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Stafford Castle (Stafford)

Description: Newport Road / Stafford / Staffordshire / ST16 1DJ

Newest Review: ... by children. We did not notice these at first as we arrived before the visitors centre was open and took the easy walk up to the castle but nonce we found a few of the sign and noticed they were all numbered we had to go back to the bottom of the hill and walk around following them in the correct order. There is a lot of good info on the boards and it shows pictures of what the ground where ... more

... we were standing would have looked like and how the view would have been. We did find they made the experience more fun for the boys as they were god smacked at times to find that they were standing where the knights would once have been standing! The inf...more

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Stafford Castle (Stafford): We had SO much fun! (1605 words)
by - written on 21/09/09 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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Living in Stafford for the last year and a half you would really think that we would have visited here sooner but there has always been something going on. It was actually by chance that we went as we were going on a picnic to Cannock Chase instead but as it was still a bit wet I made the decision that we would visit here with the picnic instead. ~~BACKGROUND~~ Stafford Castle was originally built by Robert de Teoni in the Norman period and had mixed fortunes over the years. Later in 1347 Ralph the First earl of Stafford was granted permission to build a keep on the land and was later also granted permission to build the battlements around it. The ... Read the complete review

Fun With Ruins (803 words)
by - written on 11/12/07 (Very useful, 114 readings)
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As I live near Stafford now, I thought I would tell you about one place that I have visited a couple of times and would visit again in an instant. Now me and my fiancé love going on walks and generally exploring places so it comes as no surprise that we live castles. Stafford castle is near to us and to be honest there is not much there but it really makes for a nice day out. Hopefully I will get over to you within this review why it is so nice and if you are in the area you should visit. First the address: Stafford Castle Castle Bank Newport Road Stafford Staffordshire ST16 1DJ Ok so location wise it is right ... Read the complete review

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