News - Brancepeth Castle

Virtual House Tour

As part of the filming for Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith, the crew put together a virtual house tour. We are…

Jan 2026

During the summer of 2025 some of our restoration work and events were filmed for a new series titled Saving Country Hou…

Jan 2026

A wide range of events took place throughout the summer of 2025. You can view our Summer Newsletter here and subscribe t…

Jul 2025

Brancepeth Castle is a member of the Historic House Association and featured as a Place you have loved visiting in the 4…

Jul 2025

Our second dragons event for families! Calling all knights, princesses, dragons and their attendants. Bring a sword and …

Feb 2025

Our exciting October half-term family event! Calling all knights, princesses, dragons and their attendants. Bring a swor…

Sep 2024

We have reinstated the original early 19th Century oak studded doors to the entrance of the castle’s main event room, th…

Jun 2024

We are lucky at Brancepeth Castle to have so much space, but the question is always which areas should we next bring bac…

Mar 2024

Looking for gifts? Maybe something nice for yourself? Some jewellery perhaps. Local ales, cheeses, Northumbrian sausages…

Nov 2022

When we moved into the castle in the late 1970s, we discovered that damage to the roof by a previous owner meant one of …

Oct 2020

The Dobson family have owned Brancepeth Castle since 1978, when it was bought as a base for Dennis Dobson's publishing c…

Jul 2019

The touring theatre company Heartbreak Productions returned to Brancepeth Castle on 3rd July with their own take on Rome…

Jul 2019

A few weeks ago we were approached by the BBC about a book our family had published in the 1960s: a collection of prints…

Feb 2019

Frances Margaret Dobson (née Green) bought the castle in 1979 after a life in publishing with the …

Oct 2014

Dennis Dobson was the publisher behind the eponymous Dobson Books. He sadly died in 1978 shortly b…

Nov 1978