I live fairly local, just over the border. This is a fantastic castle to visit, and has a long history. If you do visit in the future, try to get into the village of Norham ( pronounced, norr ham ), i suggest a visit to Norham chapel. This church has some beautiful architecture, and lovely stained glass windows. A little known fact about Norham castle, is the the famous cannon, Mons Meg ( rebuilt after having to be cut up to transport after it breached Norham castles walls from about a mile and a half away). Although the first half of the fifteenth century proved to be quieter than the previous one, the castle's defences were kept in good repair. The next major activity that the castle saw was during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). In 1462 Norham Castle was held by the Yorkists on behalf of Edward IV. The following year a Lancastrian army besieged the castle for eighteen days until it was relieved by Yorkist forces. In 1464 the forces holding Norham castle changed sides to support the Lancastrians but were then forced to surrender to a force of Yorkists. Later in the century, Bishop Richard Foxe of Durham (1494-1501) had the castle's defences strengthened once more. In 1497 the castle was besieged for two weeks by an army led by James IV of Scotland. The siege included the use of artillery to try to breach the walls but the garrison was finally relieved by an English army. Following this latest siege the castle was repaired again. One of the guns used in the siege was a 22-inch (56 cm) calibre cannon called Mons Meg, which is now located at Edinburgh Castle.[1] Mons Meg link. www.edinburghcastle.scot/see-and-do/highlights/mons-meg Great video, and a castle well worth a visit. There are a chain of castles on the English side of the border, that allowed signals to be sent from Berwick miles inland via Norham , to alert of Scottish invasions. You might want to look into this. I have visited most, and they are worth looking at, even if most are a lot more derelict than Norham.

Love your stuff on castles

I happened to pass this castle last week so popped in on a whim to take a look. What you don't see from the road, or any photos or videos, is how absolutely massive that inner keep is. It's really breathtaking. The signs on site are really informative and you can really imagine life there hundreds of years ago. Thank you for this video, which tells the story brilliantly.

I visited Norham castle in the 1980’s. I think we were the only people there at the time. I remember it as being a magical place in a beautiful setting and to me, the most romantic castle I’d visited. I must revisit soon, especially after watching your video which really brought it to life to me. Thank you.

A very interesting castle. It reminds me of both Richmond and Barnard castles, which are further south and share a number of architectural and layout features. The keep is similar that of Richmond Castle, which is about 100 feet tall, complete, and can be climbed to the top, though is a little smaller in area. Barnard Castle is directly next to the Tees, so served to command that river, and shares many layout similarities. Both are very much worth visiting.

Thank you, Norham Castle is now on my bucket list.

Beautiful castle ruins would of loved to see its heyday. Great vid bud.

Norham Castle has come up in my reading from time to time and I've seen a few photographs over the years but your video really fleshes it out. Thankyou for this great piece of work.👍👍

Excellent review - thank you.

It will be wonderful to visit these places again.

Awesome work my dude! Going to head down and see it soon! only an hour and a half away from me!

Thanks, a must visit when I do the Kielder Forest thing.

Fantastic video, I live in Spittal so that's two videos you've made local to me. Might I suggest Chillingham Castle it has a fantastic history filled with torture and executions. If you do come back I'll try to get the local historians number for you. He holds the keys for the rooms in the walls around Berwick. We have countless castles and historic buildings, should you need any help with our area I'd love to help.

Great documentary. Never heard of that one. Learned something new today

When this Covid-19 shite is over I will travel to the UK and visit these old ruins. Great channel :-)

I visited this castle, truly beautiful and amazing place.

It's crazy to think of the amount of man hours that went into the construction of castles like this. There must have been a whole village needed to house and supply the numbers of different workmen and craftsmen.

Whilst waiting for her husband to come home from work a Scottish woman heard a knock on the door. Standing there was a man she'd never met who told her that he worked with her husband and that he'd be running late. The man also said he had pressing business to attend with him when he arrived and asked to wait with her. No sooner had she let the man in he began making passes and advances towards her. "I can't do that!" she exclaimed, " I'm a happily married woman!" Reaching into his pocket he produced a great wad of cash saying "Could ya do it fer this lassie?" She quickly agreed and after doing the deed he left. As she was counting the money her husband walked in the door. "Sorry I'm home late honey, had a bit of overtime to catch up on". Quickly stuffing the money into her skirt she said "That's okay dear, your friend came by and told me you'd be a wee bit late so I wouldn't worry". To which her husband cheerfully replied "Oh good, did he bring my pay?"

Love these vids on castles. I would so love to be able to visit one in person but i dont see that happening so i'll visit them here. ;)

I love this castle, been there several times & free to enter.

Excellent video 🙏

Top lad. Love anything to do with English-Scottish history and their shared border; truly a point of contention since the dawn of time it seems. Would love to see some more like this mate! All the best. x

Great vid thanks!

sounds like that the motto for this castle was "Thank you, may I have another".

Was there yesterday and its a fantastic castle and it's free to get in.

Wow, thanks.

Free to enter too - went there Sept 23 and took several photos.

Man, this was great. More videos like this please.

Can’t imagine how men was killed there and if their bodies were buried in the grounds

Lovely.

I went on some cheap bus tour and they called there. It was amazing! No big buses with tourists pouring out. Was very quiet and lovely!

One of my local castles as i live 7 miles away from norham. You should check the fort near the haven holiday park. Its the remains of the original and much larger berwick walls, the othet part if the ruins next to the railway station. Fun fact they used stone from the ruin to build the station. Would love to see them try that today. The train route would be very different today.

Just wondering if you would do a bit of research on Belvoir castle. It's a beautiful castle my wife calls it the fairy castle, dont know much of its history all I know is it was once made of wood and has changed its appearance 3, times I think it's now iron stone which looks stunning and was grated to Anne of cleves when she was divorced from king Henry 8th. Also my grandad said it was a look out for enemy planes in the world war 2 that's all I know but would like know more ???😄

Amazing !!! 😯

They should make a VR replica from this castle!

Yo bro my whole family live in norham would be great to give you a tour of the borders and all the castles as my grandad knows a lot about the battle of flodden and if you come in the summer you can see us riding horses around our common land

I wish I was royal I would love to live in a castle 😊 I hate our modern time now 👎🏻

Very good, though it is properly pronounced "Norram"