Farnham Castle

Farnham Castle and Castle Street at night.

It's very difficult to date this image but looking at the car on left and what I think is a bus on the right it could be 1930s.

The number of chimneys on the castle may also give a clue as I think some of those have now been removed.

photograph from February 1958 when Farnham Girls Choir were performing in the Great Hall at Farnham Castle.

Please note: There will be no tours of the Bishop's Palace available on either December 22nd and 29th 2021. Tours start again on January 6th.

See the Farnham Herald in December 2021
Each week in December the Herald will include a voucher for a free tour of the Bishop's Palace for one adult. The tour can be taken on any Wednesday afternoon in January or the first weeks of February 2022. You can collect one voucher in each publication.

Please note that there will be no tours on December 22nd or 29th.

Farnham Castle Trustees are now offering a free "Kids at the Castle" schools support folder to Surrey and Hampshire primary school teachers, and KS1 and KS2 pupils studying castles and local history. The folder is supported by extra downloads on the www.farnham-castle.com website. The folder contains six beautifully illustrated stories of local children from Matilda in Anglo-Saxon times to Violet who lived in Farnham during the First World War. It also contains colouring sheets, Timelines (to put Farnham's Castle into a broader historical context) and a board game for four players and word puzzle. Schools can email [email protected] to apply for a folder.

Good news at last!
The Castle Keep is now open every day and, from Wednesday August 18th, guided tours round the Bishop's Palace will start again after a long time of closure. Go onto the Castle website for more details
www.farnham-castle.com

Farnham's Norman Castle Visitor's guide and information on 900+ years of history at Farnham's Norman Castle and Bishop's Palace

The Herald photographer captured work in progress on repairing Farnham Castle's wall and moat on the 24th January 1957. Another image from the .

Thanks to Graham Varney for this. Some silent film footage of the 1950 Farnham Pageant can be found here: https://screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk/detail/1639/

Unfortunately, the new lockdown regulation brought about by Covid-19 has meant that the Castle Keep, Palace, Visitor Centre and grounds will now no longer be open to the public. We managed to open on the last four Wednesday afternoons, but sadly that now has to end. We will keep the situation under review, but we do not expect to be able to re-open until the new year. All we can do is to wish you all a good Christmas and a far better 2021 and ask you to keep a watch on this page or the www.farnham-castle.co.uk website for updates. Farnham Castle's Trustees and all the volunteer guides look forward to welcoming you back as soon as we possibly can.

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The Tudor Wing in 1963 courtesy of the Farnham Herald, with the timbering exposed.

Note the classic car in the courtyard.

Congratulations Ted!

Farnham Castle employee celebrates 50 years in the job "When I started work here back in October 1970, little did I know that I would still be here 50 years later"