Discover Britain: Warwick Castle

Recently, my wife and I decided to load the kids in the car and take a road trip to Warwick Castle, a beautiful fortress built in 1068 by William the Conqueror. Its history, however, dates all the way back to 914 when Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great, ordered the building of an embankment to protect the small hill top settlement of Warwick from Danish invaders.

Warwick Castle is located on a sandstone bluff at a bend of the River Avon in the town of Warwick. From RAF Lakenheath it takes a little more than two hours to get there, and for us, it was well worth the time!
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