Castle Ward

The tea-room is open and serving a limited range of takeaway hot and cold drinks and light snacks. We’ve introduced new safety measures including closure of our seating areas, screens at our till and collection points, and waymarked routes. We’ll also only be accepting card payment. We look forward to welcoming you back.

The shop is open again with a one way system in place. Visit to take home a gift for yourself or someone else from our range of food, homewares and garden decor.

Visit our second-hand bookshop to search the shelves for a classic and take home a bargain. Open weekdays from 12noon and weekends from 10am.

We've reopened with reduced capacity. Visit this tranquil oasis at the edge of Castle Ward, perfect for caravanners and campers.

Stay in one of our award winning camping pods. Enjoy a tranquil night under the stars in our Standard, Family or Premier pods.

This quaint, single storey stone cottage is situated on the on the shores of scenic Strangford Lough and was even used during the filming of Game of Thrones.

Castle Ward is now a museum, but for a few hundred years it was a family home. How do you make a house a home?

We've simplified our history, but life is always a little more complicated. For pride month, we're delving into the background of Lady Anne Ward.