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82 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 Bristol Castle, 1 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Blenheim Palace — #30 of 8,133 worldwide — 96 km north-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Maiden Castle, founded 600 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — England (45), Wales (37).
22 km north · Ruin
Chepstow Castle at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain.
19 km east · Fortress
Little Solsbury Hill is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hillfort, above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England.
18 km north · Castle
Thornbury Castle is a Tudor castle in the town of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England, erected next to the parish church of St Mary.
19 km north-west · Castle
Caldicot Castle is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold…
1 km east · Ruin
Bristol Castle was a Norman castle established in the late 11th century on the north bank of the River Avon in Bristol.
41 km west · Castle · #271 worldwide
Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales.
45 km west · Castle · #364 worldwide
Caerphilly Castle is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as…
28 km north · Castle
Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
46 km west · Castle
Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales.
39 km north-west · Ruin
Raglan Castle is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales.
41 km north · 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…
47 km north · Ruin
Goodrich Castle is a Norman medieval castle ruin north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between…
30 km north-west · Ruin
Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which…
48 km south · Castle
Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset.
40 km north · Castle
Monnow Bridge, in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge.
26 km south-east · Castle
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England.
43 km east · Castle
Devizes Castle was a medieval fortification in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on a site now occupied by a Victorian-era castle.
+ 20 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
96 km north-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…
87 km east · Palace & château · #292 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…
98 km south-east · Ruin · #351 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.
68 km south-east · Ruin
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.
85 km south · Castle
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset.
99 km south-east · Castle
Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror.
98 km east · Ruin
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
70 km north-east · 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,…
96 km north-east · Ruin
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
98 km 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…
66 km south-west · Castle
Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England.
87 km east · 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…
+ 33 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q23154.
The Castlemap atlas maps 82 landmarks (35 castles · 2 fortresses · 6 palaces & châteaux · 39 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Bristol, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Bristol Castle, a ruin 1 km east of the city centre.
Blenheim Palace, ranked #30 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 96 km north-east from Bristol.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Maiden Castle, founded 600 BC — 85 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Cardiff (40 km) · Swindon (58 km) · Swansea (95 km) · Oxford (98 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
