United Kingdom

Castles in England

266
sites
2
UNESCO
7th c.
oldest
  • Castle ruins: 23
  • Castles: 236
  • Palaces and châteaux: 3
  • Fortresses and forts: 4

Best known

Register of sites

Castles 236

  1. Tower of London ◆ c. 1078
  2. Windsor Castle 1070
  3. Durham Castle ◆ 1072
  4. Bodiam Castle 1385
  5. Dover Castle 1179
  6. Warwick Castle 1068
  7. Arundel Castle 1067
  8. Leeds Castle 1119
  9. Hever Castle 1271
  10. Bamburgh Castle
  11. Alnwick Castle 1096
  12. Rochester Castle 1127
  13. York Castle (Clifford's Tower) 1245
  14. Lincoln Castle 1068
  15. Carlisle Castle 1093
  16. Winchester Castle 1067
  17. Nottingham Castle 1674
  18. Carisbrooke Castle 1100
  19. Belvoir Castle 1801
  20. Warkworth Castle
  21. Oxford Castle 1071
  22. Colchester Castle 1069
  23. Kimbolton Castle 1707
  24. Portchester Castle 11th century
  25. Norwich Castle c. 1095
  26. Framlingham Castle c. 1190
  27. Tattershall Castle c. 1434
  28. Launceston Castle 1067
  29. Conisbrough Castle c. 1180
  30. Newcastle Castle 1172
  31. Halton Castle 11th century
  32. Lindisfarne Castle 1550
  33. Herstmonceux Castle 1441
  34. Dunster Castle
  35. Lancaster Castle 1093
  36. Berkeley Castle 1067
  37. Bolton Castle 1379
  38. Chillingham Castle 1344
  39. Barnard Castle c. 1125
  40. Upnor Castle 1559
  41. Codnor Castle
  42. Deal Castle 1539
  43. Duffield Castle
  44. Middleham Castle 1190
  45. Raby Castle 1378
  46. Chester Castle 1069
  47. Sudeley Castle 1443
  48. Berwick Castle
  49. Hedingham Castle
  50. Powderham Castle
  51. Canterbury Castle 1135
  52. Skipton Castle 1090
  53. Lewes Castle
  54. Restormel Castle 1100
  55. Appleby Castle 1120
  56. Pontefract Castle 1070
  57. Orford Castle 1165
  58. Peckforton Castle 1844
  59. Brough Castle 1092
  60. Bolsover Castle
  61. Norham Castle 1121
  62. Dartmouth Castle 1388
  63. Lost Gardens of Heligan
  64. Castle Rising Castle 1138
  65. Wallingford Castle 1067
  66. Aydon Castle 1296
  67. Walmer Castle 1539
  68. Devizes Castle
  69. Richmond Castle 1071
  70. Melbourne Castle
  71. Yarmouth Castle 1547
  72. Pendragon Castle 12th century
  73. Okehampton Castle 1068
  74. Shrewsbury Castle 1070
  75. Belsay Castle 1439
  76. Prudhoe Castle
  77. Berkhamsted Castle 1066
  78. Buckton Castle 12th century
  79. Caludon Castle
  80. Dudley Castle 1070
  81. Farleigh Hungerford Castle 1383
  82. Knaresborough Castle 1100
  83. Woodcroft Castle 1280
  84. Stafford Castle
  85. Lympne Castle c. 1080
  86. Nunney Castle
  87. Compton Castle
  88. Berry Pomeroy Castle 1496
  89. Barnwell Castle
  90. Portland Castle 1539
  91. Southsea Castle 1543
  92. Hertford Castle 1066
  93. Hadleigh Castle 1230
  94. Camber Castle 1539
  95. St Mawes Castle 1539
  96. Ford Castle 1338
  97. Auckland Castle 1183
  98. Bothal Castle
  99. Cambridge Castle
  100. Featherstone Castle
  101. Leicester Castle c. 1060
  102. Lumley Castle 1389
  103. Muncaster Castle 1258
  104. Stokesay Castle 1285
  105. Tynemouth Castle and Priory 7th century
  106. Whittington Castle
  107. Wolvesey Castle 970
  108. Bungay Castle
  109. Kirby Muxloe Castle 1480
  110. Brownsea Castle 1545
  111. Saltwood Castle c. 1100
  112. Baynard's Castle 1017
  113. Sizergh Castle
  114. Totnes Castle
  115. Oakham Castle
  116. Kingswear Castle 1491
  117. Penrith Castle 1399
  118. Broughton Castle
  119. Greys Court 1348
  120. Rockingham Castle c. 1000
  121. Edlingham Castle
  122. Affeton Castle
  123. Bridgnorth Castle
  124. Carn Brea Castle
  125. Ewyas Harold Castle
  126. Hartlebury Castle 13th century
  127. Lydford Castle
  128. Morpeth Castle
  129. Odiham Castle 1207
  130. Pickering Castle
  131. Ripley Castle
  132. Rougemont Castle
  133. Someries Castle
  134. Spofforth Castle 14th century
  135. Tonbridge Castle
  136. Worcester Castle 1069
  137. Naworth Castle
  138. Guildford Castle 11th century
  139. Hylton Castle
  140. Bewcastle Castle
  141. Christchurch Castle
  142. Eynsford Castle
  143. Langley Castle
  144. Newark Castle c. 1130
  145. Tickhill Castle
  146. Helmsley Castle 1385
  147. Amberley Castle
  148. Ashby de la Zouch Castle
  149. Baconsthorpe Castle 15th century
  150. Bedford Castle 1100
  151. Bowes Castle
  152. Bristol Castle
  153. Caister Castle 1432
  154. Calshot Castle 1539
  155. Claxton Castle
  156. Clitheroe Castle 12th century
  157. Corby Castle
  158. Farnham Castle
  159. Gloucester Castle
  160. Greystoke Castle 1353
  161. Hereford Castle
  162. Lambton Castle
  163. Longtown Castle
  164. Northampton Castle 1084
  165. Rufus Castle
  166. Sandown Castle 1539
  167. Tamworth Castle 1070
  168. Taunton Castle 1129
  169. Thurland Castle 14th century
  170. Tiverton Castle 1100
  171. Trematon Castle
  172. Weeting Castle 1180
  173. Wigmore Castle
  174. Wilton Castle 12th century
  175. Witton Castle
  176. Moreton Corbet Castle
  177. Netley Castle 1542
  178. Clarendon Palace
  179. Sandsfoot Castle
  180. St Catherine's Castle 1538
  181. Hornby Castle
  182. Sheffield Castle
  183. Piel Castle
  184. Sandgate Castle 1539
  185. Burrow Mump
  186. Acton Burnell Castle
  187. Allington Castle 1279
  188. Alton Castle 18th century
  189. Astwell Castle
  190. Baile Hill
  191. Bellister Castle
  192. Bickleigh Castle
  193. Brampton Bryan Castle
  194. Brancepeth Castle
  195. Bywell Castle
  196. Callaly Castle
  197. Castle Acre Castle 1140
  198. Cawood Castle 1378
  199. Chartley Castle
  200. Chipchase Castle
  201. Clare Castle
  202. Clavering Castle
  203. Clifford Castle and Barbican
  204. Clun Castle
  205. Cockermouth Castle
  206. Coupland Castle
  207. Dacre Castle 14th century
  208. Eye Castle
  209. Gilling Castle
  210. Harewood Castle
  211. Haughton Castle
  212. Heighley Castle
  213. Huntingdon Castle
  214. Hutton in the Forest
  215. Lowther Castle
  216. Mackworth Castle
  217. Maxstoke Castle 1345
  218. Mettingham Castle
  219. Mitford Castle
  220. Scaleby Castle
  221. Sheriff Hutton Castle 1382
  222. Skipsea Castle 1086
  223. St Briavels Castle 1292
  224. Stogursey Castle
  225. Stone Castle
  226. Thirlwall Castle
  227. Thornbury Castle
  228. Tong Castle
  229. Walworth Castle 1600
  230. Westenhanger Castle 1343
  231. Wingfield Castle 1384
  232. Askerton Castle
  233. Leybourne Castle
  234. Ludgershall Castle
  235. Mow Cop Castle
  236. Millom Castle

Castle ruins 23

  1. Ludlow Castle c. 1075
  2. Beeston Castle c. 1220
  3. Corfe Castle 11th century
  4. Kenilworth Castle 1122
  5. Dunstanburgh Castle 1313
  6. Old Sarum c. 1070
  7. Fotheringhay Castle c. 1100
  8. Scarborough Castle 1130
  9. Bolingbroke Castle c. 1220
  10. Peveril Castle 1080
  11. Sandal Castle
  12. Brougham Castle c. 1214
  13. Pevensey Castle 1066
  14. Goodrich Castle 11th century
  15. Donnington Castle 1386
  16. Hastings Castle
  17. Bramber Castle c. 1070
  18. Saffron Walden Castle 1141
  19. Kendal Castle
  20. Old Wardour Castle
  21. Southampton Castle
  22. Wressle Castle c. 1390
  23. Harbottle Castle 12th century

Fortresses and forts 4

  1. Pendennis Castle 1540
  2. Hurst Castle 1541
  3. HM Fort Roughs 1942
  4. Hull Castle 1542

Palaces and châteaux 3

  1. Castle Howard 1699
  2. Seaton Delaval Hall 1728
  3. Wanstead Park

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