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77 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 Barbury Castle, 8 km south of the city centre; the most famous is Windsor Castle — #11 of 8,133 worldwide — 82 km east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Danebury Hill Camp, founded 550 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — England (60), Wales (17).
8 km south · Castle
Barbury Castle is a scheduled hillfort in Wiltshire, England, about 5.5 miles south of Swindon.
43 km north-east · 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…
39 km south-east · 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…
52 km south · Ruin
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.
49 km west · Castle
Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
42 km north-east · Ruin
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
45 km north · Castle
Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe,…
43 km north-east · Ruin
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
42 km north-east · 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…
34 km south-east · 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…
46 km east · Ruin
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames.
42 km south-west · Fortress
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.
53 km south-east · Castle
Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe.
+ 12 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
82 km 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.
81 km north · Castle · #145 worldwide
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068.
97 km west · Castle · #271 worldwide
Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales.
99 km west · Castle · #364 worldwide
Caerphilly Castle is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as…
89 km north · Ruin
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins.
64 km south-east · Castle
Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror.
63 km west · Ruin
Chepstow Castle at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain.
77 km west · Ruin
Raglan Castle is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales.
70 km north-west · Ruin
Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in…
93 km south-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…
68 km north-west · Ruin
Goodrich Castle is a Norman medieval castle ruin north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between…
81 km west · Ruin
Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which…
+ 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 Q200942.
The Castlemap atlas maps 77 landmarks (35 castles · 5 fortresses · 6 palaces & châteaux · 31 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Swindon, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Barbury Castle, a castle 8 km south of the city centre.
Windsor Castle, ranked #11 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 82 km east from Swindon.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Danebury Hill Camp, founded 550 BC — 50 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Oxford (42 km) · Bristol (58 km) · Basingstoke (58 km) · Southampton (77 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
