Warkworth Castle Education Visit

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Overview

We offer free entry to qualifying learning groups. Discover the history of Warkworth Castle on a free education visit, and lead it in your own way to fulfil your curriculum objectives. Explore the keep, almost intact after over 600 years, and look out for the lion badge of the Percy family.

Learning Resource:
  • Our Teachers’ Kits feature historical information and activity suggestions for group leaders of various subjects and key stages. You can access your learning resource here: Warkworth Castle Teachers' Kit (KS1-4+)
  • Use our map of the Percy estates in Cumbria, Northumberland and Yorkshire to explore the types of property owned by the Earl of Northumberland in the 15th century. You can access your learning resource here: Percy Estates Map
  • Book our Castle Explorer Trail and use character cards, objects and smell boxes to immerse students in medieval life at Warkworth Castle during your visit. You can access your learning resource here: Castle Explorer Trail (KS1-KS2)

Included

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KS1-3 History: Local History Study
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KS1 History: Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
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KS2 History: Study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066
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KS3 History: The development of church, state and society in Britain 1066-1509 and 1509-1745"