Castle and abbey provide settings
FROM family fun trails to warrior weekends, from Dracula to Romeo and Juliet – these are some of the events on offer at English Heritage sites in the region this year.
Scarborough Castle will hostwarriorweekend throughout the summer.
Could you make it as a medieval knight or noble lady? Junior knights can take part in sword practice and see hand-to-hand sword fighting.
A family day out at the home of Easter awaits visitors this April to Whitby Abbey, where children will be invited to follow a spring trail and decode a secret phrase to receive a chocolate treat.
English Heritage will be setting up a fun trail around the grounds and visitor centre of Whitby Abbey over the Easter weekend.
“Whitby Abbey means so many different things to many different people – we welcome Christians who want to make their pilgrimage to this historic site, families who love to explore the historic ruins and fantastic views over Whitby, amateur photographers who delight in the masonry and shadows cast by the ruins, and the Goths who make their twice-yearly visits to the town which played such an important part in the gothic classic, Dracula,” said head of visitor operations for English Heritage Clea Warner.
“Everyone is welcome, and with the site returning to daily opening from Saturday, we’re looking forward to 2012 being a bumper year for Whitby Abbey.”
The site is open daily from 10am to 6pm from March 30.
Other highlights at the abbey include a full summer of myths and legends with English Heritage’s Time Travellers, daily events throughout the school holidays, and performances of Dracula each weekend throughout the summer as Whitby Abbey joins the celebrations of Bram Stoker’s centenary.
Medieval Falconry is the order of the day at Rievaulx Abbey over Easter. Master medieval falconers, as Raphael Falconry will be giving demonstrations. Witness spectacular aerial displays of birds of prey.
Later in the year there are a series of medieval events.