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Introduction	A Brief History of British History A Brief History of the Romans A Brief History of the Vikings A Brief History of the Normans A Brief History of Castle History A Brief History of Medieval History A Brief History of Richard III	A Brief History of the Stuarts The Brief History of the Tudors The Brief History of the Victorians A Brief History of Jack the Ripper A Brief History of WWI A Brief History of British Comedy A Brief History of Christmas

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  Tutbury Castle, Castle Street, Tutbury, Staffordshire, DE13 9JF.
  
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  01283 812129
  
  Tutbury is easily accessible by road and rail. Our nearest railway station is the Tutbury / Hatton station, which is less than a 10 minute walk away. There are regular buses from Derby and Burton on Trent. East Midlands airport is a 30 minute car journey.
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Upcoming Events

Lunch with Nell Gwynne
January 24, 2019 12:00 pm
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ captivity at Tutbury Castle’ by Dr Gareth Williams.
February 3, 2019 1:30 pm
Evening Buffet with Mary Queen of Scots
February 8, 2019 7:00 pm
Sex & the Tudors
February 16, 2019 7:00 pm
Lunch with Boudicca
February 27, 2019 12:00 pm
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ beheading and medical history’ by Lesley Smith, sixteenth-century medical historian.
March 2, 2019 1:30 pm
‘Coins and medals of the life of Mary Queen of Scots including her time in France’ by Dr Gareth Williams.
March 23, 2019 1:30 pm
‘The secret symbols of Mary Queen of Scots’ by Dr Gareth Williams.
April 13, 2019 1:30 pm
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ captivity at Tutbury Castle’ by Dr Gareth Williams.
May 12, 2019 1:30 pm

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Upcoming Events

Lunch with Nell Gwynne
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ captivity at Tutbury Castle’ by Dr Gareth Williams.
Evening Buffet with Mary Queen of Scots
Sex & the Tudors
Lunch with Boudicca
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ beheading and medical history’ by Lesley Smith, sixteenth-century medical historian.
‘Coins and medals of the life of Mary Queen of Scots including her time in France’ by Dr Gareth Williams.
‘The secret symbols of Mary Queen of Scots’ by Dr Gareth Williams.
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ captivity at Tutbury Castle’ by Dr Gareth Williams.

Curator’s Letters

December's Letter from the Curator (2018)
November's Letter from the Curator (2018)
October's Letter from the Curator (2018)
September’s Letter from the Curator (2018)
August’s Letter from the Curator (2018)
July's Letter from the Curator (2018)
June's Letter from the Curator (2018)
May’s Letter from the Curator (2018)
April’s third Letter from the Curator (2018)
April’s second Letter from the Curator (2018)
April’s Letter from the Curator (2018)
March's Letter from the Curator (2018)
February’s Letter from the Curator (2018)
January’s Letter from the Curator (2018)
December’s Letter from the Curator (2017)
November’s Letter from the Curator (2017)
September's Letter from the Curator (2017)
August's Letter from the Curator (2017)
July’s Letter from the Curator (2017)
June’s Letter from the Curator (2017)
April’s Letter from the Curator (2017)
March’s Letter from the Curator (2017)
January’s Letter from the Curator (2017)

Opening Hours

General public opening hours are seasonal as given below

Low Season	1^stAprl - 1^st July 2018 Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun \| 11am - 4pm (last admission)
High Season	3^rdJuly - 31^stAug 2018 Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun \| 11am - 4pm (last admission)
Autumn Season	1^stSep - 30^thSep 2018 Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun \| 11am - 4pm (last admission)

Closed Season:
October through to Easter Sunday – Closed to general public. However, please note – We are open 12 months of the year to private bookings including weddings, ticketed events and school visits. For more information please call us on 01283 812129, or Click Here to fill out our Enquiries form.

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Tel: 01283 812129
(Calls may be recorded for training purposes)

Tutbury Castle
Castle Street
Tutbury
Burton-on-Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 9JF

If you would like to send us an email, you can find both a General Enquiries and a Wedding Enquiries contact form Here

Lost Property:

If property is lost at Tutbury Castle, we make every effort to contact the owner of the property. Items (such as clothing etc) will only be kept for one month before being discarded. If you contact the castle to say that an item belongs to you then we will store items for one month, after which it will be discarded, as we cannot store items for an undetermined period.

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