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Conisbrough Castle,

Castle Hill,

Conisbrough,

Doncaster,

South Yorkshire,

DN12  3BU.                                                                             

Telephone: 01709 863329

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Welcome to the Conisbrough Castle Website

 

Conisbrough Castle boasts the finest Circular Norman Keep Tower still surviving. This testament to the Stone Masons of medieval England was built during the 1180s by the  fifth Earl of Surrey, Hamelin Plantagenet half brother of the most powerful of the Angevin Kings of England, Henry II.


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For Education, Group Bookings and General Enquiries please phone:

 

 01709 863329

 

 or email:

conisbrough.castle@english-heritage.org.uk

 

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Prices 2012

 

Members - Free

Adults - £4.60

Children (5-15 years) - £2.80

Concessions - £4.10

Family (2+3) - £12

 

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Opening Times 2012

 

April 1 - 30th June

 

Monday 10am-5pm

Tuesday 10am-5pm

Wednesday 10am-5pm

Thursday CLOSED (Open for School Vists)

Friday CLOSED (Open for School Visits)

Saturday 10am-5pm

Sunday10am-5pm

 

(Please Note- Last entry to the Castle is 4:30)

 

1st July -31st August

 

7days a week 10am-5pm

 

(Please Note- Last entry to the Castle is 4:30)

 

1st Sept - 4th November

 

Monday 10am-5pm

Tuesday 10am-5pm

Wednesday 10am-5pm

Thursday CLOSED (Open for school visits)

Friday CLOSED (Open for school visits)

Saturday 10am-5pm

Sunday 10am-5pm

 

(Please Note- Last entry to the Castle is 4:30)

 

5th November -28th March 2013

 

Weekends only 10am-4pm

 

 (Please Note- Last entry to the Castle is 3:30)

 

We are open all week for pre-booked School Visits

 

 

 

 

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Education

In conjunction with English Heritage, the team at Conisbrough Castle have recently updated our educational programme. Our new Discovery Visits utilise sights sounds and even smells to create an engaging, rememerable, relevant and fun educational experience.

Please contact the castle for bookings or refer to:

 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/education/discovery-visits/ 

for more details

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Conisbrough Events

 The events programme for the 2012 summer season has now been confirmed. Please refer to:

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/conisbrough-castle/events

for more information.

 

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Heritage Lottery Fund Projects

English Heritage and partners are in the process of applying for Heritage Lottery Funding to enable us to upgrade facilities onsite and to increase our community involvement through volunteering programmes and a variety of site based projects.