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Enjoy England Excellence
Awards 2008

National Silver Award for Best Small Visitor Attraction

Enjoy England Excellence
Awards 2007

Regional Gold Award for Best Small Visitor Attraction

Enjoy England Award for Excellence 2006
National Silver Award winner for Best Small Visitor Attraction

Excellence in England Award 2006
Regional Gold Award winner for Best Visitor Attraction under 100,000 visitors

Rockingham Castle, Rockingham,
Market Harborough,
Leicestershire
LE16 8TH

Tel: +44 (0)1536 770240
Fax: +44 (0)1536 771692

Welcome

This remarkable castle, built on the instruction of William the Conqueror, has been my family's home for 450 years.  Prior to the Watson's ownership the Castle was held by the crown.  There are very few other homes that have been continuously occupied for nearly 1000 years and within that time been owned by just one family since being relinquished as a royal Castle.  I think this is a  particularly extraordinary aspect of Rockingham's long and fascinating story.  The Castle is now home to my wife, Elizabeth and our children, all of whom enjoy the Castle as I did as a child.

I very much hope that you enjoy looking at our website and that you will visit the Castle soon.


James Saunders Watson


News

14th July 2010
Sandford Award Winners

Rockingham Castle is proud to have been awarded a Sandford Award for excellence in education.
Commenting on the educational offer at Rockingham...
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29th June 2010
July 2010 - In the Garden


There is one plant at the moment that is outstanding and I believe the best it's been in about 10 years due to the winter being very cold, the...
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1st June 2010
June 2010

The end of May saw some the hottest days of 2010 which caused the garden a great deal of stress through extreme high temperatures and lack of rain but...
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25th May 2010
The Oldest Castle with the newest lights

The process of replacing the Castles' 650 light bulbs with environmentally friendly ones is approaching completion.  Tony Price the Castles caretaker...
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19th May 2010
Kaleidoscope in Colour


The ladies of Inner Wheel District 7 under the enthusiastic direction of Janice Quinn decorated the Castle for the Kaleidoscope in Colour event...
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