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69 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 Cambridge Castle, 1 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is Buckingham Palace — #6 of 7,738 worldwide — 81 km south. The oldest dated site in the circle is Ludgate, founded 190.
Every one of them stands in England — the country page shows the full national picture.
1 km north-west · Ruin
Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
22 km south · Ruin
Walden Castle was a medieval castle in Essex, England, built during the Anarchy of the 12th century.
25 km north-west · Castle
Huntingdon Castle was situated in the town of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. In 1068 a Norman motte and bailey castle was built for William the…
52 km north-west · 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…
36 km west · Palace & château
Kimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
41 km south-east · Castle
Hedingham Castle, in the village of Castle Hedingham, Essex, is arguably the best preserved Norman keep in England.
56 km south-east · Palace & château
The Palace of Beaulieu or Newhall is a former royal palace in Boreham, Essex, England, north-east of Chelmsford.
48 km south · Castle
Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.
27 km west · Ruin
Buckden Towers, formerly known as Buckden Palace, is a medieval fortified house and bishop's palace in Buckden, Cambridgeshire, England.
51 km south-west · Ruin
Someries Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, in the Parish of Hyde, near the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
41 km west · Castle
Bedford Castle was a large medieval castle in Bedford, England. Built after 1100 by Henry I, the castle played a prominent part in both the civil war…
48 km north-west · Ruin
Barnwell Castle is a ruined castle, south of the town of Oundle, and north of the village of Barnwell, Northamptonshire.
55 km north-west · Castle
Woodcroft Castle is a moated medieval castle in the parish of Etton, Cambridgeshire, England.
35 km south-east · Castle
Clare Castle is a high-mounted ruinous medieval castle in the parish and former manor of Clare in Suffolk, England, anciently the caput of a feudal…
45 km north-east · Ruin
Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England.
+ 1 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
81 km south · Palace & château · #6 worldwide
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England.
79 km south · Castle · #7 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…
95 km south-west · Castle · #8 worldwide
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London.
81 km south · Palace & château · #11 worldwide
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.
81 km south · Palace & château · #32 worldwide
Kensington Palace is a royal residence situated within Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.
80 km south · Palace & château · #44 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…
95 km south · Palace & château · #49 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…
80 km south · Ruin · #66 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…
74 km north · Palace & château · #75 worldwide
Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England.
78 km south · Fortress · #216 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…
81 km south · Palace & château · #314 worldwide
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
95 km south · Castle · #347 worldwide
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England.
+ 41 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q350.
The Castlemap atlas maps 69 landmarks (29 castles · 3 fortresses · 16 palaces & châteaux · 21 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Cambridge, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Cambridge Castle, a ruin 1 km north-west of the city centre.
Buckingham Palace, ranked #6 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 81 km south from Cambridge.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Ludgate, founded 190 — 79 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Milton Keynes (64 km) · Colchester (64 km) · London (80 km) · Southend-on-Sea (85 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
