Portchester Castle

Worthy Of Exploration

A lot of castle to fossick around, with plenty of placards describing its history and usage. Falls more in the realm of recreational use rather than a place of defense, although clearly some of its ea...

Castle visit

We normally go to porchester bay for a walk but decided to visit the castle as we are English heritage members and we are very glad we did. Parking was ok, I can imagine in busy periods though there m...

Muddy Visit

Visited on a very wet muddy day, as English Heritage members we have visited this site before in better weather and it is lovely to walk around on this occasion we were not there too long due to the w...

Excellent site.

Porchester Castle is basically medieval castle that has been supplanted into the corner of a late 3rd century Roman fort. A medieval church also lies within the Roman walls. Entry to the site is free ...

Impressionant

Original Text

The first thing we were surprised by this catillo, and what makes it different from others we have visited, is his location: next to a river. We arrived in the afternoon with what we could not visit your inte...