Art Installation Lights Up Lancaster Castle
Art Installation Lights Up Lancaster Castle
Lancaster Castle provided the backdrop for a signature art installation created as part of the city’s annual Festival of Light earlier this month. Each year, Light Up Lancaster transforms the entire city into a family-friendly art trail, drawing on the talent and inspiration of artists from the local area as well as nationally and overseas. […]
Lancaster Castle Popular Heritage Destination
Lancaster Castle is enjoying record numbers of visitors this month with numbers up 90 per cent on last year and 60 per cent on 2019. During August, our weekly visitor numbers reached almost 5,000 and over the last two weekends in August we recorded a total of over 2,000 visitors to the Castle – a […]
Castle Offers Walking Tours To Visitors
Small groups of visitors to Lancaster Castle are being offered a walking tour of the courtyards, with limited access to the historic interiors of the court room and Shire Hall, as the Castle continues to re-open to the public. In line with Government guidance, tours inside of the majority of the buildings are not […]
Embroidery Workshop Opens At Lancaster Castle
A well-known needlework and embroidery expert currently appearing on BBC TV’s The Repair Shop has opened her own workshop at Lancaster Castle. Sara Dennis is a tutor of hand embroidery who regularly teaches at the Royal School of Needlework and whose classes have been held at historic national venues such as London’s Victoria and Albert […]
Lancaster University Moves Into Lancaster Castle
Lancaster University is to open a new academic space in the former Link Block of Lancaster Castle. The University has signed a two-year lease to operate the new purpose-built teaching suite completed last month as part of the Duchy’s latest phase of renovation and conservation. A seminar room with a capacity for around 60 people […]
