Mountfitchet Castle is the only reconstructed Motte and Bailey 11th Century Castle on its original site in the World!

Mountfitchet Castle : Bringing History to Life

Mountfitchet Castle and The House on the Hill Museum is open every day until the 9th November 2025, including all weekends and bank holidays. No booking needed, just turn up!
    Easter Bunny

    Easter Bunny Trail

    5th – 21st April 2025
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    Mountfitchet Castle Entrance

    Mountfitchet Castle

    Norman Motte and Bailey Castle and Village, re-constructed on its original historic ancient site.

    Meeting the baby fallow deer

    Meet the Animals

    Meet Sparrow and Esme, our two new orphaned rescue baby fallow deer at the Castle. They are settling in so well, and being made a fuss of by our visitors

    So much to Explore

    From the Castle grounds and animals, to the House on the hill museum, there's just so much to see.

Mountfitchet Castle is a unique open-air museum experience where the visitor can travel back in time over 900 years and truly witness life in a medieval Motte and Bailey castle

Explore the Castle and roam through the Norman village hidden behind the castle walls, wander in and out of the many houses and view the scenes, smell the log fires burning and feel the ambience of a bygone lifestyle

Meet and hand feed the tame Fallow deer and other rescued animals that roam freely throughout the 10 acre site

Visit the only medieval Castle and Norman Village reconstructed on its original site to exist in the world

An all-weather, all-in-one heritage entertainment complex where prehistory, history and nostalgia combine to make one great full exciting day out for the whole family

Three fabulous attractions for one admission price, a fantastic family day out for all ages

fallow deer at wooden castle
Young girl with fallow deer
Castle grounds at sunrise

    Interactive Experience

    There's so much to see and do at the Castle with hands-on interactive experiences.

    Wizard slot machine at the House on the Hill Museum

    House on the Hill Museum

    The House on the Hill Museum contains the largest toy collection in the world from the Victorian era right up to the 1990’s.

    Dinosaur Encounter

    Animatronic dinosaurs with realistic sounds, a huge caged T-Rex and life size Velociraptors, Tri-Ceratops, moving Allosaurus and an Ankylosaurs.

    Schools & Groups

    Mountfitchet Castle is a unique, fun, and educational place to visit for schools and groups of all ages

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I would just like to thank you all for a fantastic day out! I’m into castles and nice to have one under an hour away and finally got to visit when my children were old enough to enjoy it – brilliant! I also loved the Toy Museum as I’m a Sindy/Barbie + collector, as is my daughter, my son is an Action man collector and took notes for his Christmas List! So lovely to see other toys I had as a child! It really has something for everyone and the staff are brilliant and fantastic value for money for a day out! We will be back! We would appreciate it if you would add us to your newsletter list? Thank you

The May Family
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Mountfitchet Castle and Norman village of 1066 is a world famous visitor attraction with a wealth of living history and education for all ages to enjoy.

6 days ago

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We found a lovely little Moorhen nest today in our big pond under the willow tree today 😊Your babies are safe at the castle little one ❤️ #mountfitchetcastle #essex #1066 #castle #Stansted #Open #herts #london #cambridge #ipswich #norfolk #suffolk #easter #schoolholidays #ThingsToDoWithKids #Holidays #family #daysout #daysoutwithkidsessex #friends #april #2025 #easterholidays #easterbunny #happy #fyp #moorhen #babies #newlife❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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3 weeks ago

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We're very excited to announce our Easter event at Mountfitchet Castle starts today! Open from 10am to 5pm with last admission at 3.45pm, hop on down for some family fun.🐰🐣 No pre-booking is needed, so just come on down! We're open throughout the Easter season and can’t wait to welcome you.🙌 Thanks so much for your continued support - see you all soon!#mountfitchetcastle #essex #1066 #castle #stansted #open #herts #london #cambridge #ipswich #norfolk #suffolk #Easter #schoolholidays #thingstodowithkids #holidays #family #daysout #daysoutwithkidsessex #friends #april #2025 #easterholidays #easterbunny #happy #fyp ... See MoreSee Less
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3 weeks ago

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Percy is looking as majestic as ever in this photo! 🦚A little reminder that our Easter Bunny event is starting tomorrow 😁We are very excited to welcome you and your families over our Easter event.It starts tomorrow 5th April and runs every day until 21st April.No pre booking We are open from 10am to 5pm and the last admission is at 3.45pm We look forward to seeing you 🐰🐣#mountfitchetcastle #essex #1066 #castle #Stansted #Open #herts #london #cambridge #ipswich #norfolk #suffolk #easter #schoolholidays #ThingsToDoWithKids #Holidays #family #daysout #daysoutwithkidsessex #friends #april #2025 #easterholidays #easterbunny #happy #fyp #deer ... See MoreSee Less
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3 weeks ago

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We would like to wish all of our followers, visitors and staff a very happy Mothers Day 💐What a beautiful day it is looking to be.We are open today from 10am to 5pm and the last admission is at 3.45pm, no pre booking.Today we hope to welcome all the lovely mums, grandma's, nanny's and all those who are like mums to all the wonderful children, weather the children are young or all grown up ❤️Happy mot#mountfitchetcastlec#essextle #es#castle6#Stansted #Opens#hertsp#londont#cambridge##ipswiche#norfolkh#suffolkk#easterl#schoolholidayso#ThingsToDoWithKidsd#Holidays #familyy#daysouty#daysoutwithkidsessexh#friendsx#aprilnds #ap#easterholidayse#easterbunnya#happyn#fyph#mothersdaymothersday ... See MoreSee Less
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The House on the Hill Museum

Whilst at Mountfitchet Castle don’t forget to visit The House on the Hill Museum which is included in your entry price. The Museum contains the largest toy collection in the world with over 80,000 toys from the Victorian era right up to the 1990’s. View the Showbiz Collection – Only Fools and Horses three wheeled van, Dads Army display, film and TV props and life sized figures from Star Wars and Dr Who. Don’t miss the Rock ‘n’ Roll exhibition celebrating the golden era of the 1960’s and 70s. Located within the Museum is The Haunted Manor, if you’re feeling brave enough Encounter our life sized dinosaurs on the way to the museum and try your hand at Fossil hunting in our Palaeontology House, can you find the Velociraptors claw? Visit the the Museum’s website for full details.

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Tea Room & Gift Shop

Delicious hot and cold snacks, toasties, panini’s, freshly made sandwiches, delicious homemade cakes, freshly ground coffee and speciality teas are always available in our visitors centre. We have indoor seating and a large outdoor picnic area.

We stock a huge range of gifts and souvenirs, jewellery, accessories, books, biscuits and fudge in our shop with prices ranging from pocket money items starting at 50p to the more valuable rare collectables in our antique centre.

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