Raby Branching Out with Adventure Playground
World-class playground designers have started work on our enchanting new children’s adventure play area inside a mysterious forest at Raby Castle. The project is part of our wider development, known as The Rising, that promises to attract new visitors to the area and create outstanding recreation for the local community. The bespoke and inclusive playground […]
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Winning Egg Designs Feature in Easter Trail
Young artists from across the region have been using their paints, pens, crayons and imagination to decorate eggs for our Easter trail. We have really enjoyed looking through all the entries and it was a very tough job to pick our favourites designs. Here are just some of the fantastic entries we received. The 10 […]
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Design an Easter Egg for our Easter Trail
Calling all young artists! We need your help to design the eggs for our Easter trail. Download the template below to complete your own design and return to us by Sunday 14th March 2021. The top 10 designs will be included in our Easter trail at Raby Castle, Park and Gardens, with the winners receiving […]
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February Half Term Activity Sheet
Raby Castle and High Force are home to some amazing wildlife, including a wonderful variety of birds. Our Bird Bingo game is the perfect activity for a cold winter’s day – you don’t even need to leave the house! Download the activity sheet, grab a hot chocolate and watch our Bird Bingo video clip of […]
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Virtual Scavenger Hunt
With so many of our young visitors unable to travel to Raby during lockdown, we’ve decided to bring Raby to you. Families love our Scavenger Hunt through the Deer Park and there’s always lots to see as you explore. Download our Scavenger Hunt activity sheet and discover hidden treasures as you watch the video and […]
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Discover Raby’s Autumn Magic this Half Term
October Half Term is the perfect time to pull on your coat, slip on your boots or wellies and head to Raby to crunch through the leaves and enjoy our wide open spaces. There’s so much to see and do while you’re here. Scaries and Fairies Halloween Trail Blow away the cobwebs on our family […]
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Short Story Winners Revealed
Stories have been created and told at Raby for centuries and through the ages our magnificent Castle has been home and host to families and friends, knights and politicians, plotters and pacifists and artists and influencers. During lockdown we invited our 21st Century visitors to use their imagination to create their own stories, inspired by […]
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Your Art Competition Entries
Throughout April and May we have been inviting families to recreate their memories of Raby Castle and High Force Waterfall for our art competition. We have had some fantastic entries and it has been wonderful to see so much creativity and to hear about the fun everyone has been having crafting, painting and model making. […]
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5 Castle inspired stories to read at home
While we’re staying at home we’ve been using our imaginations to escape on exciting adventures, exploring Castles, meeting Knights and Princesses, and encountering fearsome Dragons along the way. Here we share 5 of our favourite Castle inspired stories: The Castle Mice by Michael Bond (Author), Emily Sutton (Illustrator) This is one of our favourites! This […]
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Family Activities to Download
What better way to get to know more about local sights, scenery, history and wildlife than by downloading our fun family activity sheets? Discover fascinating facts about Raby’s majestic Deer and Upper Teesdale’s graceful Curlews, test your observation skills with our Waterfall Wordsearch and have fun colouring in some of the familiar places and creatures […]
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