Lumley Castle Chester-le-Street reviews by real event-goers

Review of Summer Showdowm Lumley Castle

Very good for family especially the kids who enjoyed themselves on the inflatables etc .recommend anytime

Review of Summer Showdowm Lumley Castle

Very few stalls. Advertised free parking but difficult to find a space. The only hot food available was either an overpriced burger or hot dog for £7 each provided by Lumley castle. Paid for an unlimited inflatable ticket online before we went, but no one even asked to see it so we could have just used the inflatables for free like lots of other kids were doing: a waste of £12.50. This ticket was advertised as including the already mentioned inflatables, exotic animals, llamas and bumper cars. All of the animals were there for anyone to seeeven without a ticket so definitely feel ripped off. Only good thing about it was that I liked the young singer.

Review of Summer Fest Lumley Castle

Review of Summer Fest Lumley Castle

Review of Summer Fest Lumley Castle

Review of Summer Fest Lumley Castle

Review of Summer Fest Lumley Castle

Got there at 12.40pm.

No signs of where things were.

Only saw a large field with a few things on. At 12.55, we walked to the top of the castle steps.
A stall holder came out and was putting their own signs up to say where al of the craft bits were as nobody knew they were indoor.

2 very small rooms with various craft things in.

No signs as to where to get wristbands for the bouncy castles.
You wakes to the bouncy castles, to have to walk back to a stall to get them, then back to the bouncy castles. Bit of a silly system.

Not sure why I had to go through the headache of getting tickets as nobody asked for them and the event organiser on the day on Facebook was just telling people to turn up and they didn't need tickets.

No signs as to where any singers were. Don't fancy wandering round in the boiling heat roaming round a castle trying to find where they were.

Some chairs/benches on the field where the bouncy castles were would have been nice for disabled guests. There was nowhere to sit here other than the floor which my disabled parents would not be able to get down to, or back up from and this is where the bouncy castle etc were that children could have went on for 4 hours! Did they expect people to stand for 4 hours? Even sitting on damp grass was bad enough for those of us who could sit.

To be honest I thought the whole thing was badly organised, no signage, no signs for nearest toilet facilities, no signs for any baby change or first aid help. No signs as to where things were and for it being advertised as a ticket only event I expected something more than 3 bouncy castles and maybe 30/35 stall holders and a little bit of catering.

We stayed around 30 minutes. It was enough to see everything and be disappointed.
Sat on the damp grass in the blazing heat (a shaded area with chairs or a marquee would have made the event so much better and to sit would have been nice for our disabled guests).

Wouldn't go back if they held it again, especially not when I had to get tickets for the event, which then turned out you didn't need tickets.


I know the tickets were free, but the hassle of them being 'sold out' and then 'released again' was ridiculous. It wasn't exactly very busy there when we went and at capacity and nobody asked for tickets anyway.
There surely must be an easier way to hold the event and get numbers for Heath and safety reasons.

Disappointing and underwhelming.

Review of Lumley Castle Summer Wedding Showcase

All the vendors were cramped into a very small room with not very good lighting. You couldn't see properly what the had on offer and if you stopped to look you blocked the very narrow walk way. Also limited amount of vendors attended. Not all vendors had price lists.

Review of Lumley Castle Spring Wedding Showcase

Review of Lumley Castle Wedding Showcase

Review of Lumley Castle Wedding Showcase

Review of Premium Haloween Ghost Tour

when we got to the venue we were informed as well as others that they had cancelled at half 9 however failed to inform anyone about them cancelling they took my booking as well as others at 10. 30 am after them cancelling. when we arrived and got told the bad news we searched and searched for any type of contact details and failed to find any. very disappointed at this service! can't wait to get my money back.