Welcome to one of England's hidden heritage hotspots. Located just 25 miles outside London, Berkhamsted Castle is steeped in over 950 years of history. It was here that the Anglo-Saxons surrendered to William, Duke of Normandy in December 1066, and he became “The Conqueror”. Within these walls have walked numerous English Kings and Queens, Thomas Becket, Edward the Black Prince and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Begin your historical adventure today!
Welcome to one of England's hidden heritage hotspots. Located just 25 miles outside London, Berkhamsted Castle is steeped in over 950 years of history. It was here that the Anglo-Saxons surrendered to William, Duke of Normandy in December 1066, and he became “The Conqueror”. Within these walls have walked numerous English Kings and Queens, Thomas Becket, Edward the Black Prince and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Begin your historical adventure today!
Welcome to one of England's hidden heritage hotspots. Located just 25 miles outside London, Berkhamsted Castle is steeped in over 950 years of history. It was here that the Anglo-Saxons surrendered to William, Duke of Normandy in December 1066, and he became “The Conqueror”. Within these walls have walked numerous English Kings and Queens, Thomas Becket, Edward the Black Prince and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Begin your historical adventure today!
Save Castle Fields
Berkhamsted Castle Trust has a unique opportunity to save Castle Fields, a historic site right next to Berkhamsted Castle. This open green space is steeped in history, with ancient links to Magna Carta, the Dukes of Cornwall and Berkhamsted Castle - but it's at risk from being sold to property developers.
We want to save it from development and preserve it as an open & accessible green space for Berkhamsted for all time. We've bought the Fields with a loan, and we need YOUR help to raise money to repay it - will you help us?
Berkhamsted Castle is only only 35 minutes by train from London, nestled in beautiful Hertfordshire countryside.
Berkhamsted Castle is only only 35 minutes by train from London, nestled in beautiful Hertfordshire countryside.
Castle Fields is a beautiful green space right next to Berkhamsted Castle that’s about to be lost forever. Help us to save this historic field from developers.
We need your help to raise the funds to save Castle Fields. Will you help us to save a cherished piece of England’s disappearing heritage?
Berkhamsted Castle has a running team! The Castle Fields Flyers will be running on 1st March in the Berkhamsted Half Marathon & Fun Run to raise funds for the Castle Fields Appeal.
810 years ago, a French army laid siege to Berkhamsted Castle in a bloody conflict centred on Magna Carta. Learn about the role of Castle Fields in shaping English history was
GOODVerified 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 engagingPosted onVerified 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.Posted onVerified 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.Posted onVerified 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.Posted onVerified 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.Posted onVerified 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.
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