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Chillingham Castle

House museum · Chillingham, England

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Chillingham Castle
Photo: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

History

Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England. It was the seat of the Grey and Bennet families from the 15th century until the 1980s, when it became the home of Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet, who is married to a member of the original Grey family.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chillingham Castle”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting

This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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