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Lewes Castle & Museum
11th-century Norman fortress with a museum, hosting groups, visitors, family events & weddings.
Address: 169 High St, Lewes BN7 1YE, UK
Phone: 01273 486290
State: East Sussex
City: Lewes
Zip Code: BN7 1YE

opening times

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Reviews
What a friendly welcome!nInformative and hospitable.nLeading to the well presented experience through these incredible castle remains. An all round informative journey through history of building and the people who lived in it.nBrilliant! A must-do!nFinally the museum is the perfect finish. One gets a fine sense of life, equipment and weapons of Lewes.nThank you for your care and wonderful exhibit.
The castle includes the museum and ruins. The ruins can be seen in about 15 minutes though longer if seeing the various exhibits and information signs, and have genuinely have lovely views from the top of the town.nnThe castle’s museum is ok - about 5 rooms across two floors with some decent signs plus a model of 1880s Lewes, which we say in about 15-20 minutes. There is also a 12 minute video presentation within the model room that plays every 30 minutes and provides interesting information.nnThe toilets just off of the ticket area are adequate - not great, but usable. There is also a small gift shop.
Lovely bit of history. I especially liked the light up map telling you the history of the town in the museum. It was very windy the day we went but after climbing to the top of the castle the views were spectacular. Very windy the day we went but still a great couple of hours.
Visited on a wet weekday but still enjoyed it, even standing at the top of the tower in the rain! Good views would have been even better without the low cloud cover, beautiful gardens, activities for the little ones and lots of info about the castles history for older kids and adults.
We visited as part of a weekend road trip around the South East of England and Lewes was our stop on the way home. Lewes is a beautiful old town but visiting isn’t the easiest thing. We used the Market Lane car park but that has limited spaces. The other parking spots we saw are a bit further away but it’s a pretty town with a lot to see anyway.nnThe castle itself is signposted from the High Street and you go into the museum just to the right of the gatehouse. From there you get your castle tickets and get access into the garden that has the walkway up to the shell keep that forms the majority of the castle remains now.nnIt was a beautiful day and we spent some time in the garden – with stocks in, such a great way to deal with petty crime! The climb to the keep was quite steep but the path is very well laid out and it was easy to pause for views periodically.nnThe summit of the motte holds the shell keep with two existing towers and a large fireplace in the outer wall. You can go inside one of the towers and on to the roof to look at the lovely views over the South Downs and read about the history of the castle on various information boards.nnPart way up, or down, the climb is a path leading to the gatehouse which you enter above ground level and there are rooms with children’s activities and costumes before you reach the roof where you can see the machiolations and views over the town.nnThe museum is also excellent – there’s a history of the town and then exhibits that the Sussex Archeological Society have obtained throughout the county.
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