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73 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 Dudley Castle, 13 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Blenheim Palace — #30 of 8,133 worldwide — 80 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Viroconium Cornoviorum, founded c. 50.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — England (60), Wales (13).
13 km west · Ruin
Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England.
22 km north-east · Castle
Tamworth Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in…
16 km east · Castle
Maxstoke Castle is a privately owned moated castle dating from the 14th century, situated to the north of Maxstoke in Warwickshire, England.
31 km south-east · Castle · #145 worldwide
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068.
57 km west · Ruin · #367 worldwide
Ludlow Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the town of Ludlow in the English county of Shropshire, standing on a promontory overlooking the…
26 km south-east · Ruin
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins.
59 km south · Castle
Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe,…
55 km north-west · Castle
Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by Wroxeter, a small village in…
60 km south-east · Castle
Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is about two miles southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire,…
54 km east · Ruin
Leicester Castle is in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire.
39 km north-west · Ruin
Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated 2 miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England.
42 km north-east · Ruin
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
35 km west · Castle
Bridgnorth Castle is a castle in the town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. It is a scheduled monument, first listed in 1928.
50 km north-east · Ruin
Melbourne Castle was a medieval castle in Melbourne, Derbyshire. It was built on the site of an earlier royal manor house that had provided…
42 km north · Ruin
Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire, between Stafford and Uttoxeter.
+ 8 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
80 km south-east · 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…
88 km north-east · Castle
Belvoir Castle is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated 6 mi west of the town of Grantham and 10 mi northeast…
99 km east · Ruin
Fotheringhay Castle, also known as Fotheringay Castle, was a High Middle Age Norman Motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Fotheringhay 3+1⁄2…
73 km north-east · Palace & château
Nottingham Castle is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and…
87 km west · Castle
Powis Castle is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys, Wales.
96 km south-west · Castle
Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
92 km south-east · Ruin
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
90 km north-west · Ruin
Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet above the Cheshire Plain.
80 km south-east · Ruin
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
93 km south-west · Ruin
Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in…
92 km south-east · 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…
89 km north-west · Palace & château
Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle.
+ 38 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q2256.
The Castlemap atlas maps 73 landmarks (33 castles · 1 fortress · 4 palaces & châteaux · 35 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Birmingham, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Dudley Castle, a ruin 13 km west of the city centre.
Blenheim Palace, ranked #30 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 80 km south-east from Birmingham.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Viroconium Cornoviorum, founded c. 50 — 55 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Stoke-on-Trent (61 km) · Milton Keynes (92 km) · Oxford (92 km) · Wrexham (97 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
