Richmond Castle

The guide was very informative and interesting. The views from the castle are brilliant even on a cloudy day. Climbing to the top is fairly easy even though there are lots of steps. They are steep though which makes it quite manageable. All in all it’s a lovely way to spend a few hours. Great views and history.

Great place for the whole family to visit. For those not so fit, the grounds are lovely to stroll round, letting you walk through history, with plenty of information available and places to sit down to take in the views. If you have good shoes on, the inside of the castle is very worth the climb! Each set of steps takes you to a new room, level and adventure. You can imagine yourself hauling water up as a servant or wafting round the halls like a lord or lady. Once at the top, the views are stunning, make sure you have your camera!

Today me and Star had a great time at Richmond Castle exploring all the brickwork and completing the folklore trail too. We had such great first time visit in celebrating Stars pre-3rd birthday, we used our English Heritage membership to get in for free. We also had a look round the Richmond town too. Star loved the open field area and the garden they had too in the castle.

As a family we love visiting historical sites, this is a great one, some breathtaking views of the scenery around some of which you don't have to go to the highest heights to see. We even took our dogs in who seemed to enjoy visit as much as we did. But they are lovely doggos. We have English Heritage membership, which meant it's free to enter. Can't recommend that enough if your in to going historical sites, the three sites we visited in our week away meant the yearly family membership was back into the positive for us. Plenty of the year left to keep going elsewhere.

Nice castle with good views and picnic areas. Parking is limited in the nearby town. Castle is in the centre of Ripon so we had a walk around the town as well on our visit.

Great castle with a large courtyard, sturdy keep and excellent views over the attractive town of Richmond and surrounding countryside. The site is managed well by English Heritage, with an exhibition covering the castle's history and the roles of local people during WW1. Other facilities include a gift shop and toilets. Information boards around the site explain more about the castle's history. The Cockpit Garden is an interesting feature, with lovely floral borders. The castle is very close to the centre of Richmond, though on weekends it can be tricky to find parking nearby so it's best to arrive early. Tickets seemed reasonable value at £9.00 per adult when I visited (it's worth booking in advance, as on the day prices are slightly higher). Up to date opening times are on the website. If you've got time, it's worth crossing the bridge and walking up the hill on the opposite side of the river for a great view of the castle.

Great views fro. The Richmond Castle over town and surrounding areas. We had an English Heritage pass so no additional charge ... Nice little shop with selection of ice creams and some local gin too.

Great day at Richmond Castle again. Norman re-enactment group, in place over this weekend. Very good showing different types of Armour and weapons of that time. Shields, maces and of course swords. Stalls talking about the found options at the time with taste options, cheese cake very nice, but not like modern cheese cake. Another stall concentrated on the types of medicines at the time, more options than you might think, very informative. All in all a great day thanks

A castle atop of Richmond. Great views from the Tower. Not much else of substance after all these years compared to some of the other great area castles. The short walk to the falls down below and the falls themselves are lovely. The gift shop was great, full of trinkets and gin and the girls super helpful.

Another great example of our great British Heratage. A large Norman tower dominates Richmond town & surrounding country side. The view to the north York Moore's to the East is spectacular on a clear day. It's well worth a visit if in the town, together with the Green Howard's Museum in the market place. The is no immediate car park but plenty of parking in and around the town which is easy walking distance. Within the castle walls is a clean & well maintained toilet block, should get caught short. Point to note, the top of the tower is accessible by a very narrow & steep staircase.

An interesting castle; well worth a visit. There's plenty of it to explore, some of it at quite dizzying heights -- you get spectacular views of the town and the surrounding countryside from the top. There's quite a lot of useful information around too, giving you details of the long history of the place. The day we went (a couple of years ago now) it was fairly wet, and this was a distinct disadvantage -- we could have spent longer there had it been dry. But all in all, it is definitely worth the entrance fee, and we would certainly go again (whatever the weather!) when we're next in the area.

Medieval castle in the pretty town of Richmond on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It looks wonderfully impressive from the outside and is definitely worth a visit to have an explore within its walls. Naturally a lot of the castle has been lost over the years but there is enough left to give you a sense of its previous grandeur. There are a few 'rooms' still standing and a pretty enclosed garden but the highlight for me is the tower/keep. You can climb to the very top for wonderful views of Richmond and the surrounding countryside and it is probably worth the entrance fee for this alone. The keep was built in the 12th century by the wonderfully named Duke Conan the Little and the castle is one of the oldest stone built castles in England, equalled in age only by Colchester and Durham Castles. There is an exhibition Centre and also a shop so you can pass an interesting hour or so within the castle's walls. It is an English Heritage property and when I visited in 2012 it was £4.70 Adult, £4.20 Concession and £2.80 Child, English Heritage members Free. It doesn't have its own car park though so it is necessary to find somewhere to park in Richmond and then walk to the castle.