List of castles in England
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[edit] Bedfordshire
[edit] Berkshire
- Beaumys, Swallowfield
- Brightwell Castle
- Donnington Castle
- Farington
- Grimsbury castle, (Hill fort)
- Hampstead Marshall
- Hampstead Norreys
- Hinton
- Moreton
- Newbury Castle -
- Perborough castle, (Hill fort)
- Windsor Castle - the Sovereign
- Woodhay
[edit] Bristol
[edit] Buckinghamshire
[edit] Cambridgeshire
- Barnack,
- Bassingbourn,
- Belsar's Hill,
- Benwick,
- Booths Hill,
- Bourn Castle,
- Braham,
- Bruck,
- Burrough Green,
- Burwell Castle,
- Cambridge Castle
- Camps,
- Carlton,
- Castle Hill,
- Caxton,
- Cheveley,
- Chippingham,
- Diddington,
- Eaton Socon Castle,
- Elton Hall,
- Ely Castle,
- Fordham,
- Great Staughton,
- Grove Moated,
- Hartford,
- Herewards,
- Huntingdon Castle,
- Kimbolton,
- Kings Ripton,
- Kirtling Towers,
- Maxey,
- Northborough,
- Orrwell,
- Peterborough,
- Rampton,
- Southoe,
- St Neots,
- Swaversey,
- The Moats,
- Tout Hill,
- Wimpole,
- Wisbech,
- Woodcroft,
[edit] Cheshire
- Aldford Castle
- Beeston Castle
- Chester Castle
- Cholmondeley Castle
- Frodsham Castle
- Halton Castle - owned by the Duchy of Lancaster; managed by the Norton Priory Trust on behalf of Halton Borough Council
- Peckforton Castle - privately owned
- Shotwick Castle
[edit] Co. Durham
- 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
[edit] Cornwall
- Launceston Castle
- Pendennis Castle
- Restormel Castle
- St Mawes Castle
- St Michael's Mount
- Tintagel Castle
[edit] Cumbria
- Aldingham Castle
- Appleby Castle - privately owned
- Armathwaite 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
[edit] Derbyshire
- 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
[edit] Devon
- 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
[edit] Dorset
- Christchurch Castle
- Corfe Castle
- Dorchester Castle
- Lulworth Castle
- Portland Castle
- Sandsfoot Castle -
- Sherborne Castle
[edit] East Riding of Yorkshire
[edit] East Sussex
- Bodiam Castle
- Camber Castle
- Hastings Castle - Local Authority
- Herstmonceux Castle - Privately Owned
- Lewes Castle
- Pevensey Castle
- Rye Castle - Privately Owned
[edit] Essex
- 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
- Rayleigh Castle - Remains of earthworks of motte-and-bailey castle
- Rochford Castle - Privately Owned
- Walden Castle - Privately Owned
[edit] Gloucestershire
- Berkeley Castle
- Brimpsfield Castle
- Gloucester Castle
- St Briavel's Castle
- Sudeley Castle - Privately Owned
- Thornbury Castle - Privately Owned, converted to a hotel
[edit] Greater London
- 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
[edit] Hampshire
- Ashley Castle
- Calshot Castle
- Hurst Castle
- Odiham Castle - Privately Owned
- Portchester Castle
- Southsea Castle - Portsmouth City Council
- Winchester Castle - Privately Owned
- Wolvesey Castle
[edit] Herefordshire
- 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
[edit] Isle of Wight
[edit] Isles of Scilly
[edit] Kent
- 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
[edit] Lancashire
- Buckton Castle
- Clitheroe Castle - Part-time Tourist Attraction
- Halton Castle
- Hornby Castle - privately owned
- Lancaster Castle - HM Prison
- Penwortham Castle
[edit] Leicestershire
- Ashby de la Zouch Castle
- Belvoir Castle - privately owned
- Donington Castle
- Groby Castle
- Hallaton Castle
- Kirby Muxloe Castle
[edit] Lincolnshire
- 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
[edit] Merseyside
- Liverpool Castle - Demolished, 18th Century
[edit] Norfolk
- Baconsthorpe Castle
- Burgh Castle
- Caister Castle
- Castle Acre Castle
- Castle Rising Castle
- Claxton Castle
- Horsford Castle
- Norwich Castle
- Thetford Castle
- Weeting Castle
- Wormegay Castle
[edit] Northamptonshire
[edit] Northumberland
- 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
[edit] North Yorkshire
- 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
- Aslockton Castle
- Cuckney Castle
- Newark Castle - privately owned
- Nottingham Castle - Nottingham City Council
[edit] Oxfordshire
- Ascot d'Oilly Castle
- Bampton Castle
- Banbury Castle
- Brightwell Castle
- Broughton Castle
- Deddington Castle
- Faringdon Castle
- Hinton Waldrist Castle
- Oxford Castle
- Wallingford Castle
[edit] Rutland
[edit] Shropshire
- 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
[edit] Somerset
- Bridgwater Castle
- Bury Manor Castle - Privately Owned, now a guest house
- Cary Castle
- Crewkerne Castle
- Daws Castle
- Dunster Castle
- Farleigh Hungerford Castle
- Nunney Castle
- The former Taunton Castle - Privately Owned, now a hotel/restaurant
[edit] South Yorkshire
- Conisbrough Castle
- Manor Castle
- Sheffield Castle
- Tickhill Castle - Privately Owned
[edit] Staffordshire
- 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
- Bungay Castle - owned by a trust on behalf of the town of Bungay
- Clare Castle
- Framlingham Castle
- Haughley Castle
- Orford Castle
- Eye Castle
[edit] Surrey
- Abinger Castle
- Bletchingley Castle
- Farnham Castle
- Guildford Castle - Privately Owned
[edit] Tyne and Wear
[edit] Warwickshire
- Beaudesert Castle
- Brandon Castle
- Brinklow Castle
- Hartshill Castle - Privately Owned
- Kenilworth Castle
- Warwick Castle - Privately Owned
[edit] West Midlands
[edit] West Sussex
- Amberley Castle - privately owned
- Arundel Castle - The Duke of Norfolk
- Bramber Castle
- Chichester Castle
- Knepp Castle
[edit] West Yorkshire
[edit] Wiltshire
- Ashton Keynes Castle
- Castle Combe Castle
- Devizes Castle
- Ludgershall Castle
- Old Sarum
- Old Wardour Castle
[edit] Worcestershire
[edit] See also
- List of castles
- List of historic houses in England
- List of museums in England
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Castles in Scotland
- Castles in Wales
- Castles in Northern Ireland
- British military history
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