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Thank you to everyone who came to our two tours at Sandal Castle yesterday where we looked at the history of the castle and the Battle of Wakefield. It was lovely to see so many of you there and to receive such great feedback on the tours and content. We look forward to seeing you at a future event. Our next talk will be at Pontefract Castle at 2.00pm on Sunday 30th November where we will discussing ‘The Biggest and Bloodiest Battle on English Soil – Towton or Marston Moor?’. The tickets are free and available from the castle itself.

On Saturday 13th September we will be delivering two tours of Sandal Castle discussing a history of the De Warennes, the development of the castle and the Battle of Wakefield, as part of the WMDC Heritage Weekend. The tours will commence at 11.00am and 1.30pm and must be booked via ticketsource or Pontefract Castle itself. The tours have already proven to be very popular and we look forward to seeing everyone on the day. Cafe facilities are available on site if participants would like to get either meals or drinks.

On Saturday 13th September we will be delivering two tours at Sandal Castle – at 11.00am and 1.30pm – on the history of the castle and the De Warenne family and the Battle of Wakefield. Places on the tours are free and can be reserved by contacting Pontefract Castle. Places on the tours are almost full, so if you are interested, please act quickly. We look forward to seeing you there.

There is a significant amount of new research and analysis taking place at this time around the whole winter campaign of 1460/61 and how it has been recorded by both chroniclers and historians. As this new thinking is made known, we will bring this information to our website in this section and in our talks and tours. If anyone has any questions or comments regarding this, please feel free to get in touch via the Contact Us button above.

Thanks to everyone from the Battlefield Trust who came along to our Medieval Day in Wakefield on Saturday 3rd May, where we visited both the Chantry Chapel and Sandal Castle for a history of this fortress and the Battle of Wakefield. It was great to meet everyone and we hope you had a great day. We hope to see you again soon at another event.