List of castles in England
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| Key | |
| Abbey/Priory/Cathedral | |
| Accessible open space | |
| Amusement/Theme Park | |
| Castle | |
| Country Park | |
| English Heritage | |
| Forestry Commission | |
| Heritage railway | |
| Historic House | |
| Museums (free/not free) | |
| National Trust | |
| Zoo | |
[edit] Bedfordshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Castle | ||
| Biggleswade Castle | ||
| Cainhoe Castle | ||
| Chalgrave Castle | No visible remains | |
| Colmworth Castle | ||
| Eastcotts Castle | Earthworks | |
| Eaton Socon Castle | ||
| Etonbury Castle | ||
| Flitwick Castle | ||
| Gannock Castle | ||
| Great Barford Castle | ||
| Higham Gobion Castle | ||
| Luton Castle | No visible remains | |
| Odell Castle | ||
| Old Warden Castle | ||
| Podington Castle | ||
| Renhold Castle | ||
| Risinghoe Castle | ||
| Rugemont Castle | ||
| Someries Castle | ||
| Thurleigh Castle | ||
| Tilsworth Castle | ||
| Toddington Castle | Earthworks | |
| Totternhoe Castle | Earthworks | |
| Yielden Castle | Earthworks mound |
[edit] Berkshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Beaumys Castle | Swallowfield | |
| Brightwell Castle | ||
| Donnington Castle | ||
| Faringdon Castle | ||
| FitzHarris Castle | ||
| Grimsbury Castle | (Hill fort) | |
| Hampstead Marshall Castle | ||
| Hampstead Norreys Castle | ||
| Hinton Waldrist Castle | ||
| Moreton Castle | ||
| Newbury Castle | ||
| Perborough Castle | (Hill fort) | |
| Wallingford Castle | ||
| Windsor Castle | the Sovereign | |
| Woodhay Castle | ||
| Yattendon Castle |
[edit] Bristol
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Castle |
[edit] Buckinghamshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bolbeck Castle | ||
| Bradwell Castle | ||
| Buckingham Castle | ||
| Castlethorpe Castle | ||
| Cublington Castle | ||
| Desborough Castle | ||
| Ellesborough Castle | ||
| Great Missenden Castle | ||
| High Wycombe Castle | ||
| Lavendon Castle | ||
| Little Kimble Castle | ||
| Little Missenden Castle | ||
| Long Crendon Castle | ||
| Newport Pagnell Castle | ||
| Weston Turville Castle | ||
| Wolverton Castle |
[edit] Cambridgeshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aldreth Castle | ||
| Barnack Castle | ||
| Belsar's Hill Castle | ||
| Benwick Castle | ||
| Booths Hill | ||
| Bourn Castle | ||
| Braham Castle | ||
| Bruck Castle | ||
| Buckden Towers | ||
| Burrough Green Castle | ||
| Burwell Castle | ||
| Cambridge Castle | ||
| Castle Camps | Earthworks | |
| Carlton Castle | ||
| Castle Hill | ||
| Caxton Castle | ||
| Cheveley Castle | ||
| Chippingham Castle | ||
| Diddington Castle | ||
| Eaton Socon Castle | ||
| Elton Hall | ||
| Ely Castle | ||
| Fordham Castle | ||
| Great Staughton Castle | ||
| Grove Moated Castle | ||
| Hartford Castle | ||
| Herewards Castle | ||
| Huntingdon Castle | ||
| John O'Gaunts Castle | Earthworks | |
| Kimbolton Castle | ||
| Kings Ripton Castle | ||
| Kirtling Towers | ||
| Maxey Castle | ||
| Northborough Castle | ||
| Orrwell Castle | ||
| Peterborough Castle | ||
| Rampton Castle | ||
| Southoe Castle | ||
| St Neots Castle | ||
| Swaversey Castle | ||
| The Moats | ||
| Tout Hill | ||
| Woodcroft Castle | ||
| Woodwalton Castle |
[edit] Cheshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aldford Castle | Earthworks and fragments of stonework | |
| Beeston Castle | ||
| Chester Castle | ||
| Cholmondeley Castle | Privately owned. Grounds and chapel open at advertised times. | |
| Dodlestone Castle | ||
| Frodsham Castle | Completely covered by Castle Park House. | |
| Halton Castle | Owned by the Duchy of Lancaster; managed by the Norton Priory Trust on behalf of Halton Borough Council | |
| Kingsley Castle | Earthworks only | |
| Malpas Castle | ||
| Nantwich Castle | ||
| Oldcastle | ||
| Peckforton Castle | Privately owned | |
| Pulford Castle | Earthworks only | |
| Runcorn Castle | Site occupied by southern abutment of Runcorn Railway Bridge. | |
| Shipbrook Castle | ||
| Shocklach Castle | ||
| Shotwick Castle | Earthworks only |
[edit] Co. Durham
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland Castle | Seat of the Bishop of Durham | |
| Barnard Castle | Ruin | |
| Bowes Castle | Ruin | |
| Brancepeth Castle | Belonging to the University of Durham | |
| Cotherstone Castle | ||
| Durham Castle | University College, Durham | |
| Lumley Castle | Earl of Scarbrough | |
| Raby Castle | Neville-Vanes, Lord Barnard |
[edit] Cornwall
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Launceston Castle | ||
| Pendennis Castle | former Crown Fortress | |
| Restormel Castle | ||
| St Mawes Castle | former Crown Fortress | |
| St Michael's Mount | ||
| Tintagel Castle |
[edit] Cumbria
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aldingham Castle | ||
| Appleby Castle | privately owned | |
| Armathwaite Castle | Pele tower, privately owned | |
| Askerton Castle | ||
| Bew Castle | privately owned | |
| Brough Castle | ||
| Brougham Castle | ||
| Carlisle Castle | ||
| Cockermouth Castle | ||
| Dacre Castle | privately owned | |
| Dalton Castle | ||
| Egremont Castle | ||
| Fouldry (Fouldrey) Castle | ||
| Gleaston Castle | privately owned | |
| Greystoke Castle | privately owned | |
| Hartley Castle | demolished | |
| Kendal Castle | ||
| Kirkoswald Castle | ||
| Muncaster Castle | Lord Muncaster, home of the original Tom Fool | |
| Naworth Castle | seat of the Howards, Earls of Carlisle | |
| Pendragon Castle | privately owned | |
| Penrith Castle | ||
| Piel Castle | ||
| Sizergh Castle |
[edit] Derbyshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bakewell Castle | Earthworks | |
| Bolsover Castle | ||
| Codnor Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Duffield Castle | Ruins | |
| Holmesfield Castle | Ruins | |
| Horston Castle | Ruins | |
| Melbourne Castle | Ruins | |
| Peveril Castle | ||
| Pilsbury Castle | Earthworks | |
| Riber Castle | Ruins |
[edit] Devon
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Berry Pomeroy Castle | ||
| Bampton Castle | Earthworks | |
| Barnstaple Castle | Earthworks | |
| Bickleigh Castle | ||
| Compton Castle | ||
| Cranmore Castle | ||
| Dartmouth Castle | ||
| Castle Drogo | ||
| Gidleigh Castle | ||
| Kingswear Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Lydford Castle | ||
| Okehampton Castle | ||
| Plympton Castle | ruins | |
| Powderham Castle | Earl of Devon | |
| Rougemont Castle (Exeter) | Exeter City Council/the Crown | |
| Salcombe Castle | ||
| Totnes Castle | ||
| Winkleigh Castle | ruins |
[edit] Dorset
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Christchurch Castle | ||
| Corfe Castle | ||
| Dorchester Castle | ||
| Lulworth Castle | ||
| Portland Castle | ||
| Sandsfoot Castle | ||
| Sherborne Castle |
Ellie castle
[edit] East Riding of Yorkshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Baynard Castle | ||
| Driffield Castle | ||
| Hull Castle | ||
| Skipsea Castle |
[edit] East Sussex
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bodiam Castle | ||
| Camber Castle | ||
| Hastings Castle | Local Authority | |
| Herstmonceux Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Lewes Castle | ||
| Pevensey Castle | ||
| Ypres Tower, Rye | Privately Owned |
[edit] Essex
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Clavering Castle | Remains of possible pre-Norman earthworks | |
| Colchester Castle | Run as a museum by the local authority | |
| Great Canfield Castle | Remains of earthworks of motte-and-bailey castle | |
| Hadleigh Castle | ||
| Hedingham Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Ongar Castle | ||
| Pleshey Castle | ||
| Rayleigh Castle | Remains of earthworks of motte-and-bailey castle | |
| Rochford Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Walden Castle | Privately Owned |
[edit] Gloucestershire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Castle | Privately Owned, open to the public in summer | |
| Beverstone Castle | ||
| Bledisloe Tump | ||
| Brimpsfield Castle | ||
| Bury Manor Castle | Privately Owned, now a guest house | |
| Castle Hale, Painswick | ||
| Castle Tump, Dymock | ||
| Cirencester Castle | ||
| English Bicknor Castle | ||
| Gloucester Castle | ||
| Hailes Castle, Stanway | ||
| Haresfield Mount | ||
| Holme Castle, Tewkesbury | ||
| Little Camp Hill, Lydney | ||
| Littledean Camp | ||
| Miserden Castle | ||
| Newington Bagpath Motte, Kingscote | ||
| Newnham on Severn Castle House | ||
| Ruardean Castle | ||
| South Cerney Castle | ||
| Stow Green, St Briavels | ||
| St Briavel's Castle | ||
| Sudeley Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Taynton Castle | ||
| Thornbury Castle | Privately Owned, converted to a hotel | |
| Weston Park, Saintbury | ||
| Winchcombe Castle |
[edit] Greater London
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Baynard's Castle | ||
| Lollard's Tower | within Lambeth Palace | |
| Montfichet's Castle | ||
| Tower of London | Historic Royal Palaces |
[edit] Greater Manchester
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Buckton Castle | ||
| Bury Castle | ||
| Dunham Castle | ||
| Manchester Castle | ||
| Radcliffe Tower | ||
| Rochdale Castle | ||
| Stockport Castle | ||
| Ullerwood Castle | ||
| Watch Hill Castle |
[edit] Hampshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Castle | Earthworks and fragments of stonework | |
| Calshot Castle | ||
| Hurst Castle | ||
| Odiham Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Portchester Castle | ||
| Southsea Castle | Portsmouth City Council | |
| Winchester Castle | Hampshire County Council | |
| Wolvesey Castle |
[edit] Herefordshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Brampton Bryan Castle | ||
| Bredwardine Castle | ||
| Bronsil Castle | ||
| Clifford Castle | ||
| Croft Castle | ||
| Dorstone Castle | ||
| Eardisley Castle | ||
| Eastnor Castle | Privately owned | |
| Ewyas Harold Castle | ||
| Goodrich Castle | ||
| Hereford Castle | ||
| Huntington Castle | ||
| Kilpeck Castle | ||
| Kington Castle | ||
| Longtown Castle | ||
| Wigmore Castle | ||
| Wilton Castle |
[edit] Hertfordshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Anstey Castle | Earthworks | |
| Benington Castle | ||
| Berkhamsted Castle | ||
| Bishop's Stortford Castle | ||
| Hertford Castle | ||
| Pirton Castle | ||
| South Mimms Castle |
[edit] Isle of Wight
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Carisbrooke Castle | ||
| Yarmouth Castle |
[edit] Isles of Scilly
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Cromwell's Castle | ||
| King Charles's Castle |
[edit] Kent
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Allington Castle | Privately owned | |
| Canterbury Castle | Local Authority | |
| Chiddingstone Castle | Privately owned | |
| Chilham Castle | Privately owned | |
| Cooling Castle | Privately owned | |
| Deal Castle | former Crown Fortress | |
| Dover Castle | ||
| Eynsford Castle | ||
| Folkestone Castle | ||
| Godard's Castle | ||
| Hever Castle | Privately owned | |
| Kingsgate Castle | ||
| Leeds Castle | Privately owned | |
| Leybourne Castle | Privately owned | |
| Lympne Castle | Privately owned | |
| Richborough Castle | ||
| Rochester Castle | ||
| St Leonard's Tower | ||
| Saltwood Castle | Privately owned | |
| Sandgate Castle | Privately owned | |
| Scotney Castle | ||
| Stone Castle | Privately owned | |
| Sutton Valence | ||
| Thurnham Castle | ||
| Tonbridge Castle | Local authority offices | |
| Upnor Castle | ||
| Walmer Castle | Seat of the Governor of the Cinque Ports | |
| Westenhanger Castle | Privately owned |
[edit] Lancashire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aldingham Moat Hill | Earthworks | |
| Arkholme with Cawood Chapel Hill | ||
| Ashton Hall | ||
| Borwick Hall | ||
| Broughton Tower | ||
| Clitheroe Castle | Part-time Tourist Attraction | |
| Dalton Castle | ||
| Greenhalgh Castle | ||
| Halton Castle | ||
| Hampsfield Hall Pele | ||
| Hapton Castle | ||
| Hornby Castle | privately owned | |
| Lancaster Castle | HM Prison | |
| Maurholme Manor | ||
| Melling Motte | ||
| Penwortham Castle | ||
| Preston Castle | ||
| Thurland Castle | ||
| Turton Tower | ||
| Whittington Motte |
[edit] Leicestershire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ashby de la Zouch Castle | Ruins | |
| Belvoir Castle | Seat of the Duke of Rutland | |
| Donington Castle | ||
| Groby Castle | ||
| Hallaton Castle | ||
| Kirby Muxloe Castle | ||
| Sauvey Castle |
[edit] Lincolnshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bolingbroke Castle | ||
| Bourne Castle | ||
| Bytham Castle | ||
| Carlton Castle | ||
| Grimsthorpe Castle | Owned by a private trust | |
| Kingerby Castle | ||
| Kinnard's Ferry Castle | ||
| Lincoln Castle | jointly owned, English Heritage & Lincolnshire County Council | |
| Owston Ferry Castle | ||
| Tattershall Castle |
[edit] Merseyside
| Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Castle | Demolished, 18th Century. Full scale replica is located in the village of Rivington on the West Pennine Moors near Chorley | |
| West Derby Castle |
[edit] Norfolk
| Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|
| Baconsthorpe Castle | Fortified manor house in ruins | |
| Buckenham Castle | Ruins | |
| Burgh Castle | ||
| Caister Castle | ||
| Castle Acre Castle | ||
| Castle Rising Castle | ||
| Claxton Castle | ||
| Horsford Castle | ||
| North Elmham Castle | Earthworks and Ruins | |
| Norwich Castle | ||
| Thetford Castle | Earthworks | |
| Weeting Castle | ||
| Wormegay Castle |
[edit] Northamptonshire
| Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnwell Castle | Ruins. Privately owned | |
| Benefield Castle | ||
| Fotheringhay Castle | Earthworks left, English Civil War sleighting | |
| Rockingham Castle | owner, James Saunders Watson |
[edit] Northumberland
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Alnwick Castle | The Duke of Northumberland | |
| Ancroft Castle | ||
| Aydon Castle | Fortified manor house | |
| Bamburgh Castle | Lord Armstrong | |
| Belsay Castle | ||
| Berwick Castle | ||
| Bitchfield Castle | ||
| Blenkinsop Castle | privately owned | |
| Bothal Castle | privately owned | |
| Bywell Castle | privately owned | |
| Callaly Castle | ||
| Cartington Castle | privately owned | |
| Chillingham Castle | Earl Grey | |
| Chipchase Castle | privately owned | |
| Cocklepark Tower | ||
| Corbridge Vicar's Pele | ||
| Coupland Castle | ||
| Craster Castle | ||
| Cresswell Castle | ||
| Dunstanburgh Castle | ||
| Edlingham Castle | ||
| Elsdon Castle | ||
| Embleton Tower | ||
| Etal Castle | ||
| Featherstone Castle | privately owned | |
| Ford Castle | privately owned | |
| Halton Castle | ||
| Harbottle Castle | Northumberland National Park Authority | |
| Haughton Castle | ||
| Langley Castle | privately owned | |
| Lindisfarne Castle | ||
| Norham Castle | ||
| Prudhoe Castle | ||
| Thirlwall Castle | Northumberland National Park Authority | |
| Warkworth Castle | although looked after by English Heritage, partly ownned by The Duke of Northumberland |
[edit] North Yorkshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Barden Tower | Privately Owned | |
| Bolton Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Burton in Lonsdale Castle | ||
| Buttercrambe Castle | ||
| Cawood Castle | ||
| Clifford's Tower | ||
| Gilling Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Helmsley Castle | ||
| Hornby Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Knaresborough Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Marmion Tower | ||
| Middleham Castle | ||
| Pickering Castle | ||
| Richmond Castle | ||
| Scarborough Castle | ||
| Sheriff Hutton Castle | privately owned | |
| Skipton Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Spofforth Castle |
[edit] Nottinghamshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aslockton Castle | Earthworks | |
| Cuckney Castle | ||
| Kirkby Castle | No visible remains | |
| Newark Castle | Newark (district) | |
| Nottingham Castle | Nottingham City Council |
[edit] Oxfordshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ardley Castle | Earthworks | |
| Ascot d'Oilly Castle | Fragment remains | |
| Bampton Castle | Parts of castle incorporated into a house | |
| Banbury Castle | Nothing now to be seen | |
| Brightwell Castle | ||
| Broughton Castle | ||
| Deddington Castle | ||
| Faringdon Castle | ||
| Hinton Waldrist Castle | ||
| Oxford Castle | ||
| Wallingford Castle |
[edit] Rutland
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Burley Castle |
[edit] Shropshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Acton Burnell Castle | Fortified manor house in ruins | |
| Alberbury Castle | Ruins | |
| Bishop's Castle | ||
| Bridgnorth Castle | ||
| Bryn Amlwg Castle | ||
| Caus Castle | ||
| Charlton Castle | ||
| Cheney Longville Castle | ||
| Cleobury Castle | ||
| Clun Castle | ||
| Ellesmere Castle | ||
| Holdgate Castle | ||
| Hopton Castle | ||
| Knockin Castle | ||
| Ludlow Castle | Earl of Powis | |
| Moreton Corbet Castle | ||
| Oswestry Castle | Ruins | |
| Shrewsbury Castle | Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council | |
| Stokesay Castle | ||
| Tyrley Castle | Ruins | |
| Whittington Castle |
[edit] Somerset
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgwater Castle | ||
| Cadbury Castle | Iron Age hill fort | |
| Cary Castle | ||
| Castle Neroche | ||
| Crewkerne Castle | ||
| Daw's Castle | ||
| Dunster Castle | ||
| Farleigh Hungerford Castle | ||
| Midford Castle | Privately owned folly | |
| Nunney Castle | ||
| Stowey Castle | ||
| Taunton Castle | now houses the Somerset County Museum |
[edit] South Yorkshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Conisbrough Castle | ||
| Manor Castle | ||
| Sheffield Castle | ||
| Tickhill Castle | Privately Owned |
[edit] Staffordshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Alton Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Audley Castle | Public Open Space | |
| Caverswall Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Chartley Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Eccleshall Castle | ||
| Stafford Castle | Stafford Borough Council | |
| Tamworth Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Tutbury Castle | Privately Owned |
[edit] Suffolk
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bungay Castle | owned by a trust on behalf of the town of Bungay | |
| Clare Castle | ||
| Eye Castle | ||
| Framlingham Castle | ||
| Haughley Castle | ||
| Milden Castle | Earthworks | |
| Orford Castle |
[edit] Surrey
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Abinger Castle | Earthworks | |
| Betchworth Castle | ||
| Bletchingley Castle | ||
| Broomhall Copse | ||
| Farnham Castle | ||
| Guildford Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Reigate Castle | ||
| Starborough Castle | ||
| Walton-on-the-Hill |
[edit] Tyne and Wear
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Hylton Castle | ||
| Newcastle Castle Keep | Newcastle City Council | |
| Tynemouth Castle | Housing a ruined priory within |
[edit] Warwickshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Beaudesert Castle | ||
| Brandon Castle | ||
| Brinklow Castle | ||
| Hartshill Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Kenilworth Castle | ||
| Warwick Castle | Privately Owned |
[edit] West Midlands
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bromwich Castle | ||
| Coventry Castle | ||
| Dudley Castle | ||
| Weoley Castle | Birmingham City Council |
[edit] West Sussex
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Amberley Castle | privately owned | |
| Arundel Castle | The Duke of Norfolk | |
| Bramber Castle | ||
| Chichester Castle | ||
| Knepp Castle |
[edit] West Yorkshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Almondbury Castle | Earthworks with public access | |
| Barwick-in-Elmet Castle | Earthworks | |
| Pontefract Castle | ||
| Sandal Castle | Ruins with visitor centre | |
| Sowerby Castle | 12th to 14th century |
[edit] Wiltshire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton Keynes Castle | Earthworks | |
| Barbury Castle | Earthworks | |
| Castle Combe Castle | ||
| Devizes Castle | ||
| Ludgershall Castle | ||
| Marlborough Castle | Ruins and earthworks mound | |
| Old Sarum | ||
| Old Wardour Castle |
[edit] Worcestershire
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Elmley Castle | Remains of Earthworks only | |
| Hanley Castle | Earthworks only | |
| Homme Castle | Earth mounds only | |
| Inkberrow Castle | Mount and Earthworks only |
[edit] See also
- List of castles
- List of historic houses in England
- List of museums in England
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Castles in Britain
- Castles in Scotland
- Castles in Wales
- Castles in Northern Ireland
- British military history
- Fortifications of London
[edit] External links
- Castles of England and Wales
- CastleXplorer
- British and Irish Castles
- Castles in England A - Z
- CastleStories - Google Map Explorer
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