A must for Famous Five fans and children (Corfe Castle)

Member Name: bucksfizz66

Product:	Corfe Castle
Date:	05/06/09 (10 review reads)
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Advantages: beautiful castle, village, vierws and other local attractions

Disadvantages: no shelter if raining

Corfe Castle is located between Poole and Swanage, and is adjacent to the Swannage Railway. We parked on the park on ride at Norden and travelled by train to Swannage. After a look at Swannage and a boat trip to see Old Harry's rock, we called in at Corfe on the return train journey. The view of the castle from the train is very good and I would highlt recommend using the car park at Norden and travelling by train as parking in Corfe looked limited.

Corfe Castle is a short walk from the railway station but is up hill. We purchased the family guide which came in very useful when we went round the castle as it gave the history and a guide to the layout of the castle.

The castle 1000 years old but was destroyed during the civil was and has been a ruin every since. The castle ruins are great for children to explore and climb over, for older people the views of the surrounding countryside are second to none.

For Enid Blyton fans Corfe Castle is a must after frequent holidays to the area in the 1950's and 60 Corfe Castle became Kirrin Castle in the Famous Five books, the authros links with the village are well established and there is also the Gingerpop shop within the village full of Enid Blyton merchandise.

For those of you visiting with children a good bit of hill rolling can be expected and seemed to be extremly popular.

The castle has recently been renovated which is completed and the scaffolding has been removed.

After visitng the castle we went to the model village within Corfe Village, here we were given a 2 for 1 voucher for the castle, so it is worth visiting the model village first which is a stones through from the castles entrance. The model villlage has a scale model of how the castle would have looked before it was destroyed.

Summary: well worth a visit, just get your voucher from the model village first