Berkhamsted Castle

Great for kids to run around! wasnt crowded at all, great place for the kids to play hide and seek, history was interesting too, and very engaging

Nice ruined castle to have a look around A fun place to look around, but not much else to do as it's mainly ruins of stone walls, which is to be expected. It's a peaceful place to go for a morning walk, and has free entry.

Peaceful. Near train station, there's parking nearby or at station. The castle is mostly ruins, on Sundays there are volunteers who are at the house just inside the entrance telling all about the history. Lovely place to sit, read, walk or picnic. Shame it's not open later in the summer.

Interesting piece of heritage We are members with English Heritage which is how we found this location but appears to be free to enter. This is one of the oldest castle's we've been to see and you can really get a sense of scale of the motte and bailey, you can climb to the top of where the defensive part would be and it's a decent view. Some interesting information available and we spoke to a lovely lady volunteer who spoke to us a bit more about the history.

Sunny morning walk The castle itself are ruins rather than preserved which is representative by free entry. You can walk both around the remains or on the ring of the former rampart. However to get up to the rampart and motte you do need to climb steps so are not accessible to all. The sun was shining during my visit and there wasn’t many people around which made the experience even better.

Un château en ruine certes, mais un château plein d'histoire Quand vous descendez du train à la gare de Berkhamsted, le château est à vos pieds. C'est un endroit très agréable pour pique-niquer, et on peut suivre le chemin surplombant la douve en pleine nature. Le château vous offre une petite salle d'exposition où on vous explique les moments forts de cet endroit: vous y verrez Guillaume le Conquérant, Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Jean le Bon, et le Prince Noir entre autres. De quoi être en bonne compagnie. Aussi, de très belles promenades le long du canal, avec des canal boats pittoresques.