England
62 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 Southampton Castle, 1 km south of the city centre; the most famous is Windsor Castle (#11 of 9,035 worldwide) 85 km north-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.
18 km north · Castle
Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror.
22 km east · Castle
Portchester Castle is a medieval fortress that was developed within the walls of the Roman Saxon Shore fort of Portus Adurni at Portchester, to the…
25 km south-west · Castle
Hurst Castle is an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the Hurst Spit in Hampshire, England, between 1541 and 1544.
18 km north · Ruin
Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages.
23 km south · Castle
Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack.
12 km south-east · Castle
Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540.
5 km south-east · Castle
Netley Castle is a former artillery fort constructed in either 1542 or 1544 by Henry VIII in the village of Netley, Hampshire.
1 km south · Ruin
Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England.
17 km south-east · Castle
Cowes Castle, also known as West Cowes Castle, is a Device Fort in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
19 km east · Fortress
Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill…
25 km south · Fortress
Fort Albert is a tower fort nestling under the cliffs south-west of Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight, England.
20 km south-east · Fortress
Fort Brockhurst is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, and a scheduled monument. It is now an English Heritage property.
60 km east · Castle · #152 worldwide
Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England.
47 km north · 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…
55 km south-west · Ruin · #343 worldwide
Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset.
35 km north-west · Ruin
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.
25 km south · Castle
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located above, and to the south of, Carisbrooke village centre, on the Isle of Wight,…
57 km north · Ruin
Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county…
55 km north-east · Ruin
Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe.
29 km north-west · Palace & château
Longford Castle is a Grade I listed country house on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
50 km west · Ruin
Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St…
26 km south-east · Castle
Southsea Castle, historically also known as Chaderton Castle, South Castle and Portsea Castle, is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry…
46 km south-west · Castle
Brownsea Castle, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect…
50 km north-east · Ruin
Odiham Castle is a ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
+ 11 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
85 km north-east · Castle · #11 worldwide
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London.
93 km north-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…
89 km east · Palace & château · #132 worldwide
The Royal Pavilion and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England.
98 km north-east · Ruin
Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
78 km west · Ruin
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset.
95 km north-east · Ruin
Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, commissioned by Henry VIII in Surrey, England, and on which work began in 1538.
94 km north · Ruin
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
95 km north · 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…
80 km north · Ruin
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames.
86 km north-west · Ruin
Little Solsbury Hill is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hillfort, above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England.
99 km north-east · Palace & château
White Lodge is a Grade I listed Georgian house situated in Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
80 km west · Ruin
Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset.
+ 15 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q79848.
The Castle Map atlas maps 62 landmarks (18 castles · 6 fortresses · 8 palaces & châteaux · 30 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Southampton, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Southampton Castle, a ruin 1 km south of the city centre.
Windsor Castle, ranked #11 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 85 km north-east from Southampton.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Barbury Castle, founded c. 600 BC: 70 km north. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Portsmouth (25 km) · Basingstoke (45 km) · Swindon (77 km) · Brighton and Hove (88 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
