Follow the brown signs

This splendid 13th century castle was used as a royal hunting lodge, holiday home and stud farm by a succession of medieval kings.

How to find us

Castlegate
Pickering
North Yorkshire
YO18 7AX
Get directions to this attraction

Web:
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/pickering-castle

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