England
74 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 Castle Ashby House, 21 km north of the city centre; the most famous is Buckingham Palace (#9 of 9,035 worldwide) 73 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Barbury Castle, founded c. 600 BC.
Every one of them stands in England: the country page shows the full national picture.
24 km north-east · Ruin
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…
25 km north-west · Ruin
Northampton Castle was one of the most prominent Norman castles in England. The castle site in Northampton was outside the western city gate, and…
21 km north · Palace & château
Castle Ashby, often Castle Ashby House is a country house at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.
25 km west · Palace & château
Astwell Castle is a manor house in Northamptonshire, England about 1.5 miles south-west of Wappenham.
46 km south-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…
59 km north · 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…
39 km north-east · 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.
46 km south-west · Ruin
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
46 km south-west · Ruin
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
46 km south-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…
54 km south-west · Ruin
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames.
33 km south-east · Ruin
Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
43 km west · Castle
Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is about two miles southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire,…
54 km south-east · Castle
Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.
53 km north · Castle
Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest, approximately two miles from the town centre of Corby,…
56 km south · 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…
+ 4 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
73 km south-east · Palace & château · #9 worldwide
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England.
75 km south-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…
62 km south · Castle · #11 worldwide
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London.
74 km south-east · 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.
71 km south-east · 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.
73 km south-east · 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…
76 km south-east · 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…
74 km south-east · Ruin · #70 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…
62 km north-west · Castle · #144 worldwide
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068.
74 km south-east · Fortress · #223 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…
89 km south-west · Palace & château · #282 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…
75 km south-east · Palace & château · #315 worldwide
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
+ 42 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q204234.
The Castle Map atlas maps 74 landmarks (18 castles · 1 fortress · 21 palaces & châteaux · 34 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Milton Keynes, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Castle Ashby House, a palace 21 km north of the city centre.
Buckingham Palace, ranked #9 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 73 km south-east from Milton Keynes.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Barbury Castle, founded c. 600 BC: 93 km south-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Oxford (46 km) · Cambridge (England) (64 km) · London (73 km) · Swindon (88 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
