Refreshments: The Kitchen@TheCastle will be open serving excellent coffee and Castle-baked cakes. Ingredients are sourced locally wherever possible.

The fair is wheelchair accessible.The majority of the Castle is wheelchair friendly, apart from the viewing mound.

Dogs on leads welcome in the fair and grounds

We also have a summer plant fair here on Sunday 29 June

The strikingly picturesque and romantic ruins are steeped in much history, tales of bitter border warfare, romance and legend.

It is believed to be the first Castle in the UK owned and run by a local community. All the car parking charges from these events go to keeping the castle and it's grounds open to the public.

Whittington is a small rural community in Shropshire close to the market town of Oswestry. The castle sits in the centre of this lovely village set in about 12 acres of grounds and is the remains of a Norman home.

Line-up for Fri 18 April Whittington Castle:

A Love Blossoms Garden accessories, stakes, planters, garden wall decorations etc.

Bridge Farm Plants Interesting and unusual herbaceous perennials

ChickenStreet Grasses and herbaceous perennials for naturalistic plantings

Conquest Plants Nursery Variegated and coloured foliage hardy plants

Dibleys The Houseplant Specialists: over 150 RHS Gold medals including 33 Chelsea Golds NEW

Green's Leaves Choice shrubs, perennials, grasses, foliage plants.

Heartsease Plants Herbaceous perennials and bulbs, especially shade tolerant plants

Hillview Hardy Plants Perennials and auriculas. National Collection Holders, RHS Gold Medalists

John Cullen Gardens Herbs, plants for pollinators, National Collection of Achillea, RHS Medalists

Jurassicplants Nurseries Rare trees, shrubs, exotic fruits and living fossils. RHS Gold Medalists

Lovegroves Shrubs and Trees, mainly rare and unusual, also ferns and climbers

Lyneal Mill Nursery Cottage garden specialising in Geum, Aquilegia and Primulas

Malvern Salvia Collection Salvias

Ox Eye Daisy Country style plants and quirky garden gifts

Penmere Plants Hardy, half-hardy and species Fuchsia.

Peter the Bee and Friends Insect friendly, native wildflowers

Pottertons Nursery Alpines, Dwarf Bulbs and Woodland Plants RHS Gold Medalists

The Gobbett Nursery Shrubs, perennials inc Iris, Cornus, Syringa in season. RHS Medalists

Whittington Castle
Castle Street
Whittington
Shropshire
SY11 4DF

website: whittingtoncastle.co.uk