Malton Castle Garden is open to absolutely anyone, and for free. We run volunteer programmes for those who want to get involved, and invite anyone with an interest in history or nature to come and visit or take part in activities. In 1995 Ryedale District Council acquired the 5 acres of land behind the Old Lodge Hotel in Old Maltongate. This land has a 2 000 year history, starting with the Roman Fort of Deventio around AD 71, through to a Norman Castle and Elizabethan House. The site still holds a great deal of interest for Archaeologists, and has been listed by English Heritage as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The first excavations began in the 1930s by Philip Corder and John Kirk, commemorated by a standing stone and plaque in Orchard Fields, and many of the finds can still be found in the Malton Dickens Museum on Chancery Lane.
