Rochester Castle History & Tour / The Great Siege & Forty Fat Pigs

[@castlesandlegends]

Hope you enjoy our first video from our trip to the South East and thanks for watching 😉

[@classics144sportscarschannel]

live near there of town maidstone, been there wen he was a kid at school., did not know its history. brill

[@Traveler13]

Amazing structure that vis, looking at the thickness of the walls its no wonder its still standing, nice one👍

[@castlesandlegends]

Thanks, it is certainly a fortress to be reckoned with and I do love a castle with a good story behind it 🙂

[@jamesbong-007]

Stunning place, that keep is very imposing! Thanks for sharing it's history :)

[@castlesandlegends]

Certainly is, one of the most impressive keeps I have visited

[@diogenes5654]

Nice to see the castle without scaffolding; I lived in Rochester and loved visiting the castle and cathedral. One night, a boyfriend and I scaled a shorter stone wall to get into the castle grounds. thanks for the video, I'll likely never go back and it's a pleasure to see it again. Oh and I think Charles Dickens wanted to be buried in the moat but they wanted to give him a grander "resting place" and that's why he haunts the place.

[@connorricketts1323]

amazing loved the history of the castle and castle and the ghost stories and legends

[@castlesandlegends]

Thank you, Rochester Castle certainly has a very long and intriguing history, if only those walls could talk!

[@LarryB15]

We tried to visit Rochester Castle last year on out holidays but had to give up. Apparantly there was a graduation ceremony in the catherdal next door and the whole of the city was overrun with students and family and the limited parking was completely full. Tried for an hout to find a space in the car parks and on the road but had to concede defeat. Instead, we found a little place called Upnor Castle across the river, plently of free parking and a really nice pub next door which did an amazing curry.

[@louisemerriman1079]

Excellent content. I've subscribed. Thankyou for sharing its history 😊

[@castlesandlegends]

Thank you, it's always wonderful to hear when anyone finds our videos helpful :) and thanks for the sub 😉

[@johnbruce2868]

Seeing all the recesses used for supporting joists for flooring certainly invites the notion that Rochester Castle would be amazing if restored.

[@rozzbozzgames]

Fantastic video, always since a child been a very local Castle for me. Would love to see a roof reinstated to look after the interior for future generations, been muted many times and can only hope.

[@castlesandlegends]

Thank you. We loved Rochester Castle, I certainly hope they can preserve this ancient site for future generations, there is so much history here it would be tragic if it was lost.

[@FeedScrn]

Look up videos about "building cement houses in the Caribbean".... They figured out a way to make cement floors, and even roofs. Could be handy in restoring.

[@KHH1712]

You should do Tonbridge Castle too 😊

[@castlesandlegends]

It looks amazing with a long history, next time i'm down that neck of the woods will check it out 🙂

[@markcolyer1989]

I reenact King John here ar my Castle with a meet and greet Duck called DoG we was on the Christmas special Have I got News for you

[@castlesandlegends]

Sounds a lot of fun to re-enact the great siege, brings the past back to life

[@DaveAinsworth-y8h]

My family used to Rochester in winter and summer because my material grandparents had grocery in the city.

[@castlesandlegends]

Interesting another part of Rochester Castle's history

[@MichelleBruce-lo4oc]

Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. How are you doing? I'm doing well and so is my cat Benjamin. Next video in the future. Could you do Winchester Cathedral and the town of Winchester England. Have a great day see you next video 😊

[@castlesandlegends]

Hi there, happy to hear that you and Benjamin are doing well. Hopefully one day we will be down that part of the country and can visit the historic town of Winchester. Have a great day!

[@karenmartin2367]

I don't know if you said it and I missed it, but Rochester Castle is England's tallest keep 😊

[@morganplisken7271]

American and I loved the movie “ Ironclad” I never understood why it was always a conflict over human rights. To this very day the citizens can be arrested for speech that the government does not approve of in public.

[@castlesandlegends]

Interesting thanks

[@MadeInMaidstone]

Great vid! But Rochester is not a City… The once City of Medway lost its city status many years ago! 😢