Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle
With fourteen public rooms and over 3000 artefacts, including arms and armour, porcelain, furniture and artwork, the stunning ‘centre piece’ is The Kings Hall, a spectacular example of Victorian architecture.
The Armstrong and Aviation artefacts Museum houses a variety of artefacts and memorabilia spanning both World Wars as well as others relating to Lord Armstrong’s empire based on the Tyne.
Each summer sees the Bamburgh Research Project carrying out live archaeology on one of the country’s most important archaeological excavations. Living History events and local produce markets add to the atmosphere of one of the country’s largest inhabited castles.
Only four miles from the A1 the castle has a cafeteria and newly refurbished gift shop both priding themselves on supplying many locally sourced products and souvenirs.
The great fortification of Bamburgh Castle sits on an outcrop of volcanic dolerite. Known locally as whinstone for the sound it makes when hit by a stonemasons hammer, it provides a natural throne upon which the castle sits forty five metres above sea level.