# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Richard Holmes’ Dark History of Pontefract Castle
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Dark deeds, grizzly tales and gruesome ends… Pontefract Castle has seen it all!

Join our costumed guide (Chris Cade) as he takes on the role of local Victorian historian Richard Holmes. ‘Richard’ will lead you on a lantern-lit tour of the castle, illuminating its dark history.

Richard Holmes was the leading historian of Pontefract in the 1800s. Using Holmes’ original publications, Chris Cade has created an entertaining and educational tour of the castle.

Book your tickets now for a terrific night out – if you dare!

The Pontefract Castle grounds close at 4:30 pm daily for general visitors. On the evenings of the Richard Holmes tours, the castle grounds will reopen at 6 pm. 

The Keep Café will also be open 6 pm to 8:30 pm for pre-tour hot drinks on these days.

Please note: this tour involves steps around the site and going into the dungeon. The dungeon can only be accessed by a series of steep historical steps. If you cannot comfortably reach the dungeon, we can show you a video of the dungeon tour on a tablet while the rest of the group are below ground.
The tour is not suitable for under 5s.

Tickets £8 - everyone attending must have their own ticket - 5+ only.
Book at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wakefield-museums-castles/e-zebaez
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wakefield-museums-castles/e-zebaez?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=pontefract-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Pontefract
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Pontefract Castle (official)
- **lat**: 53.695509509389
- **long**: -1.3038279575084
- **full address**: Pontefract Castle (official), 1 Castle Garth, Pontefract, WF8 2JE, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Pontefract Castle (official) (https://allevents.in/org/pontefract-castle-official/24988530)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Pontefract Castle (official), 1 Castle Garth, Pontefract, WF8 2JE, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Pontefract Castle (official)
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Richard Holmes’ Dark History of Pontefract Castle ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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