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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW VISITOR INFORMATION OPENING TIMES is open from 29th March – 28th October 2018 Grounds and museums (last entry 3.45pm) 10.00am– 5.30pm State Rooms (last entry 4.00pm, Chapel closes 2.30pm) 10.30am– 4.30pm Artisans Courtyard & Dragon Quest (last entry 4.30pm) 10.00am– 5.00pm Gift Shop 10.00am – 5.00pm Courtyard Café 10.00am – 4.00pm Stables Fryery 11.30am – 2.30pm PAY FOR THE DAY... VISIT FREE FOR A YEAR Fusiliers Museum & Gift Shop 11.00am – 5.00pm UNLOCK YOUR PASS Diana Shop 11.00am – 4.00pm GROUPS & FIND US There’s such a lot going on at this year, you may SCHOOL VISITS Alnwick Castle is well signposted not be able to see everything in just one visit... so now when you Pre-booked groups of less than a mile off the A1, 36 pay for a day, you can visit FREE for a year! 14 or more visitors enjoy miles from Newcastle and 87 To take advantage of this amazing offer, all you need to do is discounted admission and a miles from . Visit our host of other benefits. Please website for transport information. unlock your pass by validating your Alnwick Castle tickets in visitor call 01665 511 184 or visit admissions on arrival at the castle and we’ll give you unlimited our website for details. N FREE visits for a year! B6341 WEDDINGS & EVENTS Bailigate Terms and conditions apply - visit our website for details. 1340 Alnwick Castle is a magnificent B

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All information correct at time of going to press. Alnwick Castle reserves the right to alter opening times and other arrangements without prior notice. Please check our website for the latest information. For more information on any of the events in this leaflet, VISITOR GUIDE 2018 or to pre-book your tickets, visit www.alnwickcastle.com www.alnwickcastle.com BE PART OF OUR ENJOY A FUN FILLED VISIT THE BREATHTAKING 950 YEAR OLD STORY FAMILY ADVENTURE STATE ROOMS The origins of Alnwick Castle date back to the Norman period. Since Step back in time and experience the colour and excitement The castle’s interiors were refashioned in the 1850s by the 4th 1309 its story has been intertwined with that of the Percy family, a family of the castle’s vibrant history, brought to life by our resident in the lavish Italian Renaissance style that with a history as illustrious as the castle’s own. knights, ladies and artisans, together with a host of we see today. It houses one of the country’s finest collections of fine entertaining performers throughout the season. You might meet and decorative arts. The second largest inhabited castle in the UK, Alnwick has served as wizards, dragons, jesters and master falconers on your adventures! a military outpost, a teaching college, a refuge for evacuees, a film set, The remarkable collection includes works by , Titian, Van and not least as a family home. Delve deeper into this extraordinary Young knights and princesses can get hands-on with history Dyck, Turner, and Dobson; an extensive gallery of Meissen, Chelsea, history and travel through the centuries of this living, evolving castle. and enjoy dressing up, swordplay, medieval crafts and traditional and Paris porcelain; and the magnificent cabinets by Domenico games in the Artisans Courtyard, before coming Cucci originally made for King Louis XIV’s palace of Versailles. face to face with a fearsome Northumbrian beast in Dragon Quest. WELCOME TO ALNWICK CASTLE 2018 DON’T MISS OUT! 16th-18th Raphael Falconry THERE’S SO MUCH TO SEE & DO NEW 19th-20th Jesting with Zooted FOR DIARY OF EVENTS 21st-22nd Jesting with Zooted & Potter-Inspired Characters THEMED EVENTS 2018 23rd-27th Great War Week - Time Will Tell MARCH / APRIL 29th-2nd Fools Week - Zooted & Devilstick Pete This year, Alnwick Castle has an KNIGHT’S WEEK 30th-2nd Company of Artisans & Alchemy Jack exciting new itinerary of themed 4th - 10th August AUGUST events... so there are more reasons Find out what it was like to be a APRIL 4th Knights Week - Historic Equitation & Longbow Demonstrations than ever to come and visit! medieval knight, feel the excitement of fully armoured single combat, see 3rd Company of Artisans, Alchemy Jack & Peterkin the Jester 5th Knights Week - Historic Equitation, Trouvére Minstrels SIEGE: BUILD & DESTROY! incredible feats of skill with the & Longbow Demonstrations 5th - 7th May 4th-5th Potter-Inspired Characters & Peterkin the Jester longbow, learn about armour and 6th-7th Knights Week - Historic Equitation, Dressed-to-Kill, Knight School ‘Company of Artisans’ tell us how to 6th Potter-Inspired Characters have a go at maille making. & Longbow Demonstrations build a castle... and ‘Reach the Core’ 7th Raphael Falconry & Potter-Inspired Characters 8th-9th Knights Week - Dressed-to-Kill & Knight School show us how to destroy it! It’s all MEDIEVAL LIFE WEEK 8th-10th Raphael Falconry 10th Knights Week - Zooted, Dressed-to-Kill, Knight School & Maille Making great fun with ‘have-a-go’ siege 11th - 19th August 11th-14th Jesting with Zooted weapons. An entertaining cast of characters 11th-12th Medieval Life Week - Zooted, Raphael Falconry & Maille Making show you what life was really like in THE ALNWICK JOUST MAY 13th-16th Medieval Life Week - Company of Artisans & Alchemy Jack the middle ages, from skilled artisans 26th - 29th May 5th-7th Siege: Build & Destroy - Company of Artisans, Reach the Core 17th Medieval Life Week - Zooted, Company of Artisans & Alchemy Jack and expert falconers to artful jesters Your chance to see one of medieval & Knight School 18th-19th Medieval Life Week - Jesting with Zooted and a frankly inexplicable alchemist! Alnwick’s most thrilling spectacles as 20th-23rd Storytelling Week - Alnwick Castle Performers Guild 8th ‘Fighting on the Home Front’ - Talk with Kate Adie armoured knights engage in full STORYTELLING WEEK 26th-29th The Alnwick Joust - Historic Equitation, Trouvére Minstrels 24th Storytelling Week - Trouvére Minstrels & Alnwick Castle Performers Guild combat on horseback. Great fun 20th - 24th August & Longbow Demonstrations 25th-27th Raphael Falconry & Trouvére Minstrels and excitement for all the family. The stage is set! The audience 30th-31st Historical Combat Company, & Potter-Inspired Characters 28th-1st Wizarding Week - Potter-Inspired Characters, Magical Beasts gathered! The Alnwick Castle NAPOLEONIC SKIRMISH! 29th-30th Luna Cinema Performers Guild are here to 30th June - 1st July entertain you with stories and plays JUNE History is brought to life as that are sure to amuse and amaze! 1st Historical Combat Company SEPTEMBER Napoleon’s army advances on the 10th Trouvére Minstrels 2nd Trouvére Minstrels castle... only the Durham Light WIZARDING WEEK 16th Potter-Inspired Characters 8th-9th Historic Equitation & Jesting with Zooted Infantry stand in their way in this 28th August - 1st September 17th Trouvére Minstrels & Potter-Inspired Characters 10th Historic Equitation thrilling re-enactment. Put on your best robes and join our resident wizarding professors for a 24th Trouvére Minstrels 16th Trouvére Minstrels GREAT WAR WEEK week of magical mayhem! 30th-1st Napoleonic Skirmish! featuring the Durham Light Infantry 23rd Trouvére Minstrels 23th - 27th July Please note: This event has no connection 29th-30th Trouvére Minstrels Travel back to 1914 and discover to Warner Bros or J.K. Rowling. JULY what life was really like during WW1. 1st Trouvére Minstrels OCTOBER Join soldiers on the lawn, inspect THE ALNWICK CASTLE their uniforms and discover what their PERFORMERS GUILD 7th-8th Jesting with Zooted 20th-21st Knight School day to day life really consisted of. Our home-grown theatre company 22nd Company of Artisans & Alchemy Jack 10th Three Inch Fools present Hamlet presents activities and performances 11th Three Inch Fools present A Midsummer Night’s Dream 23rd-25th Raphael Falconry, Company of Artisans & Alchemy Jack FOOL’S W EEK to keep you entertained throughout 11th Nile Rogers & Chic Concert 26th-28th Company of Artisans & Alchemy Jack 29th July - 2nd August the 2018 season. From living history Whether balancing on stilts, juggling 13th Pastures Concert activities to madcap performances or fire-eating, our resident fools, 14th Madness Concert to spine chilling experiences... The Zooted and Devilstick Pete will have Alnwick Castle Performers Guild has 15th Il Divo Concert , Raphael Falconry & Trouvére Minstrels you thoroughly entertained! something for everyone! MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS ALL FREE WITH ADMISSION EVENING EVENTS PROGRAMME NEW A LOOK INTO HISTORY DAILY ACTIVITIES FOR NEW EVENING EVENTS 2018 FOR ALNWICK CASTLE ARTISANS COURTYARD 2018 The excitement doesn’t end when MADNESS ‘ON LOCATION’ TOURS Dress up in medieval costume and the sun goes down with this new 14th July Hear behind-the-scenes gossip and meet our townsfolk as you join the programme of evening events! Go One Step Beyond this summer anecdotes as you tour the cinematic hustle and bustle of life in the 14th as Madness come to Alnwick Please note: Separate charges locations at Alnwick Castle, best century. Try authentic medieval crafts, Castle. Madness create a unique and additional tickets are known for its starring role as play traditional games in the square, sound that comes into its own on required for these events. in the first two Harry Potter and take your place on the throne of stage and continues to endear films, also featuring in ITV’s Downton Hotspur Hall! Three Inch Fools Present them to fans new and old! Abbey and most recently in HAMLET UNROLLING HISTORY NORTHUMBERLAND DRAGON QUEST IL DIVO Transformers: The Last Knight. 10th July Around 950 years ago, William FUSILIERS MUSEUM Will you stand your ground or quake 15th July Join us for this atmospheric open de Percy, direct ancestor of Discover fascinating stories HISTORICAL GROUNDS TOURS with fear when you come face-to-face This musical extravaganza is air performance of Shakespeare’s Ralph Percy, the present Duke of the endeavour, bravery, Hear stories from the long and with Alnwick’s most fearsome beast? guaranteed to delight audiences, famous tragedy. of Northumberland, came loss, and survival of the soldiers eventful history of Alnwick Castle with a repertoire that ranges from HAVE-A-GO ARCHERY to from France. But was of the Northumberland Fusiliers, as you walk the grounds with one Three Inch Fools Present classical and opera to pop! (Additional charges apply) he with at one of the country’s oldest of our knowledgeable guides. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Follow in the footsteps of many LUNA CINEMA the Battle of Hastings in 1066? regiments. 11th July NEW STATE ROOM TOURS soldiers who have lived at the castle 29th - 30th August FOR An outdoor performance of the Examine the evidence for CONSTABLE’S TOWER (During term time only) over hundreds of years and try your Luna cinema join us once more for 2018 Bard’s much loved comedy in the yourself contained in a Discover a wealth of See the lavish Italian Renaissance hand at one of England’s oldest skills. two nights of classic cinema under castle grounds. fascinating 15th century fascinating and intriguing style interiors of the State Rooms, the stars. 10 MINUTE TALKS parchment roll from the archives objects collected from around contained like a jewel within the NILE ROGERS & CHIC (During term time only) AFTER DARK... THE HUNT of the castle. the world. At the top of the magnificent fortress castle exterior. 11th July Hear an overview of a historical FOR THE ALNWICK VAMPIRE Tower, find out the story of the Music legend Nile Rodgers and his ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM BROOMSTICK TRAINING figure, artist or item in Alnwick Throughout October volunteers who were prepared to sensational band Chic will be First open to the public in 1826, Join our resident wizarding professors Castle’s collection with our guide-led Within these walls lies a terrible defend England’s shores against bringing some of the biggest hits archaeological finds continue to and take part in one of our famous 10-minute talks, taking place in the secret. Search the castle in darkness the French at the opening of the ever recorded to an unmissable be added to the collection. broomstick training sessions, on the State Rooms. and follow the clues as we unravel 19th century. music spectacular at Alnwick very spot where Harry had his first the mystery behind the legendary Castle. flying lesson in Harry Potter and the tale of the Alnwick Vampire. Philosopher’s Stone.

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