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The Earl of Warwick was the most powerful man in England in the 15th Century. He was known as Kingmaker.

My house is over 500 years old...cleaning it makes me nearly 600 years old.

Great video guys, glad you had a nice day. The main reason I started watching channels like yours is after living here all my life it's easy to get used to it all and see it as mundane and ordinary. I never want to lose that sense of wonder that you guys clearly had in this video and watching you experience it for the first time helps to remind me to never take beautiful towns like Warwick for granted. I grew up close to Conisbrough castle and my school would do a trip there at least once a year, as a kid I thought everyone could just got to their local castle to learn about knights and medieval life. It's only as I got older I realised how lucky I was.

New subscriber here. Bravo Zulu on the tours. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. A street level down to earth walking tour of English villages. As a fellow American I commend you both on your behavior & attitudes as far as respecting your neighbors and where you visit. Learning different customs and traditions of others while showing us all of the awesome buildings. I love your passion for what you’re doing. Hopefully I’ll get there (UK) one day. Peace Love & Groovies to all 😎

The Shambles in York. If you really like the old buildings, then this is the place for you. By the way, if the scone crumbles it means it's fresh.

Hi there Grace & Eric, I hope you are both enjoying your visit to my hometown and the place where I grew up. Warwick is a real gem, which is absolutely steeped in history. There is so much to see and so very much I could tell you about its history. The Earls of Warwick have played a very powerful part in the country's politics over very many centuries, and it was still the home of the Greville family, who lived in the castle during my lifetime until it was sold by the Eighth Earl of Warwick to Madame Tussauds in 1978, when I was 21. Warwick is not a city because it doesn't have a cathedral, although after Coventry Cathedral was bombed in WWII the Church of England considered making the Collegiate church of St Mary's the Cathedral for the Diocese. There is quite a story behind why the tower of St Mary's, which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, stands over the road, rather than over the church nave when it was rebuilt after the great fire of Warwick. Apparently Christopher Wren's designs were rejected in favour of another architect who the town employed to reconstruct the destroyed church nave and tower. However town officials had go back to Wren, cap in hand, to ask for his help when they found that the other architect's church tower was too heavy and so wouldn't stand. You can still see the massive pillars for the failed tower inside the church nave. A little known hidden gem is the beautiful contemplative Quaker garden, which can be found tucked away down a short passage way, opposite the Lord Leicester Hospital on Jury Street. My secondary school, King's High school for girls, was until recently located in the town's centre and had class rooms in East Gate, Landor House and the semi-timbered cottages at the top of Smith Street. As a teenager, as well having a Saturday job in John Goulds the town's main book shop (sadly no longer there) I also worked at The Tudor House Hotel (which is located past West Gate on the Stratford Road) to earn money to go to summer music school. I could tell you so much more about Warwick and it's history, but you don't seem to be doing too badly picking up information locally. I hope you will be spending a good few days there. Co-incidentally, my parents also lived in Alcester until I was 2 years old, when they moved to Warwick. They both loved the town and stayed living there until my father's death in 2000 and more recently my mother's death in 2017. I do hope you have a wonderful time in Warwick and have lots of fun while you're there. Sue xx

Watching your videos makes me appreciate my country more. I'm so used to the idea of old buildings and castles that even though I enjoy looking at them they don't blow me away like the way you were when you saw the castle. Seeing the perspective of someone who isn't used it really reminds you how special it is to actually have these things on our doorstops. (Also if you want to move here then we'd be more than happy for you to come, as long as you bring your wholesomeness with you.)

I'd suggest Chester to visit to see the Roman walls

Durham Castle along with the Cathedral are complete , built on a prometry surrounded by river wear. Pure Beauty :-)

Warwick Castle is expensive but worth the visit. If you were blown away by the small part of the exterior that you saw, I would love to see your reaction to the interior and the grounds.

I can’t believe you went to Warwick Castle and for £26 you did not go in. You missed such such an opportunity. Warwick castle is amazingly.

York is an amazing olde-worldy place to visit, really old buildings and a massive cathedral that gives any castle a run for it's money.

I’d recommend Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon if you’re staying close to Warwick. They’re both close by and have a lot of history.

It's probably worth buying a National Trust membership while you're here if you intend to visit a lot of historical locations, not all castles and stately homes are part of it but most are and the member discounts are large enough to save you money if you're visiting enough of them.

Lived in Warwick all my life and very proud and happy to have done so. I had relatives that worked at the castle from the 1930s to the late 1970s. One was the head groundsman there, the other a lady in waitiing. They actually lived in one of the wooden beam houses that you saw. You missed out hugely by not taking a walk past St Nicholas park and viewing the castle from the castle bridge. I have lived here for 50 years and it never fails to take my breath away. I highly suggest looking up 'castle bridge view warwick' in a search engine

If you’re looking for more castles to explore you should definitely check out Windsor Castle, it’s the largest and oldest inhabited castle in the world which is pretty cool

If you want to see more lovely intact castles I recommend Alnwick (Where they filmed a couple of the Harry Potter movies) and Bamburgh both are lovely and an interesting thing about Bamburgh castle is that some of it has been converted into flats. Also Jam first.

If you find yourselves in Dorset, it’s well worth a visit to Corfe Castle. It’s a national trust site, a castle ruin in the middle of a very pretty English village. Sit in the garden of the Greyhound pub and you can see the ruins.

I was really surprised by your excitement with seeing the castle. As a person living in Europe my whole life it is just another castle... all Europe is full of castles, smaller, bigger, ruined, renovated etc. I like that you are showing a different perspective and seeing it with different eyes makes me appreciate that I was born and I am living on such an amazing continent as Europe. Btw. cream first, jam on the top - tastes better

I love your passion for learning the history of our fantastic country! You must visit York, full of amazing history! I just wish that the UK Youth would care as much as you guys do. Love this channel

Come to Shrewsbury. Then travel south for Stokesay castle- small but perfect. Later go on to Ludlow.

You'd love York and Lincoln if you love castles and old 'quaint' places to visit. I'm off to York on Tuesday for a couple of nights (it's an hour away from me) and it's one of my favourite places in the world. 😍

Warwick castle is vast and you can easily spend a full day exploring it. Very important place in English history as it was the home of the Warwick family who were key players in the Wars of the Roses in the 15th C which eventually led to the Tudor's taking the throne from the houses of York and Lancaster.

I love your enthusiasm for our historic buildings. We really don't appreciate it enough because we are just used to it.

Watching your videos makes me appreciate all the beautiful landmarks and awesome history in the UK. I live in a small village in Scotland that has a little castle and little old shops that I now stop and admire when I didn't before xx

You two are so lovely. It’s a joy to watch you really enjoying yourself and appreciating all the things that go to make our little country so special. Great stuff! Maudlyn

Where I live in Kent by walking on one road you go from a 1045yr old church, a 260yr old folly and a 115yr old school a cancil estate form the 90s and a 250yr old hamlet and a pub then its farms

Dover Castle is perhaps the most fascinating and complete Castle, complete with a Roman built lighthouse. Dover Castle is a must.

I'd keep away from the Devon Vs Cornwall cream tea war if I were you, there have been many casualties

Thank you for looking at our country with a fresh pair of eyes and making me appreciate all the things that are beautiful in our country and more so in these difficult times. We would love it if you were to settle in the UK in time to come. Meanwhile enjoy your time here and keep safe and well xx

The thing with castles is that they were often torn down in the Civil War (ours, not yours) if they represented a potential threat to the side which defeated them. Once this happened, the locals would nick all the stone as free building material. This also happened in the previous civil war (Wars of the Roses) and at the behest of such kings as Henry VIII if they had to control rebellious noble families. Of course, Henry VIII is also the reason you will find a lot of ruined Abbeys and not many intact ones.

First of all - Welcome home you two. You are always very complimentary and, though I am an expat living in Thailand until the current troubles decline, I am hugely proud of Britain's history, traditions and beauty. I love to watch your channel, rambling through the best parts of the UK. You're awe at our castles is lovely to see. I would recommend Wales for some prime examples. Harlech castle is extraordinarily lofty and Conwy is very well preserved. Almost every city in Wales has a castle in various states of repair. But my favourites are not in Wales. Saint Michael's Mount in Cornwall and Edinburgh Castle are stunning in too many ways to begin to explain. Let Google be your guide

I went to high school just down the road from Warwick Castle. Occasionally the peacocks from the castle would randomly turn up at our school and just stroll across the playground whilst we were trying to play football or just chill on the roof of reception 🤣

I love how good your production quality is getting - the footage is beautiful and the music fits so well! I'm a Warwick graduate (the university is actually in Coventry), but I never visited the town of Warwick during my degree, so this was a nice little guide to it for when I eventually make it out that way. Leamington Spa is really close to Warwick and it's a lovely Regency-era town - even though it's so close, it's very different. It's quite a long way out of the way, but Norwich is also a good place to visit - its castle and cathedral are both intact and open to the public (the castle is £3 to visit at the moment, but even if you don't go in there are excellent views over the city from the outside), the market is one of the largest and oldest in the UK, and it's also the most complete medieval city in the UK. It's got a huge creative/hipster scene nowadays, and according to local legends, there's a pub for every day of the year and a church for every Sunday within the city walls.

I first got a train down to Warwick from Solihull around 11 years ago. Took photos of most of those buildings. Most recently (last year) got the train down to Warwick and walked up the Grand Union Canal towards Warwick Parkway. You could also visit Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lichfield to name a few Midlands towns.

Thanks for this - been living in the US for 17 years, but was originally from the Warwick area. So, good to see the old place again. I always used to think that all the walls and turrets were excessive when simply charging folks 26 UKP to enter was sufficient to drive most people away...

loved this very much, I’ve lived there but I’ve never had much feeling for it. seeing it through your eyes (plus pre-covid nostalgia!) has made me see its beauty 😍 especially love the historical facts! (also, warwick castle to me has always been a theme park with no rides, but still pretty!)

Aw you're in my home-town! So nostalgic, because of Covid I've not been back to visit Warwickshire all year. This is lovely x

In the UK seeing a Greggs and not buying at least a sausage roll and a yum yum is the equivalent of a federal offence in the USA. Grace well done on the scone.

Really glad you enjoyed your visit to Warwick, looked like you have some good fun. Looking forward to your next outing.

Spent a lovely weekend in Warwick in 2013. My best friend had his wedding in the Castle.

It seems so strange to me that you’ve only just been to your first castle! Growing up in the UK, castles were a very common school trip (and desperate attempt to keep us entertained by our parents during the holidays) destination!

As usual , an entertaining and enjoyable video . Thanks you two .

While I don’t know of any shows filmed in the castle, Warwick, its neighbouring town of Royal Leamington Spa and surrounding villages were used as the set for the ‘posher’ side to the Bucket family in the show ‘keeping up appearances’. A show I would highly recommend. As an extra little fact the music hall song ‘daisy daisy’ was apparently written about the lady of Warwick.

This is terrific. I've been to Warwick a few times, lovely place. One thing to mention - you cut the scone wrong :) You're supposed to cut it horizontally, that way you have a bigger cream-and-jam-spreading area which won't crumble as easily. You guys definitely need to go to the Peak District in Derbyshire (just a little north of where you are), between Manchester and Sheffield. There are some fantastic places there to explote that I think you will love - market towns like Bakewell, Matlock and Buxton; villages like Eyam (has a history with the Plague), Grindleford, Castleton; Hathersage (where Robin Hood's Little John is buried), Edale; Peveril Castle; Chatsworth House and Edensor. You must eat some Bakewell Pudding - a dessert!

Sees real, intact castle for teh first time "this looks like something Hollywood would make". Yes to look like the thing you're seeing.

Try visiting Purbeck, especially Corfe Castle, or walking some of the coastal path. Dorset has some amazing geology as well as very pretty towns and villages, and it is hard to put an archeologist's trowel into the ground without coming up with something. They also have a tradition of cider, good beer and cream teas without the palaver of the Cornish/Devonian cream first or not debate.

Loving these walking tours you two!! What a magnificent country studded with historical gems and I look forward to visiting soon 😎 Your style reminds me a lot of a Samantha Brown and Rick Steves travelogues. Keep it up!

For castles, try and get to North Wales, caernarfon, conwy and harlech castles are great

Make your way to Wells, Somerset and visit Wells cathedral, very impressive place and can also visit cheddar gorge, another lovely place near to wells

Found this channel quite recently. I love how much work you put into your videos. Love your walking tours. Never been to Warwick but will definitely be on my list! Definitely cream before jam. Laura xx

I loved watching your tour. So pleased that you enjoyed Warwick! Bless you!

It's nice to see you appreciate all the little details. I find most English people don't really pay that much attention to the history and beauty but we totally should. Thank you for the wholesomeness :)

There’s a great view of the castle from a bridge going over the river Aven just down the road A425 from were you were you found the second pillar box

Love the enthusiasm - and real interest in what they see on their walks. Walking is the best way once at your destination wherever it might be.

If you're looking for somewhere with a bit of history, I'd suggest Chester. There's a partially-excavated Roman amphitheatre, mostly-intact city walls you can walk around, The Rows - basically double-decker shops - and lots of old buildings. Many of the black-and-white Tudor buildings are Victorian reproductions, but there are some genuine ones. Other things worth a look are the cathedral, the suspension bridge over the river, and the racecourse.

Jam first 🙌🏻 I came across your video of trying snacks yesterday and have since watched lots of your videos! Looking forward to more. I’d love to see you guys walking around Cornwall. The castle at st Micheals Mount is beautiful.

Eric is always so smily. Cheers me right up. Enjoy the weather its going to get colder and wetter!

Wouldn't worry about your excitement, that's the kind of place British people go to to see the pretty streets and buildings

That was my favourite video you've done. Full on comedy and sweetness and a bit of a history lesson to boot.

If you like Warwick you’d love Lincoln - it has one of the few remaining complete castles (which houses an original copy of magna carta) and its cathedral was the tallest building in the world for 250 years

4:00 and the trebuchet gets a reference. Did you know there's a working version in the castle grrounds which is pressed into action for the tourists!

So sad they didn't go inside the castle. Warwick's my home town, and I worked in the castle for a summer. Now, I live in Finland, this brought tears to my eyes. If I was still there, and they'd bought me a coffee, I'd have happily have shown them round for a day. They missed so much!

Thanks for a great tour guys, if you are ever in my neck of the woods down in West Sussex there is the town of Arundel with a beautiful castle built in 1067 so very similar in age to Warwick castle. I always enjoy your walking trips. .xx

you two are so adorable and its so lovely to travel around with you

If you're ever in Scotland you should check out Edinburgh Castle and Edinburgh in general it's stunning 💖

Come to Evesham (Evesham Abbey) - about 800 years old, go to Bretforton and the Fleece Inn pub (the only pub own by the national Trust) and then take a look at Broadway Tower! All close by to Warwickshire!

I could watch you two all day. Keep up the fantastic work.

York , Whitby and the nearby fishing village of staithes are well worth a visit

Would definitely recommend visiting Northumberland. We have a lot of castles up here I think you'd really enjoy seeing including Alnwick castle which was used in Harry Potter

My favorite kind of video; absolutely cant wait to see you!!!!!! 🎉😘

You two always bring a smile to my face! I haven't been to Warwick for over 20 years. I think I should visit again.

Winchester is definitely a place you should add to the list, it's the most beatiful city! Also I have to agree with Eric on the scone front!

Eric, the greatest cup of coffee I had is in the student cafe at Warwick University

Great video I really enjoy it. Hope you have a great time exploring. Hope you get to try some of the country side pubs.

When you took the picture of the second post box that is where I took a photo of that and my now departed mother. Even though the castle charges a quite high price for entry I paid for both of us as I had a feeling that would be the last trip I would make to England with her, which turned out to be true. The city and castle are gems and I am so pleased you were able to get to see the place. Cheers.

Hey. If you ever come to Devon you should try to visit Castle Drogo which was the last castle ever built in England. :0

I know that some of the grounds at Warwick castle are used in Nativity 2.

Pure joy to watch my friend! This is what I am striving for in my videos!

Eric, you need to try Magners, Bulmers, and Scrumpy as different brands/types of cider too :)

Fun fact: Warrick Hunt is a derogatory term for someone who steals your pint at the pub! 😂

Head to North Wales, some amazing castles there. If you join Cadw you can enter all of them for a single fee of about the same as you had just for Warwick

Nice videos :) and nice to see your having fun and experience culture around different locations

Had I but known I could have said hello to you :( Lovely place to visit, and excellent castle. Glad you enjoyed it

Never mind the jam and cream what was that way of cutting the scone?

"as a sidequest" should be said before all "optional" things that you can do haha.

Very enjoyable video! Thanks for sharing👍

At 13:54 is part of the wall and was once a chapel. You can actually stay there. It's so much fun inside and when you stand on the balcony everyone looks up and tourists take your picture. We have stayed in some really unusual places but this one tops my list of best place to stay. They've tried to keep some of the theme inside but the ticking of the clock is very noticeable inside. We cleaned off the balcony of spiderwebs as I felt very protective of the spot. A lot of folks try to get in assuming it's a tourist attraction. The door to the left of the phone box is the entrance but you always have to ensure you lock it when you leave, otherwise people will go up. It's also cool to be just about a 1 minute walk from the castle entrance. This town can easily keep you busy for 5 days but stay 7 because you can do quick trips into Stratford Upon Avon from here.

You have to visit Upper slaughter, lower slaughter and bourton on the water. Not too far away from where you are. Beautiful places. 15th century villages

Having lived in the West Midlands all my life, I’m ashamed to say I’ve never visited Warwick! I think you might have just changed my mind about visiting!

What a charming couple you are. I’m enjoying seeing England afresh through your eyes. I have been to Warwick but so long ago that I’d forgotten just how beautiful it is. We have plenty of castles in the UK to keep you guys busy sightseeing!

By the way, I suggest you plan ahead if you want to visit historic buildings. Because of COVID, The National Trust will not even let you in unless you’ve pre-booked. They have to control the numbers. It’s a pity you didn’t splash out for Warwick Castle, as it’s epic & very comprehensive. Would save you having to visit other castles, to be honest.

You should come to wales to see some amazing castles.

Warwick Castle was a location for Merlin (a TV BBC series)

I worked as one of the senior chefs at Warwick Castle in the 90’s. Had great fun doing the evening feasts, both public and corporate.

Great vid guys. Please do more of our beautiful country.

How is that your first Greggs, they are everywhere! Your scone technique needs work! North Wales has some good castles.

Re: scones / jam conundrum, there is civil war on this issue depending on whether you eat them in Devonshire or Cornish style. The Devonian way is to put the cream on first, then the jam... the Cornish way is to put the jam on first, then the cream. Blood has been spilt on this issue ;-)

If you are going to see one castle inside Warwick Castle is special. I still remember it from 50 years ago!