We made the trip from east London to Warwick as the actor who plays Merlin in the BBC series was apparently going to be appearing from 11am - 2pm. We arrived at 12.30pm but he had gone which was a bit of a let down for the kids. The castle is impressive, the orginal building was started in 1068 by William the Conquerer and was rebuilt in the reign of Henry II, but it was incredibly busy with so many stalls and events going on that it was hard to try to imagine the castle as it was in days gone by. The castle is privately owned as an entertainment venue, orginally bought by the Tussards group in 1978 but since then sold on a couple of times and the owners obviously have to make money but I felt that by trying to cram so much in they take something away from the experience. We went in a new exhibit, The Dragon Tower as it was to do with Merlin, but to be honest it wasn't worth the half an hour queuing as it was quite disapointing, just a dragon on a screen talking to us.
All in all Warwick castle is worth a visit but because it is so busy with people and clutter it lacks the atmosphere of some other historic places (although to be fair kids possibly enjoy it more which I guess is the point).
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