Oh Bramber, it was a bit of a 'nothing' castle. But we have to do them all on this challenge so it needed to be done. There's nothing wrong with a ruin, I love a ruin normally, but this was very minimal.
We visited Bramber in April 2011. We'd spent the first part of the day at a dress shop in the lovely little village of Steyning trying to find Chloe a bridesmaid dress for my wedding. We had cheese toasties in this adorable little tea room - the village is definitely worth paying a visit. We'd done a bit of advanced research, in case we could combine our trip with a castle visit, and we found Bramber was located pretty close by.
Bramber is managed by the English Heritage, but I use the term 'managed' loosely as I doubt they have to do much other than mow the grass. Essentially all it was, was one wall of the tower, nothing else was really left apart from a few bricks and boulders scattered around. There was a huge mound which I think would have been man made so people could see the army approaching.
It was a Norman castle on the banks of the river Adur. I guess if the weather was nice we could have taken some grub but it was a bit murky so we just skidaddled off once we'd done a quick walk round.
Cost: Free, which was a relief as we were done after about 2 minutes.
Hint and tips: Unless you're on a castle challenge I am not sure I would bother. Though the location is in a nice setting for other local towns and villages.
