England
89 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre: every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Basing House, 2 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Buckingham Palace (#9 of 9,035 worldwide) 71 km east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Barbury Castle, founded c. 600 BC.
Every one of them stands in England: the country page shows the full national picture.
20 km west · Palace & château · #282 worldwide
Highclere Castle is a Grade I listed country house built in 1679 and largely renovated during the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in…
25 km north-west · Ruin
Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county…
11 km north · Ruin
Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe.
9 km east · Ruin
Odiham Castle is a ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
20 km east · Castle
Farnham Castle is a 12th-century castle in Farnham, Surrey, England. It was formerly the residence of the Bishops of Winchester.
2 km east · Ruin
Basing House was a Tudor palace and castle in the village of Old Basing in the English county of Hampshire.
42 km north-east · Castle · #11 worldwide
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London.
54 km east · Palace & château · #53 worldwide
Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles southwest and upstream of central…
59 km south-east · Castle · #152 worldwide
Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England.
58 km east · Ruin
Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
54 km west · Ruin
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.
28 km south-west · Castle
Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror.
60 km east · Ruin
Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, commissioned by Henry VIII in Surrey, England, and on which work began in 1538.
56 km north · Ruin
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
56 km north · Ruin
Beaumont Palace, built outside the north gate of Oxford, was intended by Henry I about 1130 to serve as a royal palace conveniently close to the…
47 km south · Castle
Portchester Castle is a medieval fortress that was developed within the walls of the Roman Saxon Shore fort of Portus Adurni at Portchester, to the…
38 km north · Ruin
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames.
53 km south-west · Palace & château
Longford Castle is a Grade I listed country house on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
+ 19 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
71 km east · Palace & château · #9 worldwide
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England.
75 km east · Castle · #10 worldwide
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of…
72 km east · Palace & château · #15 worldwide
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.
67 km north · Palace & château · #30 worldwide
Blenheim Palace is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, and the birthplace of Sir Winston…
68 km north-east · Palace & château · #36 worldwide
Kensington Palace is a royal residence situated within Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.
71 km north-east · Palace & château · #48 worldwide
St James's Palace is the most senior royal palace in London, England. The palace gives its name to the Court of St James's, which is the monarch's…
72 km east · Ruin · #70 worldwide
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of…
82 km south-east · Palace & château · #132 worldwide
The Royal Pavilion and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England.
84 km east · Castle · #194 worldwide
Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles south-east of London, England.
74 km north-east · Fortress · #223 worldwide
The London Wall is a defensive wall first built by the Romans around the strategically important port town of Londinium in c. AD 200, as well as the…
72 km east · Palace & château · #315 worldwide
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
97 km south-west · Ruin · #343 worldwide
Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset.
+ 40 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q810196.
The Castle Map atlas maps 89 landmarks (25 castles · 8 fortresses · 21 palaces & châteaux · 35 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Basingstoke, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Basing House, a ruin 2 km east of the city centre.
Buckingham Palace, ranked #9 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 71 km east from Basingstoke.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Barbury Castle, founded c. 600 BC: 55 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Southampton (45 km) · Portsmouth (51 km) · Oxford (56 km) · Swindon (58 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
