SCAFFOLDING will be put up at medieval Corfe Castle, to enable a two-month planned maintenance project to be carried out. A full team of conservation specialists will be working on the fabric of ...

Later, during the English Civil War, Corfe Castle was owned by the prominent Bankes family, which supported Charles I.The royalist stronghold faced two sieges in 1643 and 1645, and parliamentarian ...

Credit: Richard Gregory/National Trust Images/Cover Images For the first time since 1646 when Corfe Castle was destroyed in the English Civil War, the public will be able to access a tower that ...

Now, visitors to Corfe Castle will be able to climb a special viewing platform built by the National Trust’s conservation team and see the Purbeck countryside from this royal viewpoint.

The two-year project to restore Corfe Castle helped it to survive one of the coldest winters in the past 20 years. The National Trust partly paid for the £840,000 work with a £250,000 grant from the ...

A medieval castle tower built for a king has been opened to the public for the first time since 1646. The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century ...

The castle will remain open throughout but there will be no public access to the affected towers. It is hoped the work will be completed by 23 December. Advertisement ...

Archaeology & History King Henry I’s Luxury Tower at Historic Corfe Castle Opens for the First Time in 400 Years. A temporary viewing platform offers visitors royal views of surrounding countryside.

A medieval castle tower built for a king has been opened to the public for the first time since 1646. The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century ...

Visitors look out from the Kings View Platform at Corfe Castle. National Trust / Richard Gregory Perched on a 180-foot-tall hill, Henry’s tower dominates the countryside’s skyline.