🍎 Sunday 17th May 🍎
10am - 2pm
🍎 Berkeley Farmers Market 🍎
Join us for our monthly Farmers Market on the third Sunday of every month in the Kitchen Garden at @berkeleycastle .
We look forward to seeing you there with our wonderful local producers.
From Sunday 10th May until Wednesday 10th June we are hosting the incredible Brick History LEGO Exhibition. 🧱
This is a wonderful journey through pivotal moments in world history, modelled in LEGO® bricks! Forget your lists of Kings and Queens – this is a new way of exploring the past in the setting of Berkeley Castle, which as you all know has seen a few important moments in world history itself!
The Warwick Warriors are uniformed up and ready to go for another Berkeley Knights tournament. Don’t miss out… a full day of fun starting soon… @warwick_warriors_d2k
⚔️ Day One of the Knights Tournament is done ⚔️
🚩 wave your flag for your favourite Knight in shining armour 🚩
🏰 We are back tomorrow for round two… don’t miss out! 🏰
🏰 What’s on at Berkeley Castle this May 🏰
⚔️ Knights Tournament ⚔️
⚔️3rd & 4th May ⚔️
🎶 Fingask Follies 🎶
🎶 6th May 🎶
🧱 LEGO Brick History Exhibition 🧱
🧱 10th May to 10th June 🧱
Farmers Market
17th May
✏️ Home Educator Day ✏️
✏️ 18th May ✏️
🇬🇷 Greek Feast Night 🇬🇷
🇬🇷 29th May 🇬🇷
We look forward to welcoming you to Berkeley Castle & Kitchen Garden this May.
⚔️ Knights Tournament ⚔️
🏰 Berkeley Castle 🏰
⚔️ Sunday 3rd & Monday 4th May ⚔️
Did you know…
⚔️ Medieval tournaments were a mix of sport, military training, and spectacle
⚔️ Tournaments emerged in Europe around the 11th–12th centuries as events where knights could practice combat skills
⚔️ English kings sometimes restricted or banned tournaments because they distracted knights from royal service
⚔️ Despite the pageantry, tournaments were dangerous, causing injury and even death
⚔️ The Pope condemned tournaments in the 12th Century because people died in them, and the Church worried knights might die without confession, risking their souls
⚔️ Did you know that Maurice Berkeley, the eldest son of Maurice, Baron Berkeley, was accidently killed at a medieval knights tournament at Kenilworth Castle in 1279?
Come and see the action with the @warwick_warriors_d2k Sunday and Monday
🌟 WIN family tickets to LEGO Brick History at Berkeley Castle 🌟
Perfect for history-loving families, SoGlos has teamed up with @berkeleycastle to give away...
🧱 Family tickets to LEGO Brick History
👨👩👧👦 For two adults and two children
🏰 At the historic @berkeleycastle near Stroud
To be in with a chance of winning, follow @soglos and @berkeleycastle then like this post and tag your history-loving friends and family below — each tag gets you an extra entry.
And for a bonus entry, share to your stories, too.
🍀Good luck! 🍀
SoGlos’s standard terms and conditions apply, see the link in the @soglos bio for full details.
The winner will be announced by @soglos on Instagram Stories and we will never ask for card details or other sensitive information. Please beware of scams from accounts that may be impersonating @soglos or @berkeleycastle
HOME EDUCATOR DAY at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire!
Date: Monday 18th May | 10am–2.30pm
A fun-filled, timetabled day for home educated children aged 5–11!
Your little explorers will enjoy:
• A guided tour of the Castle & grounds
• Exclusive use of the education room & a stained glass window workshop
• Bowling on Queen Elizabeth’s bowling lawn
• An educational “treasure hunt” quiz
• Access to our adventure playground in the woods
Timetable:-
10.00am – Arrive at the castle
10.30am – tour the castle with one of our fabulous education guides (lasting 1hr)
Followed by stained glass window workshops.
2.30pm – the programme finishes but you are welcome to stay until the castle closes at 5pm (last entry into the castle at 4pm)
Prices:
£7.50 per child (includes the stained glass workshop)
£10 per adult
Places must be pre-booked via the website.
For more info, contact: [email protected]
🗡️ Knights Tournament
🗡️ Sunday 3rd May
🗡️ Monday 4th May
⚔️ Cheer on your favourite warrior as they score points in each round, building towards the grand finale: an explosive grand melee that will determine the ultimate champion of the day. ⚔️
⚔️ Throughout the tournament, a skilled Marshall and an entertaining compere will guide you through the action, ensuring you don’t miss a moment of the excitement. ⚔️
🎪 Explore the immersive knights’ camp, where each knight has their own tent and is ready to meet fans, share stories, and reveal the secrets of medieval life. 🎪
The Fingask Follies have launched their 30th season with “The Jest is History”
Coming to Berkeley Castle on Wednesday 6th May it promises to be a wonderful evening of music, acting and fabulous fun!
Tickets and more details are on our website!
⚔️ It is nearly time ⚔️
🏰 The Knights Tournament is back 🏰
Don’t miss the thrill as four fully armed Knights and their loyal Squires clash in an epic battle for glory and honour!
The steel will ring and banners will fly 🚩Join in and cheer for your champion!
Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th May
To find out more please visit our website.
#berkeleycastle #VisitBristol #visitcotswolds #familydaysout #livinghistory
@warwick_warriors_d2k
