Wildlife at the Castle

A free, furry, family friendly, fantastic, fun packed day!

Join us at Stafford Castle and see the return of one of our most popular events. We will have plenty of animals for you to see including an exotic zoo with hands on opportunities, a beautiful pony, bees in an observation hive, birds of prey, alpacas and even ferrets! To help you learn all about nature and wildlife there will be plenty of stalls from both local and national charities providing information about a variety of important topics. But that’s not all! Have a look and treat yourself to some local produce, supplies, crafts and artwork from Staffordshire businesses. If you’re hungry how about heading over to our food stalls for a variety of options including a vegan choice, or maybe have some pizza, toasties, sausage rolls or ice cream. With have-a-go archery, face painting, herb garden demonstrations by our volunteer team, a children’s craft workshop, games, roaming entertainment, coin minting and arms/armour displays at the Castle keep, a woodland trail, cakes and jams this is every nature lovers dream.

All this and lots more…. don’t miss it!

Wildlife at the Castle takes place on Sunday the 17th May 2026, between 10.00am and 4.00pm. at Stafford Castle, Newport Road, Stafford, ST16 1DJ.

Most activities, stalls and things to see are free.

Event admission is free but there is a charge for parking if required. We strongly encourage walking, cycling, public transport and car sharing to get to the event! It is about a 30 minute walk from Stafford Railway Station, near the town centre, to Stafford Castle. The 5A bus can be caught outbound from Stafford Town Centre to Stafford Castle (Thorneyfields Lane/adj Thorneyfields Lane stops) on Sundays, throughout the duration of the event.

We have plenty of parking space at this event with an overflow parking option at King Edward VI High School. Please do not park on surrounding roads and verges nearby to Stafford Castle – this will be monitored during the event. Blue badge parking will be charged the same amount but there are allocated places for these vehicles, nearest to the event area.

Please be aware that pictures will be being taken at this event that may be used for our website or on our social media accounts.

Please bring cash if you are parking as this is essential to pay the parking charge.