Characters from our History
Tuesday 2 April a - Friday 25 October, 2019
Throughout the season visitors will meet historical characters. New for 2019 are our Castle Guard taking you on a tour of the castle's early defences, a Norman crossbowman explaining our 11th century Keep and a guide to the tombs in the 14th century Fitzalan Chapel.
Included in standard admission prices.
10.00 a.m.- 3.00 p.m.
Timetable
| Date | Character |
| April | |
| 9 | Medieval Scribe |
| 10 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 11 | Medieval Herald |
| 12 | Medieval Herald's tour of the tombs and heraldry in the Fitzalan Chapel 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 16 | Castle Guard with tour of moat and defences |
| 17 | Medieval Scribe |
| 18 | Medieval Herald |
| 19 | Castle Guard with guided tour of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| May | |
| 28 | Medieval Scribe |
| 29 | Norman Baron |
| 31 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| July | |
| 18 | Medieval Herald |
| 19 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 31 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| August | |
| 1 | Medieval Scribe |
| 2 | Medieval Herald |
| 5 | Medieval Herald's tour of the tombs and heraldry in the Fitzalan Chapel 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 7 | Norman Baron |
| 8 | Medieval Herald |
| 9 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 12 | Stone Age Man |
| 13 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 14 | Medieval Scribe |
| 15 | Crossbowman guides you around the Norman Keep |
| 16 | Medieval Herald |
| 19 | Crossbowman guides you around the Norman Keep |
| 20 | Medieval Herald |
| 21 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 22 | Stone Age Man |
| 23 | Medieval Scribe |
| 27 | Medieval Herald |
| 28 | Medieval Herald's tour of the tombs and heraldry in the Fitzalan Chapel 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 29 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 30 | Norman Baron |
| September | |
| 3 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 4 | Medieval Herald |
| October | |
| 19 | Medieval Herald's tour of the tombs and heraldry in the Fitzalan Chapel 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 20 | Castle Guard with guided tours of moat and defences at 11.00, 12.30 & 2.00 |
| 22 | Medieval Herald |
| 25 | Norman Baron |
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