Browse at your leisure or take a guided tour through the Castle and Gardens

Visit the encampments of the Medieval, Civil War and Napoleonic armies. Meet and chat with the off-duty soldiers. The Living History camp will remain open throughout the day.

Have-a-go Archery at various times throughout the day.

See at first-hand tribal fighting from the Iron Age

An introduction to the drums, colours and fighting arms of an English Civil War army.

Witness fully-equipped crusaders engaged in vicious hand-to-hand combat.

The legendary Welsh longbowmen display their skill-at-arms.

Fully-armoured knights fight on foot

An insight into the famous British redcoats

Gentlemen fighting with falchion, buckler, rapier and dagger in the elegant style of the Schools of Defence of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

Hundreds of English Civil War soldiers fight with pike, musket and cannon. Chaos, colour, noise, and smoke.

Another chance to see all of the participants.

An opportunity for children of all ages (and adults) to have a go at being a Civil War pikeman and chat with the soldiers.

Round off the day with a pig roast in the castle courtyard. (Saturday only)