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57 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 Flint Castle, 20 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Caernarfon Castle — #149 of 8,133 worldwide — 91 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castra Deva Victrix, founded c. 50.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Wales (31), England (26).
25 km south · Fortress
Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary fortress and town in the Roman province of Britannia on the site of the modern city of Chester.
20 km south-west · Castle
Flint Castle in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales.
21 km south-east · Ruin
Halton Castle is a castle in the village of Halton, part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
24 km south · Castle
Ewloe Castle is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the village of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales.
57 km west · Castle · #171 worldwide
Conwy Castle is a fortification in Conwy, located in North Wales. It was built by Edward I, during his conquest of Wales, between 1283 and 1287.
37 km south-east · Ruin
Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet above the Cheshire Plain.
38 km south-east · Palace & château
Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle.
53 km south · Castle
Chirk Castle is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, 1.5 mi from Chirk railway station, now owned and run by the…
34 km south-west · Ruin
Rhuddlan Castle is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was chosen as the location of a castle by Edward I in 1277.
26 km south · Castle
Chester Castle is in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is sited at the southwest extremity of the area bounded by the city walls.
49 km south · Ruin
Castell Dinas Brân is a medieval castle, built by the Princes of Powys Fadog, which occupies a prominent hilltop site above the town of Llangollen in…
38 km south-west · Castle
Bodelwyddan Castle, close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey…
50 km east · Castle
Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, is a former Roman fort in the Castlefield area of Manchester in North West England.
37 km south · Castle
Holt Castle was a medieval castle on the Welsh–English border, by the banks of the River Dee, in the village of Holt, Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
38 km south-west · Ruin
Denbigh Castle and town walls were built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England in 1282.
57 km west · Castle
Deganwy Castle was an early stronghold of Gwynedd in Deganwy, at the mouth of the River Conwy, now in Conwy county borough, north Wales.
+ 7 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
91 km west · Castle · #149 worldwide
Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the…
75 km west · Castle · #300 worldwide
Beaumaris Castle, in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282.
96 km south-west · Castle · #336 worldwide
Harlech Castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea.
85 km south · Castle
Powis Castle is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys, Wales.
72 km north · Castle
Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire.
81 km south-west · Ruin
Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in…
81 km east · Ruin
Peveril Castle is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire.
85 km south · Castle
Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by Wroxeter, a small village in…
89 km north-east · Castle
Skipton Castle is a well-preserved Grade I Listed medieval castle in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England.
73 km south-west · Ruin
Dolwyddelan Castle is a thirteenth-century castle located west of Dolwyddelan in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
99 km south-west · Ruin
Criccieth Castle is a ruined thirteenth-century castle in Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales.
76 km west · Castle
Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, constructed in the style of a Norman castle.
+ 22 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q24826.
The Castlemap atlas maps 57 landmarks (32 castles · 3 fortresses · 4 palaces & châteaux · 18 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Liverpool, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Flint Castle, a castle 20 km south-west of the city centre.
Caernarfon Castle, ranked #149 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 91 km west from Liverpool.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castra Deva Victrix, founded c. 50 — 25 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Wrexham (40 km) · Manchester (51 km) · Stoke-on-Trent (70 km) · Sheffield (101 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
