England
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 miles of intact wall than any other city in England. They are known variously as York City Walls, the Bar Walls and the Roman walls (though this last is a misnomer as very little of the extant stonework is of Roman origin, and the course of the wall has been substantially altered since Roman times). The walls are generally 13 feet (4 m) high and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide. They are the longest town walls in England.
Text adapted from “York city walls” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
York city walls ranks #1,367 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #91 of the 360 mapped in England. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,917 times in the last 60 days, more than 90% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sheffield, 69 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.
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