We are pleased you enjoyed your walk. The grounds are looking lovely in this sunny, frosty weather we have been having.

Thank you for your kind review. We are pleased you enjoyed your visit, and that the children with you had fun doing the Elf Hunt activity. It was great to see so many children exploring our lovely building. Look out for our February half term activities!

We are pleased you enjoyed your visit in December, and that you were able to have the advantage of the reduced entrance fee of £2.50 on December 19. We are also glad you were able to join Martin's tour and that you found it so informative.

We are pleased you had such a good time at the Liam White performance. We had a busy week of events prior to Christmas, helping everyone get into the festive spirit. We look forward to welcoming you back to future events. Best wishes the Castle Team.

Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that you were disappointed with your visit, and we hope to be able to address some of your points below. Regarding the grounds, we do have a team of gardeners who work hard to ensure the grounds look their best, but it may have been that on the day of your visit some stones from our gravel paths had unfortunately spilled over onto the lawn. We believe that the building was originally named Highcliffe Castle by locals when it was first built, perhaps to differentiate it from nearby Highcliffe Village. We do try to give visitors an accurate description of what we have here, on our website and other publicity materials, as we are unique to other castles, being rather a stately home than a defensive building and built by Stuart de Rothesay in the 1830s. We are sorry you didn't find anything in the shop that you wanted to purchase. We try to offer a selection of products to suit our range of visitors, not all of which can be sourced locally. We do already stock a variety of local suppliers including Dorset Honey, Studio Pickle earrings, From Dorset with Love jams and preserves, New Forest Shortbread, amongst others, but we will continue to look for other local suppliers we may be able to stock with in the future. The David Walliams books were made available to coincide with our outdoor production of 'Awful Auntie' this year, so that anyone enjoying the show could purchase a book too if wanted. We are open to visitors from Sunday to Thursday during the season and have a team of very knowledgeable Room Guides, keen to share the Castle's fascinating history with visitors: detailing its journey from a wealthy aristocrat’s cliff top home to a fire ravaged ruin, and its subsequent programme of restoration. Thank you for taking the time to write your review, we hope you may consider visiting Highcliffe Castle again sometime in the future.