The year is 793 and the people of Bamburgh can see ships arriving at Holy Island – the Vikings are coming!
Watch our warriors battle it out in our combat arena and even test your own skills – will you be a Saxon or a Viking?
Strike a Viking coin with our mint master.
Find out what the Vikings ate with cooking demonstrations in our kitchen.
Learn what the Vikings and Saxons wore and how they made their clothes with weaving, spinning and sewing demonstrations. Make your own braids and try your skills with a lucet!
Meet our Viking fur trader and listen to stories from the mead hall
Try on Viking clothes. Talk to our warriors and play with shields and swords in our arena.
Play the Vikings favourite game ‘Hneftafl’ and Merrells
This event is included with your admission ticket to Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle reserve the right to cancel this event due to unforseen circumstances
