One of the first things that has to be mentioned is that Arundel is a market town and civil parish within the south downs of West Sussex. It is famous for its Sussex cottages which is one of the main reasons people visit the town.

Television

There have actually been a fair number of television shows shot on the set of Arundel castle and one of them is the 1988 episode of Doctor Who named Silver Nemesis as the castle of Arundel was depicted as being Windsor castle. In this episode the Doctor and Ace visit England in 1988 in which a group of rival factions, Cybermen, Nazis and a sorceress named Lady Peninforte are all trying to gain control of statue made of living metal. Any Doctor Who fan will know that the Cybermen are one of the Doctors greatest enemies. This is not the only programme has been set around the castle as programmes such as The Madness Of King George.

Tours

You can of course go on a tour of the castle itself and this is well worth doing if you are into your history as the castle tour really is very fantastic indeed. Taking a tour here does not cost too much money either and the castle is open for banquets and various other things during the course of the year and they are all great fun.

Plays

If you are lucky you can catch a play outside of the castle during peak seasons and these are usually in the form of Shakespearean plays and these a bit of a laugh during the summer seasons as the best ones are usually picked to be peformed.

So there you have it, get away from your web design job in that serviced offices Victoria office that you have and get out to Arundel for a really good time!

Arundel castle was founded by Roger de Montgomery on Christmas Day 1067 and he became the very first person to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces of William the Conqueror. The castle was built and then later damaged during the time of the English civil war, they managed to restore it to its former glory in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is a big reason why people get holiday cottage Sussex in this area.

The castle was first built in 1086 and was built as major fortification for the mouth of the River Arun. Once Roger died the property went to the hands of the King of the time, Henry I.

During the medieval time period it would seem that mostly it was just handed down to various people and the place saw a lot of owners during these years. The crown seized the castle once again after it was found that Thomas Howard was conspiring to marry the Queen Of Scots (Mary) but it was later given back to the Earls.

The Howard family then kept the castle but did nothing to it as they had wanted to resore other buildings until the castle came into the hands of Charles Howard. In 1787 he started work on the castle and this continued for many years, once complete he had a massive party inside the walls and died shortly afterwards.

The Monarch Queen Victoria herself has actually stayed in the castle and apparently really enjoyed the experience, more work was done before and after her stay and this is how you see the castle today, many of her things are still there.

The great thing about the castle is that most of it is open to the public so make sure that if you can you can take a break from that web design job in that serviced offices Soho office and get out there to pay it a visit!