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Ashby De La Zouch Castle

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Ashby de la Zouch Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.

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Address: South Street , Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 1BR, LEC, GB
Phone: 01530 413343
State: LEC
City: Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Zip Code: LE65 1BR

opening times

Saturday: 10:00-16:00
Sunday: 10:00-16:00

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I had an awesome day at Ashby de la Zouch Castle which is only 700 years old owned by English Heritage. The castle was owned by the 1st & only Lord Loughborough in the 14 century also know as Tudor Times. Very Autumnal, great blue skies and colour from the tree leaves. Great views from the castle tower with it's 93 stairs and the underway passage is fun in the dark!
Lovey place to visit. In looks impressive as a ruin and is well preserved, can only imagine how glorious it looked when still intact. The area around is quite nice for a walk or a picnic. Staff at reception were very friendly and the whole experience was great. Would recommend a visit as it quite easy to reach.
Great ruin. Only gave ourselves 30 minutes but could have spent much longer. The tower does offer stunning views and the tunnel was a nice surprise. Car park about 100m down from the entrance is extremely cheap. Well worth a visit as looking from the road you could be mistaken that this is a small site. English Heritage membership is well worth it to visit gems like this.
Ashby Castle is mainly ruined, but it has a very interesting history. There is still a tower open you can climb with very nice views, they do close it sometimes if there are any nesting birds up there. And a tunnel you can go through. There are tables in the ground for picnics, toilets and a small gift shop, which also sells refreshments- ice cream, etc. I found the place very relaxing.
Lovely to walk around but I don’t think it’s £26 worth of lovely for a family with kids. We came here during summer holidays however we were here on a weekday so maybe they do more at weekends. I was disappointed that there were no artefacts to see, one of the notice boars mentioned a key that was found.
We really enjoyed visiting the castle, a very interesting and funny audio of the history well worth getting free from the gift shop along with reading the signs. The tunnel is great to go through as was climbing the tower. For £8.50 it’s well worth it. Would take approximately 1 hour if you whizz through the audio or make more of a day of it and relax and picnic in the grounds. Unsure if you’re allowed to take in your own food
Parking is reserved for Blue badge holders but local parking available. Picnic area, dogs allowed on leads. Good little shop and toilet available. Some steep steps tmin the tower but other areas are easy to navigate. Not really suitable for wheel chair users, could be made more disability friendly with ramps and accessible pathways.
We had a good day out here, it was an interesting visit due to the audio guide bringing the place to life. You can walk up the main tower which gives fantastic views of the site. Strolling the grounds is also quite pleasant. I liked reading the information boards too. The shop has quite a lot of good things in it and there are proper toilet facilities on site and not just a portaloo. There is only parking for blue badge holders but there is a council pay and display car park just around the corner from the site. I would recommend a visit for about 3-4 hours. Park benches are available to have a packed lunch.
We drove from London to visit this castle on the way to York. If you park at the public carpark outside, please take note that the carpark is fairly small. You will need to walk down the road keep road on your right hand side and when you reach the Ashby Castle Lawn Tennis Club , turn left and enter. You will see a shop that will look like an ice-cream parlor and strangely, that’s the entrance to the castle. You enter this gift shop, and you will need to pay for visitation to Ashby de la Zouch Castle. This is a 15thcentury castle, and it has seen a fair share of war, internal struggle and eventually being brought down to the ground. If you walk around, there are information posted all over the castle. The stairways goes both upwards and downwards. The upwards brings you all the way to the top which will give you a crazy rice view of the surroundings. The downwards leads you to a secret tunnel linking the kitchen to great tower. An escape route? The remains kept key areas intact for you to visit. Kitchen, Cellar, Buttery & pantry, Porch, Hall, Great Chamber, Chapel, Inner Court & Great Tower. Keep a look out on the walls where you can see indent marks when cannons and sling shots were fired at the castle during the unrest which saw the downfall of the castle. Pro Tip : If the weather is good, you can have a picnics at the grass patch under the trees . You will have an good overview of the castle while the kids and pets run around. It would be a lovely way to spend the day out.
Absolutely spectacular.. beautiful place. Disappointed that our National Trust Card was not accepted to get in, but still had a great day out
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