England
70 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 Mamucium, 2 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is York Castle (#360 of 9,035 worldwide) 93 km north-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Strutt's Park Roman fort, founded 50.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries: England (56), Wales (14).
2 km north-west · Fortress
Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, is a former Roman fort in the Castlefield area of Manchester in North West England.
15 km east · Ruin
Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.
48 km south-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.
50 km south-west · Palace & château
Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle.
33 km south-east · Ruin
Peveril Castle is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire.
57 km north · Castle
Skipton Castle is a well-preserved Grade I Listed medieval castle in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England.
53 km south-west · 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.
54 km south-west · 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.
53 km north-east · Ruin
Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the River Calder.
34 km south-west · Ruin
Halton Castle is a castle in the village of Halton, part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
39 km south · Castle
Mow Cop Castle is a folly at Mow Cop in the civil parish of Odd Rode, Cheshire, England.
54 km south-west · Fortress
Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England.
46 km north · Ruin
Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England.
52 km east · Ruin
Sheffield Castle was a castle in Sheffield, England, constructed at the confluence of the River Sheaf and the River Don, possibly on the site of a…
+ 4 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
93 km north-east · Castle · #360 worldwide
York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which…
92 km south-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…
75 km north-west · Castle
Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire.
66 km north-east · Ruin
Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there.
97 km north · Castle
Bolton Castle is a 14th-century castle located in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. The nearby village of Castle Bolton takes its name from the castle.
82 km south-west · 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…
95 km north · Ruin
Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, England.
68 km east · Castle
Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover, in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire.
67 km east · Ruin
Conisbrough Castle is a medieval fortification in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England.
93 km north-east · Fortress
York has, since Roman times, been defended by walls of one form or another. To this day, substantial portions of the walls remain, and York has more…
84 km 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.
64 km 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.
+ 40 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q18125.
The Castle Map atlas maps 70 landmarks (22 castles · 5 fortresses · 8 palaces & châteaux · 35 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Manchester, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Mamucium, a fortress 2 km north-west of the city centre.
York Castle, ranked #360 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 93 km north-east from Manchester.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Strutt's Park Roman fort, founded 50: 78 km south-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Liverpool (51 km) · Sheffield (51 km) · Stoke-on-Trent (52 km) · Wrexham (69 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
