As any 12-year-old will tell you, the castle at Warkworth is a text book example of a motte and bailey. Set out in 1200 and the favoured residence of the Percy Family from the 14th to the 17th century, the ruin is managed by English Heritage. We love it because there is plenty of scope for children of all ages to use their imagination. Stand in the shadowy passage of the gatehouse and picture missiles being dropped through murder holes on would-be attackers, wander through the buttery, once stacked with beer barrels, or imagine a banquet in the Great Hall. The tiny port of Amble, framed through the ruined windows, is worth a stop for fish and chips at the end of you visit.

english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/warkworth-castle-and-hermitage/
Adults £4.50, children £2.30
Google map: tinyurl.com/3ytugda

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