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Sandal Castle Tour Saturday April 22nd.

On Saturday 22nd April, we will be delivering a tour/talk at Sandal Castle to thirty plus members of the Battlefield Trust and the Boroughbridge Historical Society. The tour will cover the origins of the castle as well as focusing heavily on the Wars of the Roses and especially the Battle of Wakefield, including the various theories around why Richard Duke of York left his castle when so heavily outnumbered, which would then lead to his death on the battlefield. If you would like to arrange a similar free tour/talk at the castle, then please do get in touch via the ‘Contact Us’ button on the ‘Welcome” page of this website. We would be only to glad to meet with you and share the castles fascinating story.