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Skipton Castle Events 2024Normal admissions to events apply unless stated otherwise
Good Friday Donations
Friday 7 April 2023 10am -5pm
For the 35th year. Skipton Castle is donating all the admission charges to Martin House & St Gemma's Hospice.
Tournee Saturday 17 June 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm Sunday 18 June 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm 14 Century Castle Life Tournee recreates life as it may have been in Skipton during the 14 Century
Buckingham's Retinue
Saturday 15 July 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm Sunday 16 July 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm Lord and Lady Clifford are hosting a weekend of events that will showcase the life and times of late medieval life. Members of the castle household will take part in friendly competition throughout the weekend, with archery contests and combat displays - make sure to cheer for your chosen champion! There will be also opportunities for audience participation in sword school and medieval dancing (no experience required!).
Meet the Governor
Saturday 29 July 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm Sunday 30 July 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm
Come and meet Sir John Mallory Governor of Skipton Castle during the English Civil War Hear about the castle's siege and skirmishes its garrison have already fought and how the
King's cause is faring in Yorkshire.
1635 Household
Saturday 12 August 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm Sunday 13 August 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm
17 Century Castle Life
Journey back to the 17th Century and see a glimpse of Skipton Castle's Household life
The Yorkshire Highwayman Saturday 26 August 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm Sunday 27 August 2023 Re-enactment: 10am -5pm
Come and meet John Nevison one of Britain's most notorious highwaymen, a gentleman rogue supposedly nicknamed Swift Nick by King Charles II after a renowned 200 mile dash from Kent to York to establish an alibi for a robbery he had committed earlier that day.
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