Gwrych Castle

🌟 WE’RE HIRING! 🌟

Join the team at Gwrych Castle as our new Evening Supervisor.

This is a hands on role perfect for someone who enjoys variety, working outdoors, supporting events, and helping keep one of North Wales’ most iconic heritage sites running smoothly.

📍 Gwrych Castle, Abergele
💷 £13.50 per hour
🕔 5pm–11pm, 5 days per week (minimum 30 hours)
📅 6 month fixed term contract
🚗 Driving licence and access to a vehicle required

The role will include:
Event setup and support
Admissions and ticket checks
Locking and unlocking buildings
Site supervision
Manual handling and clearance work
Supporting colleagues and visitors

No management or office experience is required – we’re looking for someone reliable, proactive, physically fit, and able to stay calm under pressure.

Job share arrangements may be considered, so if you’re looking for fewer hours, we’d still love to hear from you.

📧 To apply, send your CV to: [email protected]

⏰ Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 8th June 2026

Interviews will be arranged as applications are received, so don’t delay!

Help us shape the next chapter of Gwrych Castle’s exciting evening opening program

https://www.gwrychcastle.co.uk/jobs/

Another major milestone has been reached in the restoration of Gwrych Castle.

The new floors within the State Apartments are now in place. Located on the piano nobile – the principal floor of the house – these rooms formed the grandest part of the castle and were used for entertaining guests and hosting important occasions.

Our thanks go to Grosvenor Construction for their hard work and craftsmanship, and to all our funders, supporters and visitors whose generosity has helped make this progress possible.

Work is now moving upwards, with construction beginning on the first floor above the piano nobile. This level contains the Picture Gallery and the principal bedrooms, some of the most important private rooms within the castle.

With just three more floors to complete before we reach roof height, the castle is steadily regaining its historic form. For the first time in decades, rooms that stood open to the elements are beginning to take shape once again.

Keep an eye out for our Hard Hat Tours this autumn, when visitors will have the opportunity to see the restoration work up close and learn more about the transformation taking place.

Thank you for helping us secure the future of Gwrych Castle.

🌈✨ IT’S BACK… BIGGER & BRIGHTER THAN EVER! ✨🌈

THE GWRYCH CASTLE COLOUR RUN RETURNS FOR 2026! 🎉

After an unforgettable first year, we’re bringing back North Wales’ most colourful event! 💥

🏰 Run through the spectacular grounds of Gwrych Castle
🌈 Get covered in clouds of colour
❤️ Support two amazing local charities
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect for families, friends, teams and colour loving chaos makers!

Whether you run, jog, walk or dance your way around the 5K route, you’ll be showered with colour at every checkpoint in a celebration you’ll never forget.

⚠️ Don’t wait last year sold out fast!
🎟️ https://www.gwrychcastle.co.uk/colour-run-2026-20th-june/

Adults £22.50 / Children £16.50
🏃 Every participant receives:
✔️ Official Colour Run T-Shirt
✔️ Race Number
✔️ Entry to the event

📅 Saturday 20th June 2026
⏰ Registration from 10am
🏃 Colour Run starts at 11am

Tag your Colour Run crew below 👇
Who’s getting covered in colour with you? 🌈

In 1928, the contents of Gwrych Castle were sold over six days in a major auction that drew huge crowds to Abergele. Newspapers reported queues of motor cars surrounding the castle as visitors travelled from across Britain to see inside one of the grandest houses in Wales.

Furniture, paintings, books, carpets, mirrors, chandeliers and entire bedroom suites collected by the Dundonald family over generations were dispersed room by room. The sale included Chippendale and Georgian furniture, Persian rugs, marble topped tables, gilt mirrors and hundreds of books. It marked the end of Gwrych as a fully furnished family home.

A handful of interior photographs survive from before 1928, but very little visual evidence remains of what the collection actually looked like at the time of the sale. Most surviving interior images date from 1948 onwards, by which point many of the original contents had already gone and the castle had begun to change significantly.

Today, the 1928 sale remains one of the great lost dispersals in Welsh country house history, with objects from Gwrych now scattered across private collections and auction houses around the world. We would love to track it all down!

Happy birthday Rupert! ❤️