Other Places of Interest

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway Also close to Aberystwyth Castle.	154
Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh In the vicinity for Brecon Castle	80
Westbury Court Gardens, Gloucestershire Lovely example of a Dutch water garden as was once in place at Powis Castle. Close to St Briavel's Castle.	50
Tintern Old Station Between Chepstow & Monmouth.	75
Guildford Museum Right next door to Guildford Castle	72
Llys-y-Fran Reservoir Can be combined with a visit to Wiston Castle	77
Prior Park Gardens, Bath Created by Ralph Allen, who also built Bath's Sham Castle	69
Herstmonceux Science Centre In the grounds of Herstmonceux Castle	75
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Train stops at Dymchurch for the Dymchurch Martello Towers	82
Lamb House, Rye For literary enthusiasts. Close to Rye Castle	78
Stourhead Visit the gardens before heading up to King Alfred's Tower	76
Tudor House & Gardens, Southampton Take a detour to here whilst walking around Southampton Castle and City Walls	77
Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset We combined a trip here with Hemyock Castle	76
Gwili Steam Railway, Carmarthenshire Close to all Carmarthenshire castles	89
Botanic Garden of Wales Close to Paxton's Tower and Dryslwyn Castle	76
Wells & Walsingham Light Railway Travel via steam to Walsingham Abbey	86
Bircham Windmill In the vicinity for Castle Rising Castle	80
Pontcysyllte Aquaduct, Llangollen Near to Chirk Castle	69
Coleridge Cottage Former home of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in the vicinity for Nether Stowey Castle	74
Dunster Watermill A working water mill and cafe in the grounds of Dunster Castle	109

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A resident of Tamworth Castle
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Chirk Castle gates
Through the arched window at Lamphey Palace
Interesting flora at Kidwelly Castle
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Taunton Castle through the round window
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Build A Castle

You need 2 bowls and some newspaper. Grease the bowls with olive oil.
One bowl should be deep, this is the motte. Glue the scraps of newspaper onto the bowls.
You need a thick covering of newspaper- the final layer should be white paper.
Once the bowls have dried, paint them in green, with a blue 'moat' around the bailey.Then remove the bowls.
Use strips of corrugated paper to make the pallisade.
Create some buildings out of cardboard- we used lentils to make a roof.
Use corrugated card to make the keep, and use moss to make some bushes in the bailey.
A couple of cardboard drawbridges, and you're done! History homework sorted!

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