England Castles

English Castles: Midlands



Acton Burnell Castle
near Acton Burnell, Shropshire
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Acton Burnell Castle
Acton Burnell Castle is located near the village of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England. The castle is a 13th century fortified manor house - the oldest fortified manor house in England. The building is now in ruins, and all that remains is the...  Read more >
Alton Castle
Alton, Staffordshire
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Alton Castle
Alton Castle is located off Castle Hill Road in the village of Alton, Staffordshire - about 15 miles east of Stoke-on-Trent . The castle is also known as Alverton Castle or Aulton Castle. The castle was protected to the north by a cliff and to the...  Read more >
Beeston Castle
Beeston, Cheshire
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Beeston Castle
Beeston Castle is located in Beeston, Cheshire, England. The castle is positioned on a rocky crag above the Cheshire Plain with views to the Pennines in the east to the Welsh mountains in the west. Beeston was defended by its natural position on a...  Read more >
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir, Leicestershire
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Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is located near the town of Grantham in Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir. Belvoir (pronounced Beaver) is a stately home and a Grade I listed building. The castle is an irregularly shaped building with a number of...  Read more >
Berkeley Castle
near Ham, Gloucestershire
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Berkeley Castle
Berkeley Castle is located in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. The Keep is the oldest part of the Castle (completed in 1153), During the Civil War in the 17th century a breach was made in the wall which can still be seen. There is a ...  Read more >
Bolingbroke Castle
near Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire
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Bolingbroke Castle
Bolingbroke Castle is located at Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire. The castle is now in ruins, although much of the lower walls and the ground floors of the towers are still standing. Most of the castle is built of Spilsby greenstone. The castle was...  Read more >
Bolsover Castle
Bolsover , Derbyshire
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Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle is located in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. There are three main buildings standing today. The "Little Castle" is a mock medieval keep built in a romantic style. The Terrace Range is a separate block near the Little Castle, and has...  Read more >
Chartley Castle
near Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire
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Chartley Castle
Chartley Castle is located north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire (between Stafford and Uttoxeter). The castle is in ruins, but substantial remains stand including an unusual cylindrical keep, a curtain wall flanked by two...  Read more >
Clun Castle
Clun, Shropshire
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Clun Castle
Clun Castle is located in the town of Clun, Shropshire. The remains of the four storey rectangular great keep are still standing on the north side of the motte. The keep was built into the side of the motte with one wall rising from the ditch below...  Read more >
Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth, Warwickshire
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Kenilworth Castle
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Kirby Muxloe Castle
near Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire
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Kirby Muxloe Castle
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Lincoln Castle
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
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Lincoln Castle
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Ludlow Castle
Ludlow, Shropshire
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Ludlow Castle
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Newark Castle
Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
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Newark Castle
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Nottingham Castle
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Nottingham Castle
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Shrewsbury Castle
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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Shrewsbury Castle
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Stokesay Castle
near Craven Arms, Shropshire
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Stokesay Castle
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Tamworth Castle
Tamworth, Staffordshire
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Tamworth Castle
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Tattershall Castle
near Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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Tattershall Castle
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Thornbury Castle
Thornbury, Gloucestershire
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Thornbury Castle
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Tutbury Castle
near Owens Bank, Staffordshire
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Tutbury Castle
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Warwick Castle
Warwick, Warwickshire
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Warwick Castle
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