Private Functions & Group Options 2018 Special Events & Gardens Free Admission for Children under 16* SHERBORNE

Sherborne Castle Events 2018 Sherborne BMW Concours Event Opening Times Good Friday 30th March to 28th October 2018 Weddings, Functions & Events Sunday 8th April, 10am to 4.30pm. www.bmwcarclubgb.uk CASTLE Closed Mondays & Fridays but open Bank Holiday Mondays The Castle provides a magnificent venue. Sherborne Castle Country Fair, Garden: Open from 10am, closes 6pm G Wedding Ceremonies & Receptions Retriever Event & Rare Breeds Show Tearoom: Open from 10.30am, last orders 4.45pm, closes 5pm G ARDENS Private & corporate functions Bank Holiday Monday 28th May, 10am to 6pm. & G Shop: Open from 11am, closes 5pm G Filming and photographic shoots www.sherbornecountryfair.com Castle: Open from 11am, last admission 4.15pm, closes 5pm Classic Car and Supercar Show For further details Tel: 01935 812072 G Sunday 15th July, 10am to 4pm. Admission Prices Group rates on application or visit our website. www.classicsatthecastle.co.uk Gardens Only: G Season tickets available Adult/Senior £6.50 G Designated picnic areas Autumn Colours Weekend Castle & Gardens: G Free parking for cars and coaches Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st October, 10am to 4.30pm. Adult £12, Senior £11.50 G Dogs on short leads welcome Children U16 admitted free in the gardens Groups, Schools & Colleges Fireworks Extravaganza Please note: admission prices may Saturday 3rd November, from 5pm. *NB max 4 children per paying adult; G vary on special event days Private guided tours www.eventscrew.com must be accompanied by an adult at all times. DisabledG Self-guided tours Access Please note: admission prices may vary on special Discounts available The Cellars Museum event days. On-line discounts available We offer tours tailored to meet your Castle access is restricted to the The Sherborne area is rich in fossils and the U ground floor only. A slide show is particular requirements. Schools available covering the inaccessible floors on and language students can make the castle displays some magnificent specimens. display. Garden access is unrestricted, visit more interesting and fun with Our archive collection is brought to life however there are some steep paths to through digital techniques; featuring certain areas. Please contact us in advance the Children’s Quiz and Garden Trail. for further details. For bookings and more information documents signed by Queen and Tel: 01935 812072 or visit Sir . Our exhibition: Castle Location www.sherbornecastle.com Capability Brown at Sherborne Castle charts his impact and legacy on the Postcode: DT9 5NR From A303 A30 Salisbury landscape and gardens. The Castle is off New Road, B3145, 3/4 mile A30 Yeovil from the town centre. # # By road: The Tea Room On reaching Sherborne SHERBORNE Old Castle (Ruin) Serving morning coffees, light lunches and from all directions Win a case of SHERBORNE CASTLE wine! delicious afternoon teas; enjoy them in the follow the brown ABBEY Please hand in this coupon at our ticket box & gardens when the weather is fine. tourist signs.  P enter our raffle drawn on 1st November 2018. Railway Station By rail: Sherborne Name:...... South West Trains; Castle & Castle Gift Shop Sherborne station B3145 New Road Gardens Magnificent Staterooms 1/2 mile. Email:...... In the Castle Courtyard is the Gift Shop, A352 Dorchester / Blandford Nationally important collections of Art, with its selection of gifts, souvenirs and Furniture & Porcelain Name the place you picked up this leaflet: Sherborne Castle wine. The Estate Vineyard For information contact: produces a Special Reserve white, a quality Tudor Kitchen, Fossil & Archive displays ...... Sherborne Castle, New Road, Sherborne, DT9 5NR. Sparkling Wine, a Rosé and Wine Brandy. Tel: 01935 812072 [email protected] Beautiful gardens and walks www.sherbornecastle.com www.sherbornecastle.com www.sherbornecastle.com Great deals for group visits Built by Sir Walter Raleigh Nationally important One of Capability in 1594. Home of the collections of Art, Brown’s finest Digby family since 1617. Furniture & Porcelain landscapes

A fascinating castle covering over 400 years of history

Following Sir Walter Raleigh’s The Castle’s staterooms reflect a glorious variety of Delightful walks lead round the lake to garden features imprisonment for treason the decorative styles from the great periods of English history. such as Raleigh’s Seat, the Cascade and the Folly. Shorter Castle returned to the crown. In On display are fine furniture, family portraits and superb walks lead you to the courtyard garden, the ‘Ginkgo’ Lawn 1617, Sir John Digby acquired the porcelain representing the tastes of the Digby family for over and the Orangery, next to the boathouse and pier where Castle. In the 1620s he added the four distinctive wings to 400 years. In the Castle’s cellars are Raleigh’s kitchen and a there are wonderful views of the medieval castle ruins. the house which was further extended in 1787. museum featuring relics from the Civil War, fascinating Colour is provided throughout the season, from Sherborne Castle’s connections with Royalty include: documents from the archive, family curiosities, fossils and a spectacular displays of spring bulbs and daffodils, through Charles I reviewing the troops on the lawn in 1642; ‘Capability’ Brown exhibition. summer plants and borders to the breath taking colours of Prince William of Orange The gardens and pleasure grounds surrounding the 50-acre autumn reflected in the lake. was entertained here in lake form a magnificent ‘Capability’ Brown landscape, with sweeping lawns, borders and majestic specimen trees. 1688; George III visited in 1789 and Princess Mary in 1908. Explore the www.sherbornecastle.com beautiful Gardens