Spending a Knight at Warwick Castle

I am a firm believer in the fact that you are never to old to have fun or be extremely childish when the occasion calls for it. That is how me and my friends ended up booking a night away at Warwick Castle, staying in one of their Glamping Tents.

We set out early on a Sunday morning to catch a train into Warwick, we had to change trains twice, but it only took us an hour to get there. The village of Warwick is so beautiful, we wished we had time to explore it more, but nevertheless we quietly walked the 5 minute walk up to the castle, store are cases in the lockers, grabbed our tickets and headed excitedly to our first stop of the day. The Dungeons.

View from the top of the Tower

I have been to Warwick Castle a lot, but have never been into the Dungeon attraction, so I was super excite to finally go in. If aren't a fan of being scared then this probably isn't for you, but I found it so funny, it is like they wanted to scary you in a funny way, if that makes sense?

The Conservatory Tea House

After the Dungeon we were all a little hungry and headed to The Conservatory Tea House. You almost forgot that you were at a Castle and felt more like you had step into a scene from Downton Abbey. When we saw that they did an Afternoon tea we knew what we wanted. Tea, sandwiches, cake and the most beautiful view of the gardens, oh yes this will do me just fine.

Afternoon Tea

After lunch we saw a large crowd gathered by the Jousting area, a little full from are sandwiches and cake we decided to watch, I mean you have to watch a Joust if you are standing in the grounds of a medieval Castle. Tip. Try to get there early if you want a good view of the whole show, we where more at the end and couldn't quite see what was happening at the other end, but the performers made up for this by just being so funny. We were on the side of the bad knights, (for some reason they always wear black) and I think that gave their Squire's more licence to misbehave.

Goofing Aound

Now it was time to explore the Castle, were are inner child began to take over. We started at The Royal Weekend Party, designed as Edwardian Weekend Party, again think of Downton Abbey. You are free to explore the rooms and interact with some of the props and scene. Have tea with a Countess, play a hand of cards with the King or lounge on a shezlong. My inner child was having the best time.

Our New Home

Well, what a long day we have had, and now was the time when we got to see where we would be sleeping that night (inner child getting ready to go crazy again.) Are very own medieval inspired Glaming tents (inner child screaming with joy.) It was so amazing and OMG! possible the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in. We enjoyed an All-You-Can-Eat Mediaeval Dinner Feast, it was £18.95 for Adult, half that for children, I thought it was a little expensive, but the food was really good, plus you got free drinks throughout your stay, so we couldn't wait to enjoy a nice hot chocolate before bed.

Charlie :)

They was night entertainment, but it was mostly for the children, Archery, Sword fighting and a Birds of Prey show, you could also get the to handle the birds and have them land on you arm, it cost about £5, but it was worth it. We got to handle a young Bold Eagle called Charlie, he was such a cutie. 

Night-time Entertainment

After Breakfast we said goodbye to our lovely tent and went off to enjoy our last day at Warwick, finishing off the parts of the Castle we didn't do, like the Horrible History Maze and explore the upper parts of the Castles and admiring the view from the top of the Towers      



When went out into the town of Warwick for lunch, we saw a really cute Tearoom on our walk from the train station, and it was just outside the Castle gates, and of course we ordered another helping of Afternoon Tea. Quite possible the best I have ever had. The bread for the sandwiches was still warm, the scones were hot and tasted so good, and Oh-My-God the cakes, so damn good.

Thomas Oken Tearooms    

Best Tearooms ever. 

Pedalo Selfie

We ending our trip with a cruise along the river in a dragon pedalo, I got the best spot and didn't have to peddle, but we couldn't stop laughing as we nearly crashed twice. We were sad when it was time to leave, we had the best time there and couldn't wait to come back and do it all again.

Have you ever been to Warwick Castle? If you did what did you enjoy about it, or maybe you didn't. Either way tell me about it.

Kerry.