Due to the boredom thresholds of the kids we managed to get quite a bit done considering; the Anglo-Saxon church, the Roman pharos, the Norman keep and a bit of the grounds. We will be saving the rest of the site for another day. Here are a few photos of the site ...
This is a view from the overspill car park - the castle in its entirety...
Here is a view of the keep from below a quite formidable later battlement...
The central bailey defences and great keep...
The Roman Pharos dated to the First Century AD. It is an empty shell, but it is quite easy to envisage how it would have been used from the stone work that is left...
Here are some internal shots of the new exhibition and the church ...
First up, here is the beautiful santuary altar of the rebuilt Anglo-Saxon church...
This is the newly renovated Great Hall...
Now, I am not sure exactly whose bed this is - I think it is in the Queen's chamber...
And this is the bed in the King's chamber...
I think they have done a splendid job of the renovation. There are reenactors running their roles throughout the castle as well as interactive computerised gadgets for the technically savvy (and kids) to enjoy.
All in all, it was well worth the visit, but the price tag for non-members may be a little steep, especially if they have a family in tow. Due to the price of the cafes we decided to grab fish and chips in a small town nearby and the price to feed the family in a fish and chip restaurant was cheaper than to buy them tea and cakes in the cafes at the castle - and I think they enjoyed the hot meal more sitting on the beach at Walmer watching the people walk past the Henrican castle there listening to their boring dad telling them the story of the ghost ships that appear on the sands off-shore at full moon.
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