Activities for You to Do at Home
See how life would have been in the principal rooms of the castle over 500 years ago. Print your own colour pictures. Simply click on a picture or one of the links to view the larger printable version. Use the coloured pictures below as a guide to colouring the black and white pictures.
Colouring Cards
Print out and colour the pictures below. You may like to use the pictures above as a guide to colouring. You may need Adobe Acrobat document viewer to view .PDF files. If you don't already have it installed, you can download it by clicking on the button below. PDF files will give a better quality printout than a GIF image.
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YEW BANNER DUNGEON DESORMAIS PORTCULLIS ARROWLOOP |
TOWER GATEHOUSE CLIFFORD WATCH NORMAN CUMBERLAND |
MUNIMENT WYVERN COURTYARD WEATHERVANE |
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Skipton Castle Badges
Since 1974 Skipton Castle has given a badge to every visitor under the age of 18. Over one million badges have been given away. Our very young visitors have to show that they can stand up unaided to qualify! The badges change every year.
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Spot and circle the differences between the Castle in 1320 and the Castle today
Print one of the above images and compare the castle you see today with the drawing of the castle as we think it looked in 1320. Write down or circle as many differences as you can.
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