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Berry Pomeroy Castle

Berry Pomeroy , Totnes, TQ9 6LJ

Berry Pomeroy Castle
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Berry Pomeroy , Totnes, TQ9 6LJ
01803 866618
1 April – 30 September - daily, 10am – 5pm. 
1 – 30 October - daily, 10am – 4pm. 
31 October – 31 March - Sat and Sun, 10am – 4pm. 
Closed 24-26 December and 1 Jan.
Attraction, Castles, Historic Interest
English Heritage
Inexpensive

Situated near Totnes, Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family.

This perfect romantic ruin tucked away in a deep wooded valley near Totnes has a colourful history of intrigue. Within the 15th Century defences of the Pomeroy family castle stands the dramatic ruined shell of its successor, the great Elizabethan mansion of the Seymours. The mansion was intended to become the most spectacular house in Devon - a rival to Longleat and Audley End. But it was never completed and abandoned in 1700. After its abandonment it became the focus of blood-curdling ghost stories, which are still kept alive and kicking in folk tales and rumours of supernatural goings-on today.

Visitors can also explore the nearby beautiful woodland followed by a restorative cup of tea in the castle’s café.

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