Firing Line

Bang bang bang bang. Run for cover. I’m a pacifist me, but that didn’t stop me acting out wars as a kid in the grounds of castles. It doesn’t stop big kid mates doing it now either. For people like them, who like facts about war and stuff, this place is amazing. Not so much for me. Still the exhibition commemorates over 300 years of fighting history including the Battle of Waterloo 1815, Rorke’s Drift against the Zulus 1879 as well as recent service in Iraq and Afghanistan today.
The biggest sway is, in fact the littlest things. The museum displays the trinkets a soldier would’ve had to carry such as cigarette pouches, magazine clips, pots and pans and notebooks giving a more personal insight in to the day to day experience of soldier life.
The concept was developed through a joint vision of 1^st The Queens Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh.
Castle admission prices from now until end of December 2010:
Essential Ticket £10.50 adults, £9 seniors/​students, £7.95 children (5 – 16 yrs inclusive)
Premium Tour Ticket: £13.50 adults, £11.50 seniors/​students, £10 children
These prices include entrance to the Firing Line museum. Serving and past members of the Armed forces can obtain concessionary rates please contact the museum for details on 029 2022 9367.