Housed in a vault for security the Magna Carta and Carter of the Forest are an important slice of British history. We visited on a Sunday morning and were the only people in the place. The documents are kept behind glass with low light to...More

Enormous investment has been made in constructing this vault to ensure this priceless document is protected, yet available for the public to view. The vault is built in between the Georgian and Victorian Prison building which itself is within the confines of the wall of...More

This was a great attraction within the Castle Museum with the Forest Charter and the Magna Carta on display with a curved screen film - all was great apart from watching the curved screen made me feel a bit strange!!

Little pricey to get in, but if you're a history lover it's worth it. Has an informative video and you get to see original copies of the Magna Carta and Charter of the Forest. This place is state of the art for the exhibition of...More

This is within the castle, but if you want to see the Magna Carta you should check online first, as it is not always there. Good film presentation about it, Very informative.

We have been lucky enough to have seen another copy of the Magna Carta, but it's always such a treat to see a document that not only helped shaped democracy, but is so old, fragile and incredibly written, with it's minute immaculate script on a...More

A piece of living history. It boggles my mind that I am looking at a document that has shaped the course of social history that was drawn up and signed 800 years ago. Amazing that 4 copies survive, and wonderful to see that it is...More