Short montage of clips from The Haunted Castle at Warwick Castle in October 2023, featuring the Haunted Hollow and The Falconer's Quest
Airport closes after plane skids off runway in Storm BabetTwo police officers scarred for life during dog attackAs a child of the 80s, my formative Halloweens were simple - you dressed up as skeletons, witches and wizards with the little ones as black cats, you went trick or treating down your road and if you were lucky you ended up at someone’s house to eat sweets and play apple bobbing.started when it got dark on October 31, and for most of us would have been over by about 9pm.
Warwick Castle is almost too impressive to look at. It’s the fictional castle you would draw as a child, with medieval ramparts and battlements and towers, but also hasand Stuart great rooms of state. This week is the Haunted Castle programme; it’s been running for several years and sees large areas turned over toThe wonderful - and simultaneously frustrating! - thing about a day at Warwick is that there is so much to do.
We started by ignoring the instant pleas for a trip to Zog’s Playland, as we wanted to see some ‘proper’ castle first and experience walking through the evocative entrance as soon as possible. And we were glad we did, as the Great Hall is magical even though not decked out for Halloween. The sight of suits of armour is enough to make your mind race about what these walls must have witnessed over the centuries.
Following that we had some lunch by the Dead Centre Stage in the courtyard - the brightly-coloured undead led kids doing routines to the Macarena and Shake It Off; file under “it shouldn’t work but it does”. We walked over the Time Tower to climb the stairs and watch some short films on the history of the castle and its owners, and then walked along the battlements and up a spiral staircase to the top of the 14th century Guy’s Tower - a view worth lingering over while you catch your breath.
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