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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Bristol Castle |
[edit] Buckinghamshire
Name | Key | Comments |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Christchurch Castle | ||
Corfe Castle | ||
Dorchester Castle | ||
Lulworth Castle | ||
Portland Castle | ||
Sandsfoot Castle | ||
Sherborne Castle |
Ellie castle
[edit] East Riding of Yorkshire
Name | Key | Comments |
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Baynard Castle | ||
Driffield Castle | ||
Hull Castle | ||
Skipsea Castle |
[edit] East Sussex
Name | Key | Comments |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Baynard's Castle | ||
Lollard's Tower | within Lambeth Palace | |
Montfichet's Castle | ||
Tower of London | Historic Royal Palaces |
[edit] Greater Manchester
Name | Key | Comments |
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Buckton Castle | ||
Bury Castle | ||
Dunham Castle | ||
Manchester Castle | ||
Radcliffe Tower | ||
Rochdale Castle | ||
Stockport Castle | ||
Ullerwood Castle | ||
Watch Hill Castle |
[edit] Hampshire
Name | Key | Comments |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Carisbrooke Castle | ||
Yarmouth Castle |
[edit] Isles of Scilly
Name | Key | Comments |
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Cromwell's Castle | ||
King Charles's Castle |
[edit] Kent
Name | Key | Comments |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Aslockton Castle | Earthworks | |
Cuckney Castle | ||
Kirkby Castle | No visible remains | |
Newark Castle | Newark (district) | |
Nottingham Castle | Nottingham City Council |
[edit] Oxfordshire
Name | Key | Comments |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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