Check-in is from 3pm and check-out is at 11am. Guests are welcome to arrive earlier or stay on afterwards to use the lounges and explore the castle gardens, grounds and local walks.
Yes. Free private parking is available on site. The drop-off point is through the portcullis and around the turning circle.
From Arundel, follow signs to London and take the third exit onto the B2139 towards Amberley, looking for the white Relais and Chateaux flag on the left. Ignore signs for Amberley Village. Amberley station is a 10 minute walk with direct trains to London.
Yes. Non-resident guests and visitors are very welcome for drinks or dining. We recommend reserving a table in advance to avoid disappointment. Dining is in the 12th century Queen’s Room or the Great Room.
Afternoon tea is served Monday to Sunday from 12.30pm to 4pm in the lounges, the Great Room and on the Terrace. Booking is recommended.
Dogs are welcome to enjoy the grounds and local walks and should be kept on a lead. Dogs are not permitted on the terrace, in the public areas or in the restaurant. Guide dogs and accredited assistance dogs are welcome throughout the hotel.
Yes, children of all ages are welcome. Infants aged 0 to 2 stay free, and children aged 3 to 16 are charged at the same rate as the adults on the booking. Children are welcome in the restaurant until 8pm with last orders at 7pm, and there is a Garden Menu for younger guests.
Amberley Castle has 19 individually designed bedrooms, each named after a Sussex castle, within the walls of a 900 year old castle near Arundel in West Sussex.
Yes. Amberley Castle dates from the 12th century and is enclosed by its original curtain wall, with a working portcullis that is lowered every night. The Great Room dates from 1165. It is a Relais and Chateaux hotel with 4 AA Red Stars and 3 AA Rosettes.
Smart casual is welcome throughout the castle and the restaurant. Most guests dress a little more formally for dinner in the Queen’s Room.
There is one ground floor bedroom classified as our less able bodied room, always offered at the lowest available public rate. Please call 01798 831 992 before booking to discuss requirements. The drop-off point is through the portcullis and around the turning circle.
The grounds include an 18 hole putting course, a tennis court, a croquet lawn and two lakes, and you can climb the ramparts for views across the South Downs. Amberley village and the South Downs Way are on the doorstep.
Yes. Amberley Castle hosts weddings, private dining and celebrations in the Queen’s Room and the Great Room, with exclusive use of the castle available. Please enquire for capacities, packages and dates.
Yes. Gift vouchers are available for overnight stays, dining and afternoon tea, and can be bought online in set values or as specific experiences.
Located in the picturesque village of Amberley in the beautiful West Sussex countryside, Amberley Castle is a unique luxury hotel steeped in over 900 years of history. Within its medieval walls lies a picturesque retreat which seamlessly blends ancient architecture and history with modern design and contemporary cuisine, cooked to the highest standards.
Amberley Castle is located less than 60 miles south west of London and only 22 miles from Brighton in the village of Amberley.
The castle is still completely enclosed by a 60ft high curtain wall which is flanked by a magnificent twin-tower gatehouse to the south and a kitchen block and a garderode tower with gun loops to the north. Square internal towers stand at the corners, with a small water-gate in the west wall and a Norman postern in the east wall.
The land where Amberley Castle stands was gifted to Bishop Wilfrid in 683 AD by Caedwalla, King of Wessex and the castle’s current buildings owe their origins to a timber-framed hunting lodge built in 1103 by Bishop Luffa. The following 400 years saw this lodge transformed into a fortified manor house complete with crenelations, battlements and a portcullis under the supervision of a number of resident bishops.
In the wake of the English reformation, the castle was leased to a series of tenants and during the Civil War it became a royalist strong hold. Oliver Cromwell sent General Waller to destroy the defences in 1643 and 20 to 30 feet was lost from the Curtain Walls and the Great Hall was destroyed, creating a ruin. After the Civil War, Amberley Castle was seized from the Church by Parliament and sold by the Office of Sequestration of Estates to Mr John Butler, a cloth merchant from London who built the Manor House out of the ruins which had been the Great Hall.
Amberley Castle
Nr Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 9LT
info@amberleycastle.co.uk
01798 831 992
Proprietors: Andrew & Christina Brownsword
General Manager: Marcellin Hardouin
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Amberley Castle
Nr Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 9LT
