Hawarden Castle

Very busy open day

I saw the Open day advertised on Facebook and was intrigued, as I'd never heard of the castle despite growing up 4 miles away! It's a mediaeval castle which is part of a large estate and it's only ope...

Interesting but not a great attraction

After following our SatNav to find the castle we parked down the hill and walked back into the village. No signage for the castle but assumed it was through the large gates. After walking half a mi...

Great setting, Poorly run.

Absolutely brilliant setting but run very poorly. The singer that was booked was excellent but was told to finish 8.45 to loud. Then some of the young lads were accused of taking drugs in the toilet w...

Closed. Won’t be open this year at all.

We checked online - official website and at the Estate office... and it was closed on 9th August 2020. We of course didn’t know and there was no signs to suggest it. Walked around park trying to get i...

A family affair

Went on one of their rare open days and a farmers market event. The first problem was trying to find the right entrance having been directed by a volunteer to the wrong place! Eventually found a parki...