Pevensey Castle: East Sussex, England

Number 3 - Pevensey Castle

We visited Pevensey castle in September 2010. 

To be honest, from the outside it doesn't look like much. I'd spent quite a bit of time there as a child and just thought it was an old crumbling wall and a huge field. But what I didn't know, was there was an actual castle bit in the middle of this area and that had a few pretty jazzy things.

For one, there was a pyramid of, what I can only assume were boulders, all joined together. I tried lifting them without any success.

The castle was about in the 4th century, so amazing any of it is still standing to be honest. It was the last and strongest Roman fort and was where William the Conqueror and his army landed in 1066.

You could climb up the walls and stand on the wooden platform which had a great view of the outer castle walls.

We were given an audio guide when we went in. It gave lots of interesting information especially as we descended the spiral staircase to the dungeon. 

 

They had actors doing little pieces as if they were alive way back when, as we entered the dungeon the prisoner on the audio recording started telling us what it was like down there. His monologue finished, with 'help me, heeeeeelp meeeee', we power walked up those stairs pretty sharpish.

 

It's not got the structure or beauty of somewhere like Bodium, or the number of activities, but we still had a lovely time. 

The weather was a bit windy on our visit but you could have a nice relaxed picnic if the sun was out. We went in, over a wooden drawbridge, and decided to go all out and get the audio devices that tell you the history of the castle.

Cost: £5 approx

Hints and tips: There weren't any places to eat or anything but it is in the village of Pevensey which has some nice pubs and restaurants.

If you want to find out why we're visiting all these castles, check out my first blog.