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Warrington Radio Interview 06/03/2025

After the success of our collaborations in 2024, we were asked to speak on Radio Warrington's Culture programme."A castle in Warrington - really!!? Local history enthusiast Keith Myers chats to Radio Warrington about an exciting community based project that aims to uncover the amazing history of the forgotten Norman castle that once stood in the heart of Warrington, said to be "the largest motte and bailey in Lancashire." Also interviewed are Derek Carey Vernon and Robin Frith about the upcoming Spring Clean litter picking project taking place across the town . First broadcast 6 March 2025."Listen to Keith Myers on Radio Warrington

Heritage Open Event - The Bulls Head 26/09/2024

The Bulls Head Inn offered their space to use for showcasing our second public engagement event.We presented old maps of the area, followed by a short walk around the former motte and bailey site. The event was co-presented with Keith Myers, an artist from Warrington using cutting edge technology, and Dr John Piprani from The University of Manchester, who is not only an archaeologist, but an expert at creating community based heritage projects.You can continue to help and support local businesses by engaging in heritage. Make sure you come along to our next event.
*Credit Cobi Elliot for the poster.

Friends of St Elphin's - Community Event: Summer 2024

In 2024, we agreed to do some community outreach with the community interst group 'Friends of St Elphin's'. This was after having a couple of meetings with former mayor and councillor for the Howley area Jean Flaherty.We proposed several activities, including making Norman castles, walking tours, beating of bounds, poetry, plus lots more.In the end, we completed a castle drawing exercise in April with the children from the estate, as well as a walking tour of the former motte area.

November 2023 - A Journey with Archaeologists

Towards the end of 2023, we invited a leading team or archaeologists from The University of Manchester to come and visit the site around St Elphin's to explore what old maps of the area might tell us about the past.

Before visiting the site the team read archaeology reports from several different periods to gain an understanding of the site.During the visit, these very smart people started to look at the old maps, contemporary aerial images, and began to piece together the history of the site.A a moment of genuine began to emerge as they discovered the outline of the old motte and bailey castle. This amazing moment crystallised our desire to share this with other people and would go on to form the basis of our walking tour the following Easter with children from the estate, with the help of the friends of St Elphin's group.

A special thanks to all involved including: Kelsey Overton; Jordan Perris; Mattie Hudson; Alex Lonsdale; Jenny Walker; Dr John Piprani; Mary; and Laura Thompson.

Online Videos

We have made a number of videos that explain the project and what we are doing. Here's a collection, which includes remaking the castle, the inpiration about the heritage and a video about St Elphin's.

Video 1 - why we setup the project

Video 2 - reimagining the motte and bailey castle in 3D

Video 3 - a homage to St Elphin's