"A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Bolingbroke Castle - Sunday June 24th - 7pm - See full details on our Events page

This web site offers news and updates from the Friends of Bolingbroke Castle and should be of special interest to anyone wishing to know about forthcoming events, village projects, local history and articles and pictures of Bolingbroke Castle. We also link to other sites featuring Old Bolingbroke village and our Castle especially that of the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, which manages the site locally on behalf of English Heritage.

For those interested in the history of the castle, its role during the English Civil War and especially the siege of Bolingbroke Castle in 1643, the relevant sections of this web site contain many pages of detailed information and wonderful photographs of its re-enactment.

This site also hosts some links to some remarkable Education Packs and detailed scientific research about the castle and its site and are well worth a look.

Visitor information

To visit the fort, follow the brown signs to the castle first (where several parking spaces can be found in at the end/corner of Moat Lane). Just inside the gate a footpath on the left leads off from the castle into the rout yard. Admission to both is unrestricted and free. Sheep often graze the rout yard during the summer, so please ensure any dogs are on a lead.

If visiting during the winter Wellington boots are recommended as parts of the rout yard can be very soggy. The ditch around the earthwork is so wide and deep that the only way into the interior or onto the bank is via the opening . Even so, it is very wet except in the driest of weather so don't try to do this unless you can leap quite a few feet and in case you miss, have wellies on and don't mind getting muddy!