North Umbria, England It has not been many years that Chillingham Castle has been reopened to the public. Since then, the neglected building and grounds have been improved considerably. In the castle there are several interesting rooms : the
Great Hall,
the Torture Chamber (some of the instruments shown there have once been
in use). You'll readily be told about the history of the castle -
including
many
The castle garden has been restored and although it is quite small it has been laid out very neatly. It was Chillingham Castle that started the famous False Alarm that made the entire army leap to its feet, because someone had mistaken some charcoal fire for signs of the attacking enemy. There can be few buildings in England with more ghosts than
Chillingham
Castle at least two of which, the Radiant Boy and the Grey Lady, are
based
on historic facts. The Radiant Boy is said to come from the
fireplace
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