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Thursday morning February 20^th 2020. After leaving Family at Little Shelford, We drove for about ninety minutes before arriving at Warwick. It was good to see our first English Castle. Exploring history in the UK is a great experience.  Looking forward to seeing more in our travels. 

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a bend of the Avon River. The original wooden motte and bailey castle was rebuilt in stone during the 12th century. During the Hundred Years War, the facade opposite the town was refortified, resulting in one of the most recognisable examples of 14th-century military architecture. It was used as a strongholduntil the early 17th century, when it was granted to Sir Fulke Greville byJames 1 in 1604. Greville converted it to a country house and it was owned by the Greville family, who became Earls of Warwick in 1759, until 1978 when it was bought by the Tussauds Group.