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Castles in England
315 landmarks in the Castlemap atlas — every one on the interactive map.
See them on the map →The most famous castle in England is Buckingham Palace, ranked #6 of 7,044 in the world — followed by Tower of London and Windsor Castle.
The Castlemap atlas charts 176 castles, 28 fortresses, 22 palaces & châteaux and 89 ruins in England. They span more than 25 centuries — from Maiden Castle (founded 599 BC) to HM Fort Roughs (1942). Every one is plotted with its photo, founding date and story on the interactive castle map of England.
All 315 castles in England
- Buckingham Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #6 worldwide · #1 in England
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom in London, England.
- Tower of London
Castle · 11th century · #7 worldwide · #2 in England
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…
- Windsor Castle
Castle · 11th century · #8 worldwide · #3 in England
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London.
- Hadrian's Wall
Fortress · 2nd century · #9 worldwide · #4 in England
Defensive fortification in Roman Britain
- Palace of Westminster
Palace & château · 11th century · #11 worldwide · #5 in England
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.
- Kensington Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #29 worldwide · #6 in England
Kensington Palace is a royal residence situated within Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.
- St James's Palace
Palace & château · 16th century · #42 worldwide · #7 in England
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…
- Hampton Court Palace
Palace & château · 16th century · #47 worldwide · #8 in England
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…
- Palace of Whitehall
Ruin · 16th century · #65 worldwide · #9 in England
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…
- Sandringham House
Palace & château · 19th century · #73 worldwide · #10 in England
Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England.
- Royal Pavilion
Palace & château · 18th century · #125 worldwide · #11 in England
The Royal Pavilion and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England.
- Warwick Castle
Castle · 11th century · #138 worldwide · #12 in England
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068.
- Arundel Castle
Castle · 11th century · #148 worldwide · #13 in England
Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England.
- Bamburgh Castle
Castle · #156 worldwide · #14 in England
Bamburgh Castle, on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland, is a Grade I listed building.
- Dover Castle
Castle · 12th century · #164 worldwide · #15 in England
Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed.
- Tintagel Castle
Ruin · 19th century · #171 worldwide · #16 in England
Tintagel Castle is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel, North Cornwall in the…
- Alnwick Castle
Castle · 11th century · #187 worldwide · #17 in England
Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland.
- Hever Castle
Castle · 13th century · #190 worldwide · #18 in England
Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles south-east of London, England.
- Castle Howard
Palace & château · 17th century · #194 worldwide · #19 in England
Castle Howard is an English country house in Henderskelfe, North Yorkshire, 15 miles north of York.
- Bodiam Castle
Castle · 14th century · #203 worldwide · #20 in England
Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England.
- London Wall
Fortress · #214 worldwide · #21 in England
Ancient defensive wall built by the Romans around Londinium
- Leeds Castle
Castle · 12th century · #239 worldwide · #22 in England
Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, 7 miles southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of…
- Lambeth Palace
Palace & château · 15th century · #310 worldwide · #23 in England
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Corfe Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #338 worldwide · #24 in England
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.
- Rochester Castle
Castle · 11th century · #340 worldwide · #25 in England
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England.
- York Castle
Castle · 11th century · #354 worldwide · #26 in England
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…
- Ludlow Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #355 worldwide · #27 in England
Ludlow Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the town of Ludlow in the English county of Shropshire, standing on a promontory overlooking the…
- Palace of Placentia
Ruin · 15th century · #360 worldwide · #28 in England
The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Prince Humphrey, Duke of…
- Queen's House
Palace & château · 17th century · #364 worldwide · #29 in England
Queen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery.
- Belvoir Castle
Castle · 11th century · #386 worldwide · #30 in England
Belvoir Castle is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated 6 mi west of the town of Grantham and 10 mi northeast…
- Vindolanda
Fortress · 1st century · #387 worldwide · #31 in England
Roman fort and archaeological site on Stanegate, England
- Kenilworth Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #32 in England
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins.
- Kew Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #33 in England
Kew Palace is a British royal palace within the grounds of Kew Gardens on the banks of the River Thames.
- Richmond Palace
Ruin · 16th century · #34 in England
Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Durham Castle
Castle · 11th century · #35 in England
Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous…
- Fotheringhay Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #37 in England
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…
- Nottingham Castle
Palace & château · 11th century · #38 in England
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…
- Old Sarum
Ruin · #40 in England
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury.
- Winchester Castle
Castle · 11th century · #42 in England
Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror.
- Lincoln Castle
Castle · 11th century · #43 in England
Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a…
- Kimbolton Castle
Palace & château · 12th century · #44 in England
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.
- Nonsuch Palace
Ruin · 16th century · #45 in England
Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, commissioned by Henry VIII in Surrey, England, and on which work began in 1538.
- Carisbrooke Castle
Castle · 11th century · #46 in England
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located above, and to the south of, Carisbrooke village centre, on the Isle of Wight,…
- Raby Castle
Castle · 14th century · #47 in England
Raby Castle is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres of deer park.
- Berkeley Castle
Castle · 11th century · #48 in England
Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England.
- Carlisle Castle
Castle · 11th century · #49 in England
Carlisle Castle is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of Carlisle near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall.
- Savoy Palace
Ruin · 13th century · #50 in England
The Savoy Palace, considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was the residence of prince John of Gaunt until it was destroyed…
- Framlingham Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #51 in England
Framlingham Castle is a castle in the market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England.
- Lindisfarne Castle
Castle · 16th century · #52 in England
Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin…
- Oxford Castle
Ruin · 18th century · #53 in England
Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined medieval castle on the western side of central Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.
- Dunstanburgh Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #54 in England
Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton.
- Warkworth Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #55 in England
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland.
- Sudeley Castle
Castle · 15th century · #56 in England
Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe,…
- Bolingbroke Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #57 in England
Bolingbroke Castle is a ruined castle in Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire, England.
- Beeston Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #58 in England
Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet above the Cheshire Plain.
- Norwich Castle
Castle · 11th century · #59 in England
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk.
- Clarence House
Palace & château · 19th century · #60 in England
Clarence House is a royal residence located near The Mall in the City of Westminster.
- Lancaster Castle
Castle · 11th century · #61 in England
Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire.
- Chillingham Castle
Castle · 14th century · #62 in England
Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England.
- Pontefract Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #63 in England
Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there.
- Herstmonceux Castle
Castle · 15th century · #64 in England
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built castle, dating from the 15th century, near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England.
- Newcastle upon Tyne Castle
Castle · 11th century · #65 in England
The Castle, Newcastle, or Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built on the site of the fortress that gave…
- Beaumont Palace
Ruin · 12th century · #66 in England
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…
- Peckforton Castle
Castle · 19th century · #67 in England
Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle.
- Powderham Castle
Castle · 14th century · #68 in England
Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house in Exminster, Devon, 6 miles south of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile north-east of the village of Kenton, where the…
- Portchester Castle
Castle · 11th century · #69 in England
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…
- Scarborough Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #70 in England
Scarborough Castle is a former medieval royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire,…
- Colchester Castle
Castle · 11th century · #71 in England
Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century.
- Bridewell Palace
Ruin · #72 in England
Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years.
- Bolton Castle
Castle · 14th century · #73 in England
Bolton Castle is a 14th-century castle located in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. The nearby village of Castle Bolton takes its name from the castle.
- Dunster Castle
Castle · 17th century · #74 in England
Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England.
- Pevensey Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #75 in England
Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex.
- Lost Gardens of Heligan
Castle · #76 in England
The Lost Gardens of Heligan are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England and are considered to be amongst the most popular in the UK.
- Brough Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #77 in England
Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman…
- Peveril Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #78 in England
Peveril Castle is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire.
- Hedingham Castle
Castle · 11th century · #79 in England
Hedingham Castle, in the village of Castle Hedingham, Essex, is arguably the best preserved Norman keep in England.
- Middleham Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #80 in England
Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, England.
- Bolsover Castle
Castle · 17th century · #81 in England
Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover, in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire.
- Goodrich Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #82 in England
Goodrich Castle is a Norman medieval castle ruin north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between…
- Viroconium Cornoviorum
Castle · #83 in England
Roman town, near Wroxeter in modern-day Shropshire, England
- Brougham Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #85 in England
Brougham Castle is a medieval building about 2 miles south-east of Penrith, Cumbria, England.
- Conisbrough Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #86 in England
Conisbrough Castle is a medieval fortification in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England.
- Pendennis Castle
Castle · 16th century · #87 in England
Pendennis Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542.
- Walmer Castle
Castle · 16th century · #88 in England
Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540.
- Deal Castle
Castle · 16th century · #89 in England
Deal Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Deal, Kent, between 1539 and 1540.
- Tattershall Castle
Castle · 13th century · #92 in England
Tattershall Castle is a castle in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England. Since 1925 it has been in the care of the National Trust.
- Donnington Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #93 in England
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…
- Skipton Castle
Castle · 11th century · #94 in England
Skipton Castle is a well-preserved Grade I Listed medieval castle in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England.
- Chester Castle
Castle · 11th century · #96 in England
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.
- Wallingford Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #97 in England
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames.
- Berkhamsted Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #100 in England
Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
- White Lodge
Castle · 18th century · #101 in England
White Lodge is a Grade I listed Georgian house situated in Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
- Barnard Castle
Ruin · #102 in England
Barnard Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham, England.
- Seaton Delaval Hall
Palace & château · 18th century · #103 in England
Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England, near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Sandal Castle
Ruin · #104 in England
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.
- Hurst Castle
Castle · 16th century · #106 in England
Hurst Castle is an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the Hurst Spit in Hampshire, England, between 1541 and 1544.
- Restormel Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #107 in England
Restormel Castle lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK.
- Richmond Castle
Castle · 11th century · #108 in England
Richmond Castle in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, stands in a commanding position above the River Swale, close to the centre of the town of…
- HM Fort Roughs
Fortress · 20th century · #109 in England
HM Fort Roughs is one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as…
- Dudley Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #110 in England
Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England.
- Stokesay Castle
Castle · 13th century · #111 in England
Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire.
- Muncaster Castle
Castle · 13th century · #112 in England
Muncaster Castle is a privately owned castle in the parish of Muncaster, Cumbria, England.
- Halton Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #113 in England
Halton Castle is a castle in the village of Halton, part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
- Launceston Castle
Castle · 11th century · #114 in England
Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England. It was probably built by Robert the Count of Mortain after 1068, and…
- Berwick Castle
Ruin · #115 in England
Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.
- Castle Rising Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #116 in England
Castle Rising is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Castle Rising, Norfolk, England.
- Upnor Castle
Castle · 16th century · #118 in England
Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the River Medway in Kent.
- Canterbury Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #119 in England
Canterbury Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and the main bus…
- Baynard's Castle
Castle · 11th century · #120 in England
Baynard's Castle refers to buildings on two neighbouring sites in the City of London, between where Blackfriars station and St. Paul's Cathedral now…
- Orford Castle
Castle · 12th century · #121 in England
Orford Castle is a castle in Orford in the English county of Suffolk, 12 miles northeast of Ipswich, with views over Orford Ness.
- Lewes Castle
Ruin · #122 in England
Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England.
- Broughton Castle
Castle · #123 in England
Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton, which is about two miles southwest of Banbury in Oxfordshire,…
- Appleby Castle
Castle · 12th century · #124 in England
Appleby Castle is in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland overlooking the River Eden.
- Ludgate
Castle · #125 in England
Ancient and ceremonial gate of the London Wall within the City of London
- Pendragon Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #126 in England
Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill.
- Berry Pomeroy Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #128 in England
Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village of Berry Pomeroy, in South Devon, England.
- Hastings Castle
Ruin · #129 in England
Hastings Castle is a keep and bailey castle ruin situated on the cliffs adjoining the town of Hastings, East Sussex.
- Knaresborough Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #130 in England
Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.
- Shrewsbury Castle
Castle · 11th century · #131 in England
Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
- Codnor Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #132 in England
Codnor Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in Derbyshire, England. The land around Codnor came under the jurisdiction of William Peverel after the…
- Auckland Castle
Palace & château · 12th century · #133 in England
Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England.
- Norham Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #134 in England
Norham Castle is a castle in Norham, Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland.
- Lumley Castle
Castle · 14th century · #135 in England
Lumley Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near the city Durham, and a property of the Earl of…
- Mamucium
Castle · #136 in England
Former Roman fort in the Castlefield area of Manchester in North West England
- Kendal Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #137 in England
Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern England.
- Devizes Castle
Castle · #138 in England
Devizes Castle was a medieval fortification in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on a site now occupied by a Victorian-era castle.
- Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Castle · 14th century · #140 in England
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England.
- Featherstone Castle
Palace & château · #141 in England
Featherstone Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a large Gothic style country mansion situated on the bank of the River South Tyne about 3 miles…
- Lympne Castle
Castle · 11th century · #142 in England
Lympne Castle is a medieval castle in England that is located in the village of Lympne in Kent, above Romney Marsh.
- Castrum Segedunum
Fortress · #143 in England
Roman fort in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Sizergh Castle
Palace & château · 14th century · #144 in England
Sizergh Castle is a stately home with garden and estate at Helsington in Cumbria, England, about 4 miles south of Kendal.
- Lulworth Castle
Castle · 17th century · #145 in England
Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the…
- Old Wardour Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #146 in England
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…
- Prudhoe Castle
Ruin · #147 in England
Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England.
- Tynemouth Castle and Priory
Castle · 7th century · #148 in England
Tynemouth Priory and Castle is an historic site located on a promontory at the mouth of the Tyne at Tynemouth.
- Southsea Castle
Castle · 16th century · #149 in England
Southsea Castle, historically also known as Chaderton Castle, South Castle and Portsea Castle, is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry…
- Hertford Castle
Castle · 11th century · #150 in England
Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.
- Newgate
Castle · #151 in England
Ancient and ceremonial gate of the London Wall within the City of London
- Leicester Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #152 in England
Leicester Castle is in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire.
- Mow Cop Castle
Castle · #153 in England
Mow Cop Castle is a folly at Mow Cop in the civil parish of Odd Rode, Cheshire, England.
- Stafford Castle
Ruin · #154 in England
Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated 2 miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England.
- Rockingham Castle
Castle · 10th century · #155 in England
Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest, approximately two miles from the town centre of Corby,…
- Hadleigh Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #156 in England
Hadleigh Castle is a ruined fortification in the English county of Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary from south of the town of Hadleigh.
- Brownsea Castle
Castle · 16th century · #157 in England
Brownsea Castle, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect…
- Thornbury Castle
Castle · 16th century · #158 in England
Thornbury Castle is a Tudor castle in the town of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England, erected next to the parish church of St Mary.
- Ford Castle
Castle · 14th century · #160 in England
Ford Castle is a Grade I listed building situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland, England.
- Nunney Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #161 in England
Nunney Castle is a medieval castle at Nunney in the English county of Somerset.
- Newark Castle (Nottinghamshire)
Castle · 12th century · #162 in England
Newark Castle, in Newark-on-Trent in the English county of Nottinghamshire, was founded in the mid 12th century by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln.
- Ripley Castle
Palace & château · #163 in England
Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north of Harrogate.
- St Mawes Castle
Castle · 16th century · #164 in England
St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542.
- Bungay Castle
Castle · #165 in England
Bungay Castle is a Grade I listed building in the town of Bungay, Suffolk.
- Aydon Castle
Castle · 13th century · #167 in England
Aydon Castle, previously sometimes called Aydon Hall, is a fortified manor house at Aydon near to the town of Corbridge, Northumberland, England.
- Greys Court
Palace & château · 14th century · #168 in England
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…
- Wolvesey Castle
Ruin · 10th century · #169 in England
Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages.
- Tamworth Castle
Castle · 11th century · #170 in England
Tamworth Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in…
- Rougemont Castle
Castle · #171 in England
Rougemont Castle, also known as Exeter Castle, is the historic castle of the city of Exeter, Devon, England.
- Pickering Castle
Castle · #172 in England
Pickering Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England.
- Naworth Castle
Castle · #173 in England
Naworth Castle, also known or recorded in historical documents as "Naward", is a castle in Cumbria, England, near the town of Brampton.
- Odiham Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #174 in England
Odiham Castle is a ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
- Yarmouth Castle
Castle · 16th century · #175 in England
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.
- Portland Castle
Castle · 16th century · #176 in England
Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, between 1539 and 1541.
- Whittington Castle
Castle · #177 in England
Whittington Castle is a castle in northern Shropshire, England. The castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, but this was replaced in the…
- Compton Castle
Castle · #178 in England
Compton Castle in the parish of Marldon in Devon, is a fortified manor house in the village of Compton, about 5 miles west of Torquay on the southern…
- Okehampton Castle
Castle · 11th century · #179 in England
Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a…
- Camber Castle
Castle · 16th century · #180 in England
Camber Castle, also known formerly as Winchelsea Castle, is a 16th-century Device Fort, built near Rye by King Henry VIII to protect the Sussex coast…
- Dartmouth Castle
Castle · 14th century · #181 in England
Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England.
- Cambridge Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #182 in England
Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Bristol Castle
Castle · 11th century · #183 in England
Bristol Castle was a Norman castle established in the late 11th century on the north bank of the River Avon in Bristol.
- Lambton Castle
Palace & château · 19th century · #184 in England
Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham.
- Saltwood Castle
Castle · 11th century · #185 in England
Saltwood Castle is a castle in Saltwood village, one mile north of Hythe, Kent, England.
- Oakham Castle
Castle · #186 in England
Oakham Castle is a historic building in Oakham, Rutland. The castle is known for its collection of massive horseshoes and is also recognised as one…
- Tickhill Castle
Castle · #187 in England
Tickhill Castle is a castle in Tickhill, in South Yorkshire, England and a prominent stronghold during the reign of King John.
- Guildford Castle
Castle · 11th century · #189 in England
Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built by William the Conqueror, or one of his barons, shortly after the…
- Knepp Castle
Ruin · 19th century · #190 in England
The medieval Knepp Castle is to the west of the village of West Grinstead, in the parish of Shipley, West Sussex, England near the River Adur and the…
- Hylton Castle
Castle · 11th century · #191 in England
Hylton Castle is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, England.
- Tonbridge Castle
Castle · 13th century · #192 in England
Tonbridge Castle is a 13th century castle situated in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
- Greystoke Castle
Castle · 14th century · #193 in England
Greystoke Castle is in the village of Greystoke 8 kilometres west of Penrith in the county of Cumbria in northern England..
- Someries Castle
Ruin · #194 in England
Someries Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, in the Parish of Hyde, near the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
- Helmsley Castle
Castle · #195 in England
Helmsley Castle is a medieval castle situated in the market town of Helmsley, within the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England.
- Duffield Castle
Ruin · #196 in England
Duffield Castle was a Norman castle in Duffield, Derbyshire. The site is a scheduled monument.
- Aldborough Roman Site
Fortress · #197 in England
Roman fort and town at Aldborough in North Yorkshire, England
- Clitheroe Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #199 in England
Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England.
- Bothal Castle
Castle · #200 in England
Bothal Castle is a castle and stately home in the village of the same name near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington in the English…
- Chester city walls
Fortress · #201 in England
City walls in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
- Wigmore Castle
Ruin · #202 in England
Wigmore Castle is a ruined castle about 1 km from the village of Wigmore in the northwest region of Herefordshire, England.
- Bedford Castle
Castle · 11th century · #203 in England
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…
- Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #204 in England
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
- Sheffield Castle
Castle · 13th century · #205 in England
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…
- Langley Castle
Castle · 14th century · #206 in England
Langley Castle is a restored medieval tower house, in the village of Langley in the valley of the River South Tyne.
- Bramber Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #207 in England
Bramber Castle is the ruins of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, formerly the caput of the large feudal barony of Bramber long held by the Braose…
- Bridgnorth Castle
Castle · #208 in England
Bridgnorth Castle is a castle in the town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. It is a scheduled monument, first listed in 1928.
- Amberley Castle
Castle · 14th century · #209 in England
Amberley Castle stands in the village of Amberley, West Sussex. The castle was erected as a 12th-century manor house and fortified in 1377, giving it…
- Farnham Castle
Castle · 12th century · #210 in England
Farnham Castle is a 12th-century castle in Farnham, Surrey, England. It was formerly the residence of the Bishops of Winchester.
- Melbourne Castle
Castle · 14th century · #211 in England
Melbourne Castle was a medieval castle in Melbourne, Derbyshire. It was built on the site of an earlier royal manor house that had provided…
- Buckton Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #212 in England
Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.
- Trematon Castle
Castle · 12th century · #213 in England
Trematon Castle is situated near Saltash in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the caput of the feudal barony of Trematon.
- Allington Castle
Castle · 13th century · #214 in England
Stone-built moated castle in Allington, England
- Wingfield Castle
Castle · 14th century · #215 in England
Wingfield Castle in the parish of Wingfield in Suffolk, England is a Grade I listed building which is now a fortified manor house and was the…
- Wressle Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #216 in England
Wressle Castle is a ruined palace-fortress in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Ordnance Survey grid reference SE 708316.
- Corby Castle
Castle · #217 in England
Corby Castle is a Grade I listed building and ancestral home of a cadet branch of the prominent Howard family situated on the southern edge of the…
- Northampton Castle
Castle · 11th century · #218 in England
Northampton Castle was one of the most prominent Norman castles in England. The castle site in Northampton was outside the western city gate, and…
- Calshot Castle
Castle · 16th century · #219 in England
Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540.
- Brancepeth Castle
Castle · #220 in England
Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham.
- Chartley Castle
Ruin · #221 in England
Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire, between Stafford and Uttoxeter.
- Spitbank Fort
Fortress · 19th century · #222 in England
Spitbank Fort or Spitsand Fort or Spit Sand Fort or simply Spit Fort is a sea fort built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission.
- Penrith Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #223 in England
Penrith Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle located in Penrith, in the north-west of England, a few miles to the east of the Lake District…
- Belsay Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #225 in England
Belsay Castle is a 14th-century medieval castle situated at Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building.
- Kirby Muxloe Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #226 in England
Kirby Muxloe Castle, also known historically as Kirby Castle, is a ruined, fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England.
- Barnwell Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #227 in England
Barnwell Castle is a ruined castle, south of the town of Oundle, and north of the village of Barnwell, Northamptonshire.
- Mitford Castle
Castle · 11th century · #229 in England
Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located in the village of Mitford, Northumberland, to the west of…
- Caludon Castle
Ruin · #230 in England
Caludon Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building in Coventry, in the West Midlands of England.
- Caister Castle
Castle · 15th century · #231 in England
Caister Castle is a 15th-century moated castle situated in the parish of West Caister, some 5 km north of the town of Great Yarmouth in the English…
- Alton Castle
Castle · 18th century · #233 in England
Alton Castle is a Gothic-revival castle, on a hill above the Churnet Valley, in the village of Alton, Staffordshire, England.
- Maxstoke Castle
Castle · 14th century · #234 in England
Maxstoke Castle is a privately owned moated castle dating from the 14th century, situated to the north of Maxstoke in Warwickshire, England.
- Edlingham Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #235 in England
Edlingham Castle is a small castle ruin, having scheduled monument and Grade I listed building status, in the care of English Heritage.
- Castrum Anderitum
Fortress · 3rd century · #236 in England
3rd century Roman fort in the province of Britannia
- Totnes Castle
Castle · 14th century · #237 in England
Totnes Castle is one of the best preserved examples of a Norman motte and bailey castle in England.
- Woodcroft Castle
Castle · 13th century · #238 in England
Woodcroft Castle is a moated medieval castle in the parish of Etton, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Tiverton Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #239 in England
Tiverton Castle is the remains of a medieval castle dismantled after the English Civil War and thereafter converted in the 17th century into a…
- Sheriff Hutton Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #240 in England
Sheriff Hutton Castle is a ruined quadrangular castle in the village of Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, England.
- Morpeth Castle
Castle · #241 in England
Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England.
- Netley Castle
Castle · 16th century · #242 in England
Netley Castle is a former artillery fort constructed in either 1542 or 1544 by Henry VIII in the village of Netley, Hampshire.
- Hereford Castle
Castle · 11th century · #243 in England
Hereford Castle is a castle that used to be in the cathedral city of Hereford, the county town of Herefordshire, England.
- Saffron Walden Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #244 in England
Walden Castle was a medieval castle in Essex, England, built during the Anarchy of the 12th century.
- Worcester Castle
Castle · 11th century · #245 in England
Worcester Castle was a Norman fortification built between 1068 and 1069 in Worcester, England by Urse d'Abetot on behalf of William the Conqueror.
- Hartlebury Castle
Castle · 13th century · #246 in England
Hartlebury Castle, a Grade I listed building, near Hartlebury in Worcestershire, central England, was built in the mid-13th century as a fortified…
- Carn Brea Castle
Castle · 14th century · #247 in England
Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a…
- Taunton Castle
Castle · 12th century · #248 in England
Taunton Castle is a castle built to defend the town of Taunton, Somerset, England.
- Southampton Castle
Ruin · #249 in England
Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England.
- Cockermouth Castle
Castle · #251 in England
Cockermouth Castle is in the town of Cockermouth in Cumbria on a site by the junction of the Rivers Cocker and Derwent.
- Cawood Castle
Castle · 14th century · #252 in England
Cawood Castle is a grade I listed building in Cawood, a village in North Yorkshire, England.
- Moreton Corbet Castle
Ruin · #253 in England
Moreton Corbet Castle is a ruined medieval castle and Elizabethan era manor house, located near the village of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England.
- Ewyas Harold Castle
Castle · #254 in England
Ewyas Harold Castle was a castle in the village of Ewyas Harold in Herefordshire, England.
- Gloucester Castle
Castle · #255 in England
Gloucester Castle was a Norman-era royal castle situated in the city of Gloucester in Gloucestershire, England.
- Harewood Castle
Castle · #256 in England
Grade I listed castle in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Spofforth Castle
Castle · 14th century · #257 in England
Spofforth Castle in the village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England was a fortified manor house, ruined during the English Civil War and now run…
- Lydford Castle
Castle · 12th century · #258 in England
Lydford Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lydford, Devon, England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a…
- Harbottle Castle
Castle · 12th century · #259 in England
Grade I listed archaeological site in Harbottle, Northumberland, England, UK
- Sandown Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #260 in England
Sandown Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Sandown, Kent, between 1539 and 1540.
- Eynsford Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #262 in England
Eynsford Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in Eynsford, Kent. Built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon stone burh, the castle was…
- Wilton Castle
Castle · 12th century · #263 in England
Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman castle located in south-eastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye.
- Kingswear Castle
Castle · 15th century · #264 in England
Kingswear Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England.
- Baconsthorpe Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #265 in England
Baconsthorpe Castle, historically known as Baconsthorpe Hall, is a ruined, fortified manor house near the village of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England.
- Affeton Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #266 in England
Affeton Castle is a converted late-medieval gatehouse near East Worlington, Devon, England.
- Rufus Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #267 in England
Rufus Castle, also known as Bow and Arrow Castle, is a partially ruined Blockhouse overlooking Church Ope Cove on Portland, England.
- St Briavels Castle
Castle · 13th century · #268 in England
Grade I listed castle in Forest of Dean, United Kingdom
- Witton Castle
Castle · 15th century · #269 in England
Witton Castle is a much-altered 15th-century castle, which is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop…
- Piel Castle
Castle · 14th century · #273 in England
Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, off the coast of…
- Bowes Castle
Castle · #274 in England
Bowes Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Bowes in County Durham, England.
- Sandsfoot Castle
Castle · 16th century · #275 in England
Sandsfoot Castle, also known historically as Weymouth Castle, is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Weymouth, Dorset, England.
- Christchurch Castle
Castle · #276 in England
Christchurch Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Christchurch, Dorset, England. The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160.
- Horse Sand Fort
Fortress · 19th century · #277 in England
Horse Sand Fort or Horse Sands Fort is one of the larger Royal Commission sea forts in the Solent off Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
- No Man's Land Fort
Fortress · 19th century · #278 in England
No Man's Land Fort, also referred to as No Man's Fort, is a sea fort in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England.
- Castle Acre Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #279 in England
Castle Acre Castle and town walls are a set of ruined medieval defences built in the village of Castle Acre, Norfolk.
- Sandgate Castle
Castle · 16th century · #280 in England
Sandgate Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Sandgate in Kent, between 1539 and 1540.
- Baile Hill
Castle · 11th century · #281 in England
Baile Hill is a man-made earth mound in the Bishophill area of York, England.
- Scaleby Castle
Castle · 14th century · #282 in England
Scaleby Castle is in the village of Scaleby, Cumbria, England. The castle was originally built in the early 14th century, and extended in the 15th…
- Longtown Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #284 in England
Longtown Castle, also termed Ewias Lacey Castle in early accounts, is a ruined Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Longtown, Herefordshire.
- Westenhanger Castle
Castle · 14th century · #285 in England
Westenhanger Castle is a fortified manor house once owned by royalty, located next to Westenhanger railway station and the grandstand of Folkestone…
- Acton Burnell Castle
Castle · 13th century · #286 in England
Acton Burnell Castle is a 13th-century fortified manor house, located near the village of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England.
- Haughton Castle
Castle · 13th century · #287 in England
Haughton Castle is a privately owned country mansion and Grade I listed building, situated to the north of the village of Humshaugh on the west bank…
- Vindobala
Castle · #288 in England
Ancient Roman fort at Northumberland, the fourth fort on Hadrian's Wall, after Segedunum (Wallsend), Pons Aelius (Newcastle) and Condercum (Benwell)
- Weeting Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #289 in England
Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England.
- Dacre Castle
Castle · 14th century · #290 in England
Moated tower house in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England, UK
- Thirlwall Castle
Castle · 12th century · #291 in England
Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead and…
- Skipsea Castle
Castle · 11th century · #292 in England
Castle in Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- St Catherine's Castle
Castle · 16th century · #293 in England
St Catherine's Castle is a Henrician castle in Cornwall, England, built by Thomas Treffry between approximately 1538 and 1540, in response to fears…
- Bewcastle Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #294 in England
Bewcastle Castle is a ruined castle in the parish of Bewcastle in the English county of Cumbria, a few miles from the Scottish border.
- Millom Castle
Castle · #295 in England
Grade I listed castle in Millom, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK
- Heighley Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #296 in England
Heighley Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Madeley, Staffordshire. The castle was completed by the Audley family in 1233 and for over 300 years…
- Ludgershall Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #297 in England
Ludgershall Castle is a ruined 12th-century fortified royal residence at Ludgershall in Wiltshire, England.
- Bywell Castle
Castle · 15th century · #298 in England
Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England.
- Brampton Bryan Castle
Castle · #299 in England
Grade I listed castle in Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, England,UK
- Mettingham Castle
Castle · #301 in England
Mettingham Castle was a fortified manor house in the parish of Mettingham in the north of the English county of Suffolk.
- Huntingdon Castle
Castle · 11th century · #302 in England
Huntingdon Castle was situated in the town of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.
- Coupland Castle
Castle · 16th century · #303 in England
Coupland Castle is situated in the village of Coupland, 4 miles to the north-west of Wooler, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
- Hull Castle
Castle · 16th century · #304 in England
Hull Castle was an artillery fort in Kingston upon Hull in England. Together with two supporting blockhouses, it defended the eastern side of the…
- Claxton Castle
Ruin · #305 in England
Claxton Castle in the village of Claxton, Norfolk, is a ruined brick castle some 13 km southeast of Norwich.
- Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
Fortress · 19th century · #308 in England
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…
- Dover Western Heights
Fortress · 18th century · #310 in England
The Western Heights of Dover is a series of forts and ditches in Dover, England.
- Astwell Castle
Palace & château · #311 in England
Astwell Castle is a manor house in Northamptonshire, England about 1.5 miles south-west of Wappenham.
- Askerton Castle
Castle · #312 in England
Askerton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in Cumbria, England.
- Vanbrugh Castle
Castle · 18th century · #313 in England
Vanbrugh Castle is a house designed and built by John Vanbrugh around 1719 for his own family.
- Fort Brockhurst
Fortress · 19th century · #314 in England
Fort Brockhurst is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, and a scheduled monument. It is now an English Heritage property.
- Crownhill Fort
Fortress · 19th century · #315 in England
Crownhill Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in Crownhill as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth.
Frequently asked questions
How many castles are in England?
The Castlemap atlas maps 315 landmarks (176 castles · 28 fortresses · 22 palaces & châteaux · 89 ruins) in England — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks from Wikidata, not a count of every fortification ever built.
What is the most famous castle in England?
Buckingham Palace, ranked #6 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking, founded in the 18th century.
What is the oldest castle in England?
The oldest dated landmark in the atlas in England is Maiden Castle, founded 599 BC. Earlier structures may have existed — this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
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