Ulfstead Castle (T&F)

Ulfstead Castle is an ancient medieval fortress on the estate of Sir Robert Norramby. The Estate Railway runs around the grounds. It is often used as an event venue.

History
In the medieval era, the castle was owned by King Godred. Nowadays, the castle is part of the estate owned by Sir Robert Norramby. It has rails running through it, most of them dual-gauge, and its own station, its own turntable, engine shed and crane with a church nearby. There is a mine beneath the castle and it also has its own crane. Millie works and lives here, while she does a variety of jobs including helping the groundskeeper and taking tourists around the estate in open-topped carriages. Stephen later began working here and was eventually joined by Glynn.

The castle has its own park area which is home to several deer including one that Luke once befriended. The park area is tended to by a groundskeeper who has his own lodge on the castle's grounds.

In the eighteenth series, a Dinosaur Park was built on the castle grounds. Sir Robert Norramby commonly hosts special events at the Castle, such as Christmas fairs and lunches, and fireworks displays.

In the twenty-fourth series, a big Ferris wheel was set up outside the Castle on the grounds, as well as several tents for the Technology Fair. While the tents were taken down after the fair, the ferris wheel remained.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 17 - Wayward Winston, Calm Down Caitlin, Luke's New Friend, The Switch, The Lost Puff, The Phantom Express, Percy's Lucky Day, Bill or Ben?, Too Many Fire Engines, Santa's Little Engine and The Afternoon Tea Express
 * Series 18 - Not So Slow Coaches, Missing Gator, Marion and the Dinosaurs, Samson at Your Service and Millie and the Volcano
 * Series 19 - Slow Stephen, Best Engine Ever, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas and Rocky Rescue
 * Series 20 - Sidney Sings, Love Me Tender, Engine of the Future, Cautious Connor, The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill
 * Series 21 - Runaway Engine, Terence Breaks the Ice and Daisy's Perfect Christmas
 * Series 22 - Samson and the Fireworks, Rosie is Red and Hunt The Truck
 * Series 23 - Heart of Gold and Diesel Do Right
 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show, Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant, A New Arrival, World of Tomorrow, Nia's Bright Idea and Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop

Specials
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 * 2013 - King of the Railway
 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Trivia

 * Concept art of the castle for King of the Railway shows that Ulfstead Castle would have been much larger than the final design, and the railway line would run through the main building. Tidmouth Bay would also be used as the railway station for the castle and Colin was going to be based there.
 * The Ferris wheel that was seen at Ulfstead Castle in the twenty-fourth series for The Technology Fair utilises an enlarged version of Stephen's driving wheels along with the bodies of Red Coaches for the passenger compartments.
 * In the French dub, Ulfstead Castle is called 'le Château des Elfes' (meaning: the Castle of the Elves).

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway
 * TrackMaster
 * Take-n-Play
 * Adventures
 * Capsule Plarail
 * Mega Bloks
 * Collectible Railway
 * Minis
 * Motor Road and Rail