Events at Castle House

Throughout the year we run a packed programme of exciting events, from themed foodie dinners to talks and workshops. Join us for a day learning how to make a Christmas wreath, an evening finding out the best tips for the Cheltenham Festival from experts such as Peter Scudamore, or hear fascinating anecdotes from guest speakers that have included Larry Lamb, Nicholas Parsons and Prue Leith. Be the first to know what's coming up - email us here with your details so we can keep in touch.
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English Wine Week

26 May 2018 -03 June 2018

Celebrate English Wine Week with us at Castle House. Our talented team of chefs has created a seasonal Five Course Tasting Menu and our wine manager, Jordan Sparks, has paired each course with delicious English wines grown by Sixteen Ridges vineyard in Ledbury and Tudor Manor wines from the Wythall Estate vineyard, Ross-on-Wye.

The Tasting Menu is available throughout English Wine Week and is £50pp. Orders must be placed before 9pm and ordered by the whole table.

A Visit to Ballingham Hall Gardens and Afternoon Tea

22 June 2018

Ballingham Hall has been home to the Watkins family, owners of Castle House, for over 120 years. A Grade II listed manor house, it has fully working farm, pretty bordered gardens and an expansive kitchen garden, which grows much of the seasonal vegetables, herbs and fruit for the hotel’s menus.

Arrive at Ballingham Hall at 2.30pm.  Visit the kitchen garden and meet the head gardener Colin Brown, who also looks after the Castle House garden. Stroll around the pretty, bordered gardens and lake before visiting the C13 Church of St Dubricius. Afternoon tea will be served from 3.30pm.

Ticket: £22 includes garden visit and full afternoon tea

Ballingham Hall, Holme Lacy, Ballingham, Hereford HR2 6NH is approximately 8 miles from Hereford city. Directions are available from Castle House reception.

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Jazz Night with The Hannah Lockerman Band

05 July 2018

Back by popular request, The Hannah Lockerman Band’s wide repertoire of jazz and blues, from such luminaries as Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Nina Simone and Diana Krall, pays homage to those timeless jazz legends, while delivering more modern treatments of their classics with the band’s unique sound.

Ticket: £50 includes three-course dinner with cocktails and canapés on arrival and some hot jazz!

STAGE II - FOUNDATIONAL CALLIGRAPHY CLASS WITH CAROLINE OWEN-THOMAS

18 October 2018

A member of the talented group, The Marches Scribes, Caroline has studied calligraphy for over 20 years, and been teaching for 8. This Stage II class will introduce students to the construction of the Foundational alphabet using an edged pen.  Following warm-up exercises of patterns, we will look at the strokes that make up letters and practise them in family groups.  Letter heights, pen angles and spacing will also be covered.

After a break for a two-course lunch, the process of constructing an alphabet, using all the strokes learnt, will be introduced just in time for all those festive cards and invitations to write. All levels welcome.