This is a terrific castle!

This is a terrific castle!

Even if you weren't big on the history, it's worth it for the views alone.

It has everything - portcullis, spiral staircases, Mary Queen of Scots' chamber and more, but it's the sheer amount that's there and that's been made available to view that's tremendous. A lot of effort has been made to bring it to life, and there's the right amount of information - enough to tell you all you need to know without deluging you. Kids loved it - plenty for them.

Well worth getting up to the top of the tower!

Clearly access is what it is in a building of its age and nature but the extent of the building that's open is wonderful.

Everyone will have their own thing - for me it's the wear.on the stone steps and the groove in a flat cobble on the route through the portcullis which must have seen a lot of wheels!