Bodiam Castle

Join in with Medieval games over the school holidays. Weave your way around a mini jousting challenge, have a go at building a tower or see if you can hit the target in skittles. There's hobby horses, quoits to play, a ‘Siege the Castle’ game and more.

From 1 to 21 August, children can eat for free at Bodiam Castle's Wharf Tea-room by the river and main car park. Spend £5 in the tea-room to get a free kids' lunch box and let them enjoy a delicious lunch full of tasty treats. Terms and conditions apply.

Head out around the castle parkland at sunset to try out a bat detector and learn more about this extraordinary nocturnal flying mammal’s world. Find out more and book tickets for this evening event with our ranger on 27 August.

Visit Bodiam Castle to see the sandstone walls in summer sunshine, gaze at reflections in the moat or imagine yourself as an archer standing on the battlements or enjoying a feast in the Great Hall.

Bodiam Castle is just the kind of castle that your child would paint or draw, and it's great to explore in all seasons. Find out more about family activities to take part in.

This guide shows the walking route around the exterior of the castle and the grounds, with points of interest along the way. You can view or download it here before your next visit.

Planning a day out with the dog? Dogs on short leads are welcome in the grounds around Bodiam Castle and in the Castle View café.

Planning on staying for lunch? Want to know where you can grab a quick drink or treat yourself to some homemade cake? At Bodiam Castle you can enjoy seasonal food, freshly prepared in the Wharf Tea-room or the Castle View café.

Visit the Castle gift shop and discover our range of National Trust gifts, books and souvenirs. We also have some great local artisan produce and gifts.

We're about to start on a long term project, working with the existing grassland areas at Bodiam Castle, to create lowland grassland and wildflower meadows. Encouraging nature and wildflowers back to the castle grounds.

All aerial activity above our sites is prohibited unless specific permission is granted, according to an existing byelaw.

Bodiam is a great place to find a wide range of wildlife, with different habitats for animals, insects and birds. Discover some of the species living here today.

Bodiam Castle hosts one of the most important bat roosts in the UK, and is home to six species of bats. Our team works hard to monitor and protect them.

Bodiam is the quintessential English castle, an echo from distant and very different times. Discover Bodiam's past and how it came to be owned by the National Trust.

Discover what the many marks in the stonework at Bodiam Castle mean and who by and when they were put there.

Discover some key features of the castle and how and what they might have been used for.