Great visit to Lincoln Castle. So pleased we did the free guided tour. Thank you to our guide Martin who was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic even though it was freezing cold and very foggy. Excellent job.

Went to the illuminations at Lincoln Castle, and this Castle never ceases to amazes me, we love that it is on our doorstep and is so beautiful even without the lights, the lights just make it look more impressive, and fun...and fun grts kids to look and lesrn!! the people that have put the effort into making it look this beautiful should be proud of themselves...you need to have a walk around, & look at the beauty of the illuminations, we like the fact they have added new bits, animated reindeer are wonderful, but we need to look through the lights and music and see our history still standing, making us proud everyday, when you look up from the city and see it standing along side the Cathedral. We will be bringing our new granddaughter to this light illuminations next year and showing her one of Lincoln beautiful Historic Building!!

Fantastic day at the castle, tour guide Ken Moore was factual, funny, engaging and made a cold tour at -1degree into a warm and entertaining experience. I had no idea of the importance of Lincoln Castle in British History until now. The prison too was fascinating, especially the separatist chapel. Everyone we talked too were enthusiastic and knowledgeable.

We booked the castle wall walk and it was most enjoyable. The castle is well preserved and very interesting. We returned at 1700hrs hoping to see it lit up but the gates had closed which was a shame as it must have been spectacular with the amazing xmas lighting.

Really interesting visit, largely of the prison followed by the wall walk. Disappointing that the Magna Carta cinema was closed as it would have deepened our knowledge on why this is such an important document. We nonetheless really enjoyed our visit, from where incidentally you take on amazing views of the city.

We explored Lincoln Castle when spending several days in Lincoln over Christmas, 2022. It has a nice, complete and well-preserved wall and one can walk all along the walls, which provide great views of the city. Otherwise, inside there is the prison building, with an interesting and well-preserved Victorian prison to explore, with gift shop and cafe. The prison is interesting due to its experiment at complete isolation for prisoners, who initially were even kept separate during services in the chapel. The castle is home to one of the 4 original surviving copies of the Magna Carta, but the document was away for preservation when we visited. However, we were able to see original Charter of the Forest, from the same time period and providing people greater rights regarding royal "forest" land. At night, we did the lighted Christmas walk, which was also nice.

Great castle, wonderful walk round the walls, with magnificent views of the cathedral. Can walk around inside the castle walls free of charge (Lincoln Crown Court is housed within the walls) but you have to pay to walk on the walls. Also included in the entrance charge is a guided talk round the grounds, going into the history of the castle and Lincoln generally from Roman times onwards. Wonderfully entertaining guide. Also included is visit to the Victorian prison in the grounds with its unusual prisoners' chapel,and to the vault containing one of the only four copies of Magna Carta in the country - sadly put away in storage for winter when we visited. We did however see one of only two remaining copies of the 1217 Charter of the Forest and the 1225 affirmation of that Charter - a most surprising sight as they are incredibly small. Huge amount of history attached to the castle, well worth a visit, but if you're interested in seeing Magna Carta, check online first to ensure it is back on display.

We went on the 11am tour with Ken Moore during our visit. We throughly enjoyed our tour with him and would highly recommend. He was very well informed and had good jokes; he made the tour light hearted and very engaging. He asked us where we were from before the tour which made us feel more comfortable and at ease. Questions could be asked throughout which was lovely. The prison is good with lots of activities for children and has very clear information although is a bit tricky to remember where you are as it looks the same! The castle wall walk is very beautiful with good information, although there are steps, just as a heads up. Ken definitely made our trip memorable and and the information helped when we went around afterwards.

Wonderful visit today, thoroughly recommend the free guided tour, Ken our tour guide was knowledgeable, humorous and engaging. We did the tour, went round the prison and then walked the walls after .. spent a good 3 1/2 hours there ...would have been longer if the weather had been warmer! Yes entrance fee is a little expensive but well worth it

Spent a memorable time at Lincoln Castle enjoying the scenery, history and architecture. We also particularly enjoyed the non stop fact filled tour provided by Ken who not only was knowledgeable, but delivered facts / tour of the ground in a very entertaining way, bringing the history of the castle to life. If you’re in Lincoln and enjoy your history, a visit and tour of the castle is highly recommend!