What I learnt glamping on the grounds of Warwick Castle Educational activities aside, Warwick Castle is as exhilarating for parents as children with big imaginations and bags of pent-up energy 18 April 2021 • 5:00am The castle's interiors may be closed for now but there are plenty of educational activities dotted about outside The horse you wanted to ride into battle, the archer told us, was a destrier, known for its kicking and biting. He paused to send an arrow flying across the River Avon, which thudded into its target. Those children that weren’t listening rolled down the grassy bank, laughing. Behind them stood 11th-century Warwick Castle, built by William the Conqueror, and a blue sky stretched boldly above it. It was April 12, and it was so very good to be out.