swap_horiz Alnwick Castle Alternatives

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Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle stands as Britain’s oldest and largest occupied castle. Constructed initially by William the Conqueror fo...

England Medieval Royal Residence

9.7 Brilliant

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Dover Castle

Dover Castle is a medieval fortress in Kent, England, built up by Henry II in the 1180s and known for commanding the sho...

England Coastal Medieval Fortress

9.4 Excellent

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Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle is a coastal fortress in Northumberland, England, on the site of the Anglo-Saxon royal stronghold of Beb...

England Coastal Medieval Northumbria

9.3 Excellent

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Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, founded by William the Conqueror in 1068 and later rebuilt...

England Medieval River Tourism

9.2 Excellent

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Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle is a moated castle in Kent, England, associated with six medieval queens and rebuilt on islands in a lake f...

England Medieval Estate Moated

8.8 Great

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Kenilworth Castle

Kenilworth Castle is a ruined fortress in Warwickshire, England, expanded by John of Gaunt and transformed for Elizabeth...

England Medieval Elizabethan Ruin

8.8 Great

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Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a moated 14th-century castle in East Sussex, England, built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge during th...

England Medieval Moated Ruin

8.6 Great

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Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle is a restored medieval castle in West Sussex, England, founded in 1067 and long held by the Howard dukes...

England Medieval Gothic Ducal

8.6 Great

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Stokesay Castle

Stokesay Castle is a fortified manor house in Shropshire, England, built in the late 13th century by wealthy wool mercha...

England Medieval Timber Fortified Manor

8.3 Great

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Ludlow Castle

Ludlow Castle is a medieval fortress in Shropshire, England, founded after the Norman Conquest and later seat of the Cou...

England Medieval Ruin Marches

8.2 Great

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Framlingham Castle

Framlingham Castle is a 12th-century fortress in Suffolk, England, where Mary Tudor was proclaimed queen in 1553 after E...

England Medieval Curtain Wall Ruin

8.1 Great

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Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle is a Gloucestershire fortress begun in the 12th century and traditionally associated with the imprisonme...

England Medieval Residence Keep

8.1 Great

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Warkworth Castle

Warkworth Castle is a medieval fortress in Northumberland, England, and was a major stronghold of the Percy family from...

England Medieval Ruin Percy

7.9 Good

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Goodrich Castle

Goodrich Castle is a medieval fortress in Herefordshire, England, known for its well-preserved 12th-century keep and Civ...

England Medieval Border Ruin

7.9 Good

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Portchester Castle

Portchester Castle is a medieval fortress in Hampshire built inside a Roman Saxon Shore fort, notable for its intact Rom...

England Coastal Medieval Roman

7.9 Good

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Carisbrooke Castle

Carisbrooke Castle is a fortress on the Isle of Wight, England, known as the place where Charles I was imprisoned before...

England Medieval Fortress Isle Of Wight

7.8 Good

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Carlisle Castle

Carlisle Castle is a medieval fortress in Cumbria, England, founded in 1092 by William II and used as a border stronghol...

England Medieval Fortress Border

7.8 Good

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Scarborough Castle

Scarborough Castle is a medieval royal fortress in North Yorkshire, England, built on a headland and besieged several ti...

England Coastal Medieval Ruin

7.5 Good

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Middleham Castle

Middleham Castle is a ruined Yorkshire fortress where Richard III spent part of his youth and later ruled as Duke of Glo...

England Medieval Ruin Richard Iii

7.4 Good

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Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle is a ruined hilltop fortress in Cheshire, England, built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville and set on...

England Medieval Ruin Hilltop

7.2 Good