List of castles in England
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This page lists castles in England.
| 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 | |
- 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
- Beaumys, Swallowfield
- Brightwell Castle
- Donnington Castle

- Faringdon Castle
- FitzHarris Castle
- Grimsbury castle, (Hill fort)
- Hampstead Marshall
- Hampstead Norreys
- Hinton Waldrist Castle
- Moreton
- Newbury Castle -
- Perborough castle, (Hill fort)
- Wallingford Castle

- Windsor Castle
- the Sovereign - Woodhay
- Yattendon Castle
- Bolbeck Castle
- Bradwell Castle
- Buckingham Castle
- Castlethorpe Castle
- Cublington Castle
- Desborough Castle
- Ellesborough
- Great Missenden
- High Wycombe
- Lavendon Castle
- Little Kimble
- Little Missenden
- Long Crendon
- Newport Pagnell Castle
- Weston Turville
- Wolverton Castle
- Aldreth
- Barnack
- Belsar's Hill
- Benwick
- Booths Hill
- Bourn Castle
- Braham
- Bruck
- Buckden Towers

- Burrough Green
- Burwell Castle
- Cambridge Castle
- Castle Camps - Earthworks
- Carlton
- Castle Hill
- Caxton
- Cheveley
- Chippingham
- Diddington
- Eaton Socon Castle
- Elton Hall
- Ely Castle
- Fordham
- Great Staughton
- Grove Moated
- Hartford
- Herewards
- Huntingdon Castle
- John O'Gaunts Castle - Earthworks
- Kimbolton
- Kings Ripton
- Kirtling Towers
- Maxey
- Northborough
- Orrwell
- Peterborough
- Rampton Castle
- Southoe
- St Neots
- Swaversey
- The Moats
- Tout Hill
- Wimpole's Folly
A folly, not a "real" fortification. - Wisbech Castle
- Woodcroft
- Woodwalton
- Aldford Castle
- Beeston Castle

- Chester Castle

- Cholmondeley Castle
- Dodlestone Castle
- Dunham Castle
- Frodsham Castle
- Halton Castle - owned by the Duchy of Lancaster; managed by the Norton Priory Trust on behalf of Halton Borough Council
- Kingsley Castle Cob
- Malpas Castle
- Nantwich Castle
- Oldcastle
- Peckforton Castle - privately owned
- Pulford Castle
- Runcorn Castle
- Shipbrook Castle
- Shocklach Castle
- Shotwick Castle
- Stockport Castle
- Ullerwood Castle
- Watch Hill Castle
- Auckland Castle - privately owned
- Barnard Castle

- Bowes Castle

- Brancepeth Castle
- Cotherstone Castle
- Durham Castle - University College, Durham
- Lumley Castle - Earl of Scarbrough
- Raby Castle - Privately Owned
- Launceston Castle

- Pendennis Castle

- Restormel Castle

- St Mawes Castle

- St Michael's Mount

- Tintagel Castle

- Aldingham Castle
- Appleby Castle - privately owned
- Armathwaite Castle
- 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 - privately owned
- Naworth Castle - privately owned
- Pendragon Castle - privately owned
- Penrith Castle

- Piel Castle

- Sizergh Castle

- Bakewell Castle
- Bolsover Castle

- Codnor Castle - Privately Owned
- Duffield Castle - Ruins
- Holmesfield Castle - Ruins
- Horston Castle - Ruins
- Melbourne Castle - Ruins
- Peveril Castle

- Riber Castle -Ruins
- Berry Pomeroy Castle

- Bampton Castle
- Barnstaple Castle
- 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 - the Earl of Devon
- Rougemont Castle (Exeter) - Exeter City Council/the Crown
- Salcombe Castle
- Totnes Castle

- Winkleigh Castle - ruins
- Christchurch Castle

- Corfe Castle

- Dorchester Castle
- Lulworth Castle

- Portland Castle

- Sandsfoot Castle -
- Sherborne Castle

- Bodiam Castle

- Camber Castle

- Hastings Castle - Local Authority
- Herstmonceux Castle - Privately Owned
- Lewes Castle

- Pevensey Castle

- Ypres Tower, Rye - Privately Owned
- 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
- Berkeley Castle - Privately Owned, open to the public in summer
- Brimpsfield Castle
- Bury Manor Castle
- Privately Owned, now a guest house - Clearwell Castle - Privately Owned, for hire as a wedding venue
- Gloucester Castle
- St Briavel's Castle

- Sudeley Castle - Privately Owned
- Thornbury Castle - Privately Owned, converted to a hotel
- Baynard's Castle
- Jewel Tower

- Montfichet's Castle
- Tower of London - Historic Royal Palaces
- Winchester Palace

- Boleyn
- Bruce
- Castle Hill
- Chessington
- Cranford
- Great Ilford
- Ickenham
- Ruislip
- St Mary Cray
- Ashley Castle
- Calshot Castle

- Hurst Castle

- Odiham Castle - Privately Owned
- Portchester Castle

- Southsea Castle - Portsmouth City Council
- Winchester Castle - Privately Owned
- Wolvesey Castle

| 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 |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Anstey Castle | ||
| Benington Castle | ||
| Berkhamsted Castle | ||
| Bishop's Stortford Castle | ||
| Hertford Castle | ||
| Pirton Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Carisbrooke Castle | ||
| Yarmouth Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Cromwell's Castle | ||
| King Charles's Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Allington Castle | ||
| Canterbury Castle | Local Authority | |
| Chiddingstone Castle | Privately owned | |
| Chilham Castle | Privately owned | |
| Cooling Castle | Privately owned | |
| Deal Castle | ||
| 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 | ||
| Westenhanger Castle | Privately owned |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Buckton Castle | ||
| Clitheroe Castle | Part-time Tourist Attraction | |
| Halton Castle | ||
| Hornby Castle | privately owned | |
| Lancaster Castle | HM Prison | |
| Penwortham Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ashby de la Zouch Castle | ||
| Belvoir Castle | privately owned | |
| Donington Castle | ||
| Groby Castle | ||
| Hallaton Castle | ||
| Kirby Muxloe Castle |
| 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 | Privately Owned | |
| Owston Ferry Castle | ||
| Tattershall Castle |
| Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Castle | Demolished, 18th Century. Full scale replica is located in the village of Rivington on the West Pennine Moors near Chorley |
| Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|
| Baconsthorpe Castle | ||
| 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 |
| Name | Comments | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnwell Castle | ||
| Benefield Castle | ||
| Fotheringay Castle | ||
| Rockingham Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Alnwick Castle | The Duke of Northumberland | |
| Ancroft Castle | ||
| Aydon Castle | ||
| Bamburgh Castle | privately owned | |
| 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 | privately owned | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aslockton Castle | ||
| Cuckney Castle | ||
| Newark Castle | privately owned | |
| Nottingham Castle | Nottingham City Council |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ardley Castle | ||
| Ascot d'Oilly Castle | ||
| Bampton Castle | ||
| Banbury Castle | ||
| Brightwell Castle | ||
| Broughton Castle | ||
| Deddington Castle | ||
| Faringdon Castle | ||
| Hinton Waldrist Castle | ||
| Oxford Castle | ||
| Wallingford Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Burley Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Acton Burnell Castle | ||
| 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 |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgwater Castle | ||
| Cary Castle | ||
| Crewkerne Castle | ||
| Daw's Castle | ||
| Dunster Castle | ||
| Farleigh Hungerford Castle | ||
| Nunney Castle | ||
| The former Taunton Castle | now houses the Somerset County Museum |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Conisbrough Castle | ||
| Manor Castle | ||
| Sheffield Castle | ||
| Tickhill Castle | Privately Owned |
| 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 |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bungay Castle | owned by a trust on behalf of the town of Bungay | |
| Clare Castle | ||
| Eye Castle | ||
| Framlingham Castle | ||
| Haughley Castle | ||
| Orford Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Abinger Castle | ||
| Bletchingley Castle | ||
| Farnham Castle | ||
| Guildford Castle | Privately Owned |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Hylton Castle | ||
| Newcastle Castle Keep | Newcastle City Council | |
| Tynemouth Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Beaudesert Castle | ||
| Brandon Castle | ||
| Brinklow Castle | ||
| Hartshill Castle | Privately Owned | |
| Kenilworth Castle | ||
| Warwick Castle | Privately Owned |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bromwich Castle | ||
| Coventry Castle | ||
| Dudley Castle | ||
| Weoley Castle | Birmingham City Council |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Amberley Castle | privately owned | |
| Arundel Castle | The Duke of Norfolk | |
| Bramber Castle | ||
| Chichester Castle | ||
| Knepp Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Almondbury Castle | ||
| Barwick-in-Elmet Castle | ||
| Pontefract Castle | ||
| Sandal Castle | Ruins with visitor centre | |
| Sowerby Castle | 12th to 14th century |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton Keynes Castle | ||
| Castle Combe Castle | ||
| Devizes Castle | ||
| Ludgershall Castle | ||
| Marlborough Castle | Ruins and earthworks mound | |
| Old Sarum | ||
| Old Wardour Castle |
| Name | Key | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Elmley Castle | Remains of Earthworks only | |
| Hanley Castle | Earthworks only | |
| Homme Castle | Earth mounds only | |
| Inkberrow Castle | Mount and Earthworks only |
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