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87 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 Palace of Whitehall, 1 km south-east of the city centre; the most famous is Buckingham Palace — #9 of 8,133 worldwide — 1 km south-west. 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 south-west · Palace & château · #9 worldwide
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England.
4 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…
1 km south · 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.
4 km west · 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.
1 km west · 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…
19 km south-west · 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…
1 km south-east · Ruin · #71 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…
2 km north-east · Fortress · #224 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…
1 km south-east · Palace & château · #319 worldwide
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
9 km east · Palace & château · #378 worldwide
Queen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery.
9 km east · Ruin · #379 worldwide
The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Prince Humphrey, Duke of…
12 km west · Palace & château
Kew Palace is a British royal palace within the grounds of Kew Gardens on the banks of the River Thames.
+ 14 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
33 km west · Castle · #11 worldwide
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London.
39 km south-east · Castle · #196 worldwide
Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles south-east of London, England.
60 km south-east · Castle · #248 worldwide
Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, 7 miles southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of…
46 km east · Castle · #354 worldwide
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England.
41 km north-west · Ruin
Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
53 km north-east · Palace & château
The Palace of Beaulieu or Newhall is a former royal palace in Boreham, Essex, England, north-east of Chelmsford.
47 km east · Castle
Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the River Medway in Kent.
32 km north · Castle
Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.
59 km south-east · Palace & château
Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England.
51 km east · Ruin
Hadleigh Castle is a ruined fortification in the English county of Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary from south of the town of Hadleigh.
57 km west · Palace & château
Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of…
46 km south-east · Palace & château
Mereworth Castle is a grade I listed Palladian country house in Mereworth, Kent, England.
+ 9 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
93 km north-west · 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…
76 km south · Palace & château · #133 worldwide
The Royal Pavilion and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England.
78 km south · Castle · #156 worldwide
Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England.
73 km south-east · Ruin · #210 worldwide
Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England.
88 km west · 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…
83 km north-east · Fortress
Camulodunum ( KAM-uu-loh-DEW-nəm; Latin: camvlodvnvm), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important castrum and city…
97 km south-west · Castle
Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror.
89 km north · 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.
83 km west · Ruin
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
93 km north-west · Ruin
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
78 km south-east · Castle
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built castle, dating from the 15th century, near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England.
83 km west · 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…
+ 28 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q84.
The Castlemap atlas maps 87 landmarks (34 castles · 2 fortresses · 22 palaces & châteaux · 29 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of London, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Palace of Whitehall, a ruin 1 km south-east of the city centre.
Buckingham Palace, ranked #9 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 1 km south-west from London.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Ludgate, founded 190 — 2 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Southend-on-Sea (58 km) · Basingstoke (72 km) · Milton Keynes (73 km) · Brighton and Hove (76 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
