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Corfe Castle
 Corfe Castle ... survivor of the English Civil War, rising above the Isle of Purbeck. The castle dates back to the 11th century, and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. Even to this day, all road traffic to and from the Swanage area must pass below the battlements of the castle.Newest Review: ... things, was through the shop. Where they tried to flog us a "treasure hunt map" for £3.00 per child, and charged £6.00 per person to step through the door, without bothering to mention that all the internal part of the castle was closed for repairs. I do understand that repairs are vitally important and I do not mind them being carried out - even in high season, but I do expect to ... more ... be told that I will not see anything, and really I would have expected a it of a discount to be honest.
We paid our money, and walked around the ruined outer keep, which was interesting. We took advantage of the (very small) buggy store as (like ...more |
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Corfe Castle, Dorset. What a rip off! (652 words)
by Aginoth - written on 27.08.07 (Very useful, 157 readings)
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We visited Corfe castle on a Thursday in August 2007. We particularly chose to go on the Thursday as the website proclaimed every Thursday in the summer holidays was a Family Fun Day, with interactive games and activities. As we have three kids under 8, who see an enormous number of castles each year with us, we thought this would be great. Sadly it wasn't! I was really looking forward to seeing the castle, being over 1000 years old and with a good history, including two seiges during the civil war and having remained in one family (the Bankes) for the past 600 of them, I was expecting some interesting stuff. The little museum/display in the ...
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