England · 13th century
Hever Castle ( HEE-və) is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles (48 km) south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family.
Anne Boleyn, the second queen consort of King Henry VIII of England, spent her early youth there after her father, Thomas Boleyn, inherited it in 1505. The castle passed to him upon the death of his father, Sir William Boleyn. It later came into the possession of King Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
The Grade I listed castle is now owned by the Guthrie family's Broadland Properties.
Text adapted from “Hever Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hever Castle ranks #195 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 360 mapped in England. Founded 1271, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 25,820 times in the last 60 days, more than 98% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is London, 39 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.
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