Cockermouth Castle

Take a drone or take a river walk

Cockermouth castle has been in ruins since the English civil wars of the mid 1600s. It is occasionally open to the public but very rarely. A lot of the outside walls are still standing and if you wa...

Best viewed from the River.

I'm a local and pass the castle daily. It is not open to the public except on very few occasions, usually when the Cockermouth Festival is being held in July. At other times, it is strictly priv...

You can only view the castle from the road.

There has been a castle on this site since Norman times and parts of the present structure date from between 1370 and the early 1400s. The castle structure you can see now is, effectively, a ruin alth...

Private

Private residence, so little to see except from the outside of the walls and gates. Fine to take a look if you’re visiting the town and maybe part of the Cockermoouth town trail, but otherwise don’t g...

NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. All you can do is peer through the gate towards what is now a private house/castle. Very sad as now in private ownership