disappointed have been to Etal twice before and this time we were taking our daughter and three grandsons we arrived to be greeted by a sign saying that toilets were out of order. We went in anyway as we thought we could use the pubs toilet as we intended to go for our lunch there. We are members of the NT but Etal Castle is English heritage! So quite expensive for six. We then found out there was no audio guide to the museum which is advertised and we have used it before. We then decided To go for our lunch at the. Black Bull to find was closed, great!! Detour to tearooms as a couple of us getting slightly desperate for a Toilet Tea room closed due to no Water supply gave up and went in search of lunch and a toilet. So a let...
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