• Verbal guided tour of the keep - Duration: Approximately 45 minutes

This service is offered to groups of all ages. One of our knowledgeable Castle Guides will conduct your group around the inside of Conisbrough Castle’s late twelfth century keep, retelling its history and explaining how the building was used and by who. We are sure that if your group is studying any aspect of life in the medieval period, then they will benefit most from this form of visit. 

The verbal guided tour can also be customised to your exact requirements; you may instruct your guide prior to your tour, so that your group receives exactly the type of information that they require to enhance their studies.

• Verbal guided tour of the bailey - Duration: Approximately 45 minutes

From the sixteenth century onwards, the buildings of the Castle’s inner bailey have been removed piece by piece to provide materials for the construction of other buildings in the Conisbrough area. Although this process has left very little behind for the modern visitor, there are still enough clues hidden within the walls and foundations to give a clear picture of the function if not the appearance of the rooms inside the curtain wall.

For a small extra charge, one of our Castle Guides can take your group looking for clues among the ruins of these once important sections of the Castle, giving you an insight into the lives of the people who once lived and worked there.

• Use of the visitor centre and small class-room facility

Use of the visitor centre during an education visit should not be overlooked. A wide range of historic information, as well as interpretative models of the Castle are on display inside. There is also provision for limited class-room activities within the visitor centre, and an area for lunch in inclement weather.

• Freedom of the Castle

Many groups who visit the Castle prefer to look around and explore using their own criteria and resources, this is perfectly acceptable, provided that the group is adequately supervised, and your time inside the keep is restricted to 45 minutes per group of 39 persons.

You may wish to use the Castle as an education resource in a way other than those outlined above; a location for a film or video; a backdrop for a dramatic production or even a nice place to go for day out. What ever it is that your school or college would like to use Conisbrough Castle for, please contact us and let us help you to make the most of your visit to the past.